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This man is known as the "king of pop music"
Michael Jackson
This individual was the first female African American Vice President
Kamala Harris
George Grant invented this sports item which can be found in your golf bag or laying around on the golf tee box
Wooden Golf Tee
He is the self-proclaimed greatest of all time in boxing and is known for rhymes like "float like a butterfly, sting like a bee"
Muhammad Ali
What month is considered Black History Month
February
In 2008, he became the first African American President of the United States
Barack Obama
This individual triggered a boycott in Alabama during 1955 by refusing to give up their bus seat
Rosa Parks
Alfred Cralle invented this item which is used as utensil for serving ice cream
Ice Cream Scooper
Who was previously known as the fastest track star in the world
Usain Bolt
This federal holiday happens on June 19th which commemorates the end of slavery in the United States
Juneteenth
Who was the most prominent leader in the civil rights movement that started in 1955
Martin Luther King Jr
Who was the individual who helped hundreds of slaves in the south escape to freedom
Harriet Tubman
This individual was granted a patent in 1923 for their three-position traffic signal. The patent included a third position besides just "stop" and "go"
Garrett Morgan
He was the first African American to play in Major League Baseball and played for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947
Jackie Robinson
These colors represent black history month
Red, green, black and yellow
This individual was the first black astronaut
Guion Bluford
This individual learned to read at the age of 116 and was honored by the US Department of Education as the nation's oldest student
Mary Walker
In 1991, Frederick Jones was the first African American to receive the National Medal of
Technology
In 1997, he was the first African American professional golfer to win the Masters golf tournament
Tiger Woods
Viola Davis recently won this award for best audiobook, narration and storytelling recording "Finding Me"
Grammy Award
Who was the first African American justice on the U.S. Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall
She is the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history, the first person to be named National Youth Poet Laureate and she also spoke at Joe Biden's inauguration
Amanda Gorman
Alexander Miles came up a design/functionality which made it easily assessable to enter in and out of an elevator
Automatic Elevator Doors
He recently broke the NBA's all-time scoring record
LeBron James
This is the year that the 13th amendment was passed that officially abolished slavery
1865