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The most decorated gymnast in US History
Who is Simone Biles
Developed improved techniques for blood storage
Who is Dr. Charles Drew
This Houston native is poised to break the record for most Grammy wins by a single artist this year.
Who is Beyonce?
helped establish the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), helped found the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, Alabama. Served four terms in the Georgia House of Representatives and later he was elected to serve six terms in the Georgia State Senate
Who is Julian Bond
An American sociologist, socialist, historian, and Pan-Africanist civil rights activist. Co founder of the NAACP and believed in full civil rights and increased political representation, which he believed would be brought about by the African-American intellectual elite known as the Talented Tenth
Who is WEB Dubois
First African-American to hold the #1 rank in tennis, win seven Grand Slam singles titles, five at Wimbledon and two at the US Open.
Who is Venus Williams
Invented the Super Soaker water gun, which was the top-selling toy in the United States from 1991 to 1992.
Who is Lonnie George Johnson?
The first African American to become an EGOT, winning an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and a Tony.
Who is Whoopi Goldberg?
March 2, 1955, she was arrested at the age of 15 in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman on a crowded, segregated bus, nine months before the more widely known incident in which Rosa Parks
Who is Claudette Colvin?
An American educator, author, orator, and adviser to several presidents of the United States. Also the founder of Tuskegee University
Who is Booker T Washington?
Widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball players and scorers of all time,he won five NBA championships, was an 18-time All-Star, a 15-time member of the All-NBA Team, a 12-time member of the All-Defensive Team, the 2008 NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP), and a two-time NBA Finals MVP.
Who is Kobe Bryant
American viral immunologist whose research lead to the creation of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Who is Kizzmekia Corbett?
American professional ballet company that is renowned for being both "the first Black classical ballet company" and "the first major ballet company to prioritize Black dancers".
What is Dance Theatre of Harlem?
Very active in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the Black Panther Party, and the League of Revolutionary Black Workers.
Who is James Forman?
Opening March 1, 1898, this local institution grew from an industrial school for girls into a high school to it's current status as a junior college under the leadership of Artemisia Bowden.
What is St. Phillips College?
He broke the long-standing MLB record for home runs held by Babe Ruth and remained the career leader for 33 years.
Who is Hank Aaron
American research chemist and a pioneer in the chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs from plants. His work laid the foundation for the steroid drug industry's production of cortisone, other corticosteroids, and birth control pills.
Who is Percy Lavon Julian
African-American animator, character designer, film director and television producer best known as the creator of Disney Channel's The Proud Family.
Who is Bruce W. Smith?
Was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, who became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York, and is famous for his oratory and incisive antislavery writings.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
An American educator, philanthropist and civil rights activist. Founded the National Council of Negro Women in 1935 and started a private school for African American students in Daytona Beach, FL.
Who is Mary McLeod Bethune?
This Heisman trophy winner is the only s the only professional athlete in history to be named an All-Star in both baseball and football.
Who is Bo Jackson
Self Taught American inventor who held more than 50 patents in the U.S. Most notably invented a device called the Synchronous Multiplex Railway Telegraph, a variation of induction telegraph which relied on ambient static electricity from existing telegraph lines to send messages between train stations and moving trains.
Who is Granville Woods?
This Unforgettable artist is the first African American to have a self titled TV show on a major network.
Who is Nat King Cole?
Co-founder of the National Women's Political Caucus, an organization created to recruit, train, and support women of all races who wish to seek election to government office.
Who is Fannie Lou Hamer?
The first African-American child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana during the New Orleans school desegregation crisis on November 14, 1960.
Who is Ruby Bridges