INVENTORS
She was the founder of the national council for black women.
Who is Mary M. Bethune?
He was an American trumpeter, composer, and vocalist who was one of the most influential figures of jazz.
Who is Louis Armstrong?
She refused to give up her seat and started the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Who is Roas Parks?
He became a major league baseball icon.
Who is Hank Aaron?
He was one of the first to travel to the North Pole and back.
Who is Matthew Henson?
She created hair products.
Who is Madame CJ Walker?
He was the first African American Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
Who is Maya Angelou?
He played baseball with Brooklyn Dodgers.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
She was the first African American to travel into space.
Who is Mae Jemison?
He invented the potato chips.
Who is George Crum?
She was the first African American to perform as a regular member of the New York Metropolitan.
Who is Marian Anderson?
He was a well known leader or spokesperson in the civil rights movement from 1954 until his assassination.
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.?
He reigned as the world's greatest heavyweight boxer.
Who is Joe Louis?
She is the assistant principal at JIS.
Who is Mrs. Powell?
He performed the first open-heart surgery.
Who is Daniel Hale Williams?
She was a famous African American actress and the first to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress.
Who is Dorothy Dandridge?
He was a great African American leader in the 19th and 20th century and an American educator.
Who is Booker T. Washington?
She was the 1st black athlete to cross the color line of international tennis.
Who is Althea Gibson?
She is the principal at JIS.
Who is Mrs. Sullivan?
He invented the traffic light.
Who is Garrett A. Morgan?
He was the first African American elected to presidency.
Who is Barack Obama?
She was the first African American to host her own internationally popular talk show.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
He was the first American track and field athlete to win 4 gold medals.
Who is Jesse Owens?
She was the first African American to gain an international permit to fly.
Who is Bessie Coleman?