One of America’s first self made female billionaires through her successful hair care tips and products
Who is Madame C.J Walker
100
Track and field athlete that won four gold medals and broke 2 Olympic records in the 1963 Berlin Olympic Games
Who is Jesse Owens
100
First African American candidate for a major party nomination for President of the United States
Who is Shirley Chisholm
100
Secretary for NAACP that refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a Montgomery Bus
Who is Rosa Parks
200
Performed the first prototype open heart surgery
Who is Dr. Daniel H. Williams
200
Conductor of the Underground Railroad that led hundreds of slaves to freedom
Who is Harriet Tubman
200
First black man to play Major League Baseball with the Brooklyn Dodgers
Who is Jackie Robinson
200
In 1967, he became the first African American U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Who is Thurgood Marshall
200
Name the famous protest that occurred from 1955-1956 in which African Americans refused to ride the city busses in Montgomery, Alabama
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott
300
Pioneer of the modern blood bank due to his research on blood plasma
Who is Dr. Charles R. Drew
300
First black woman to travel to space
Who is Mae Jemison
300
1960 Olympic gold medalist, defeating Sonny Liston for the heavyweight title. His real name is Cassius Clay
Who is Muhammad Ali
300
In 1998, he became the first African American general in the United States Army
Who is Benjamin Oliver Davis
300
Known as the leader of the civil rights movement and was an advocate of nonviolent resistance. Also led many significant civil rights protests
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
400
First black man to travel to space
Who is Guion Bluford
400
First African American actress to earn 3 oscar nominations
Who is Viola Davis
400
The first African American swimmer to win an individual Olympic gold medal with her record-setting performance at the 2016 Rio Games
Who is Simone Maunel
400
First African-American chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and is a retired four-star general in the US Army
Who is Colin Powell
400
The 1955 brutal murder of this 14 year old boy in Mississippi helped spark the Civil Rights Movement
Who is Emmett Till
500
Invented electronic control devices for guided missiles, IBM computers, and the control unit for pacemakers
Who is Otis Boykin
500
Three famous mathematicians that played an influential role in launching astronauts into space
Who are Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughn and Mary Jackson
500
Holds the record for the most NBA championships won with 11 titles during his 13-year playing career
Who is Bill Russell
500
She was the first African American woman to serve as United States Secretary of State, and the first African American and the first woman to serve as the President’s National Security Advisor
Who is Condeleezza Rice
500
Passionate and inspiring speaker who fought for independence for African-Americans using violent methods if necessary