5 famous black women
American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott.
George Washington Carver
was an agricultural scientist and inventor who promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion.
Bessie Smith
was an blues singer widely renowned during the Jazz Age. Nicknamed the "Empress of the Blues", she was the most popular female blues singer of the 1920s and 1930s
Mae C. Jemison
American engineer, physician, and former NASA astronaut.
Who was the first African American President
Barack Obama
Who was Harriet Tubman?
American abolitionist and political activist, born into slavery, Harriet escaped and made 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people
Percy Lavon Julian
was a research chemist and a pioneer in the chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs from plants.
Morgan Freeman
American actor, director, and narrator. Noted for his distinctive deep voice, Freeman is known for his various roles in a wide variety of film genres
Benjamin Banneker
African-American almanac author, surveyor, landowner and farmer who had knowledge of mathematics and natural history.
Who is Barack Obama married to?
Michelle Obama
Who was Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti
she was an educator, political campaigner, suffragist, and women's rights activist.
Emmett Chappelle
was a scientist who made valuable contributions in the fields of medicine, philanthropy, food science, and astrochemistry.
Will Smith
American actor, rapper, and film producer
Marie Maynard Daly
American biochemist. She was the first African-American woman in the United States to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry
Who is Rebecca Lee Crumpler
she was the first Black woman to become a doctor of medicine in the United States
Who was Gisèle Rabesahala
she was a politician and activist who was the first woman to hold a ministerial, (relating to a minister of religion) position in the government of Madagascar.
Otis Boykin
was an inventor and engineer. His inventions include electrical resistors used in computing, missile guidance, and pacemakers.
James Earl Jones
He has been described as "one of America's most distinguished and versatile" actors for his performances in film, theater, and television, and "one of the greatest actors in American history"
Percy Lavon Julian
American research chemist and a pioneer in the chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs from plants.
What are the Sugarhill Gang's “Rapper's Delight”
they became the first African American commercially successful rap record
Who was Angela Davis
She was a political activist, philosopher, academic, scholar, and author.
Bessie Blount Griffin
was a writer, nurse, physical therapist, inventor and forensic scientist.
Don Cheadle
is an American actor. Following early roles in Hamburger Hill, and as the gangster "Rocket" in the film Colors
Norbert Rillieux
American-French inventor who was widely considered one of the earliest chemical engineers
How many years has it been since slavery was abolished?
155 years!!!