Black Educators
This black poet and educator is the author if the famous poem "Still I Rise".
Who is The Great Maya Angelou
This black football player has received national support in the aftermath of his public stance (or kneel) on the matter of police violence.
Who is Colin Kapernick?
This Black American singer/songwriter, and activist is known for hit songs like the anthem "Feelin' Good" and historic quote like "Freedom means no fear".
Who is Nina Simone?
This black inventor made the delicious substance known to the world as peanut butter.
Who is George Washington Carver
This black mother, often uplifted and named for her role as the Conductor of the Underground Railroad, she served formally in the US militia to free many enslaved later in life after her freedom journeys.
Who is Harriet Tubman
These two black thinkers were known for their at times opposing views on black life and social advancement.
Who are Booker T. Washington and W.E.B DuBois
These two black gymnasts have dominated the women's division of the sport in the past 10 years, even creating whole new scoring procedures for the incredible skills they posess.
Who are Simone Biles and Gabby Douglass
This black poet is known for his prolific writing and contributions to the social scene of the Black Renaissance.
Who is Langston Hughes?
This American was the first self-made Black female millionaire and was known for her line of hair products.
Who is Madam CJ Walker?
This black woman was the first child to integrate an elementary school in the South.
Who is Ruby Bridges
This free black man was known for his progressively early support of black women's suffrage efforts during the early women's movement.
Who is Frederick Douglass
Which US football team and two basketball teams were the first to desegregate following baseball's integration of Jackie Robinson?
Who are Los Angeles Rams, Boston Celtics, and New York Knicks
This Black American born dancer doubled as a French spy/revolutionary in their resistance movement.
Who is Josephine Baker
These three black women were finally uplifted for their contributions to the history of NASA in the 2016 film "Hidden Figures".
Who are Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson.
This black woman was involved early on in the women's suffrage movement early on, despite the myth that black women were not involved in feminism.
Who is Sojourner Truth
This black woman writer is known for her academic and creative fiction of black people in the future.
Who is Octavia Butler?
This person is the most decorated athlete in World Championships History
Allyson Felix
This Haitian and Puerto Rican descended artist has made significant acclaim in the abstract and expressionist world of arts.
Who is Jean-Michel Basquiat
This black inventor's contribution of the traffic light moves all of our streets today.
Who is Garrett Morgan?
Who are Echol Cole and Robert Walker
This black educator and journalist spent much of her career in Memphis documenting black life and activism.
Who is Ida B. Wells
This black man was the first to play basketball at the University of Memphis.
Who is Herb Hillard?
This American actress inspired millions across the course of a seven decade career, moving through Hollywood in groundbreaking roles that would come to leave a legacy of grace and excellence behind her.
Who is Cicely Tyson?
This man invented the carbon lightbulb filament in 1881, though it is often misattributed to Thomas Edison.
Who is Lewis Latimer?
Who were the early leaders of the Memphis Civil Rights and black organizing group the Memphis Invaders?
Who are Charles Cabbage, Coby Smith, Calvin Taylor, and John Smith?