Politics
The first African American to run for President
Shirley Chisolm
Thanks for the Jerry Juice, Madam C. J. Walker
Hair care products
First African American to play in Major League Baseball
Jackie Robinson
His mural is downtown at the Detroit Music Hall
Stevie Wonder
Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals
Damon J. Keith
She led the underground railroad
Harriet Tubman
Delivered I have a Dream speech
MLK JR
In 1965, this overturned the efforts by state legislatures to disenfranchise African-American voters
Voting Right Act
Hey Old Central, Benjamin Banneker
America's first clock
Who was the first American athlete to win 4 gold medals in one Olympics
Who is Jesse Owens?
90s Girl Group whose original name was "Girl Tyme"
Destiny's Child
George Shirley became a Grammy Award-Winning operatic tenor in this year
1968
She created her "own" network
Oprah Winfrey
Mother of the civil right movement
Rosa Parks
This amendment prohibited the denial of voting rights based on race, color, or previous status as a slave
15th Amendment
Got anything else Goodyear?, John Pickering
The Blimp
With a certain air, he batted .202 for the Birmingham Barons
Michael Jordan
This group of "spanish friends" are Bad and Boujee
Migos
She became the nation's first female African-American Neurosurgeon
Alexa Canady
Mae Jemison was the first African American woman to go in this area between us
Space
He was the face of the Nation of Islam
Malcolm x
the 5th African American ever to be elected to the US Senate
Barack Obama
Thanks for letting me read at night, Lewis Latimer
Electric Lamp
He could float like a butterfly
Muhammad Ali
This Canadian had God's Plan
Drake
Cora Brown became the first African-American woman to be elected to the State Senate in this year
1952
Her university dissertation was entitled, “Princeton-Educated Blacks and the Black Community.”
Michelle Obama
This US representative organized the 1963 March on Washington
John Lewis
In this year Carol Moseley Braun was the first African American woman to be elected to the US Senate
1992
Best water gun fight ever, Lonnie Johnson
Super Soaker
Nfl player of the year award was named after this sweet guy
Walter Payton
This rap artist's song, The Box, just became the first #1 hit in 2020
Roddy Ricch
He was the first African-American Poet Laureate
Robert Hayden
She knew why the caged bird sang
Maya Angelou
What are the Greensboro 4 known for?
Woolworth lunch counter sit-in