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Second African American to appear on 3 cent U.S. postage stamp. He was an American agricultural scientist and inventor. He was the most prominent black scientist of the early 20th century who developed hundreds of products.
Who is George Washington Carver?
This amazing man is the self–proclaimed “greatest [boxer] of all time” was originally named after his father, who was named after the 19th century abolitionist and politician Cassius Marcellus Clay.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
Moses' wife
Who is Zipporah?
American funk/soul band whose members met as mostly freshmen at Tuskegee Institute in 1968. Signed with Motown in 1972 and went on first tour with The Jackson Five.
Who are The Commodores?
African American fighter pilot in the U.S. Air Force who attended Tuskegee Institute and instructed African American pilots during World War ll. He became the first African American to reach the rank of four- star General in the armed forces.
Who is Daniel (Chappie) James?
African American abolitionist proposed to replace Andrew Jackson on the U.S. 20$ bill who escaped slavery and helped approximately 300 enslaved people to freedom using the Underground Railroad
Who is Harriet Tubman?
Broke the color barrier in Baseball in 1945; first black 2nd baseman depicted on a one dollar coin who refused to give up his seat on an Army chartered bus when ordered to move by the driver.
Who is Jackie Robinson
Black woman who won a beauty contest that stretched from India to Ethiopia?
Who is Queen Esther?
First African American graduate of MIT and the nation's first academically trained black architect whose designs shaped Tuskegee Institute and was honored in the Black Heritage Stamp
Who is Robert Robinson Taylor?
First hip hop billionaire with over 100 million records sold worldwide. He has amassed 22 Grammy Awards and holds the record for the most number-one albums by a solo artist on the Billboard 200, with 14.
Who is Jay-Z?
African Americans featured on the Commemorative half dollar coin from 1951-1954 who worked together at a school which was founded by one of them in 1881.
Who are Booker T. Washington and George Washington Carver?
Youngest player to complete a Grand Slam in Golf; youngest player to reach 50 PGA wins and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2019.
Who is Tiger Woods?
The mother of Abram's first son, Ishmael
Who is Hagar?
State legislation to discourage Black voting.
Poll Tax
The father of Black Aviation who was the first African American to earn a commercial Pilot's license.
Who is C. Alfred Anderson
African Americans appearing on the two sided $1.00 coin. One of these men was a baseball player and the other was the first man killed in the Boston Massacre making him the first American killed in the American Revolution
Who are Jackie Robinson and Crispus Attucks?
Joined Track and Field Team at Tuskegee Institute High School and went on to set Olympic and American record in high jump in 1948 and became first black woman to win a gold medal in the Olympics
Who is Alice Coachman Davis
Black man compelled by the Romans to carry the cross of Jesus of Nazareth as He was taken to His crucifixion.
Who is Simon of Cyrene?
Brothers who were lead plaintiffs in lawsuit brought by Fred Gray in 1963 against the Macon County Board of Education to desegregate the formally all white Tuskegee High School
Who are Anthony and Henry Lee?
This activist, who died at the age of 104, was a key figure in the Bloody Sunday March in 1965 and was brutally beaten by officers along with fellow marcher, John Lewis
Who is Amelia Boynton Robinson?
This African American Jazz musician and band leader is shown on the reverse side of the Washington DC quarter.
Who is Duke Ellington?
This 5 time NBA Basketball champion played with the same team for 20-years, coached his daughter's basketball team and was known as "Black Mamba"
Who was Kobe Bean Bryant?
First black man known as the King of Arabia who gave the gift of myrrh to the baby Jesus.
Who is King Balthazar?
Elected the first African American Sheriff in the South since Reconstruction in 1967. Sheriff of Macon County from 1967-1987
Who is Lucius Davenport Amerson?
Youngest player ranked in the top 100 by the Women's Tennis Association and has a career-high ranking of No. 51 in the world in singles, and No. 42 in doubles. This young woman beat Venus Williams twice.
Who is Cori "Coco" Gauff?