invention
Creating hundreds of products from peanuts, sweet potatoes, and soybeans
Dr. George Washington Carver
This person became the first black president in 2008
First black president of the United States
He became the NBA’s all-time leading scorer while building major philanthropic education initiatives.
This brave woman escaped slavery and helped many others find freedom on the Underground Railroad.
Harriet Tubman
This person invented a hair care products and became the first self made millionaire
Madam C.J Walker
This person refused to move their set in the bus in 1955
Rosa Parks
This leader of the Nation of Islam spoke strongly about Black pride and empowerment?
Malcolm X
He a broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier when he debuted with the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Jackie Robinson
This woman was the first African American woman to travel into space in 1992.
Mae Jemison
This person invented the traffic light
In 1863, this person became a national voice for abolition and women’s rights after her famous “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech.
Sojourner Truth
This person is famous poet and author wrote the book called Why the caged bird sings.
Maya Angelou
In 1947, this baseball player broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Jackie Robinson
This was the first person killed in the Boston Massacre, making him the first martyr of the American Revolution.
Cripus Attucks
Created a free breakfast program for children which providing breakfast for them before school
Huey P. Newton
In 1965, this person helped lead the Selma marches that resulted in the passage of Voting Rights Act
John Lewis
This person successfully argued Brown v. Board of Education before the Supreme Court, ending legal school segregation
Thurgood Marshall
She reaffirmed her status as one of the greatest gymnasts in history and an advocate for athlete mental health.
Simone Biles
What year was the civil rights act passed?
1964
This inventor made the Super Soaker, a fun water gun.
Lonnie Johnson
In 1967, this person became the first black women to be elected in the United State Congress
Shirley Chisholm
This person escaped slavery and became a powerful abolitionist speaker and writer
Fredrick Douglass
Becoming a three-time heavyweight boxing champion and famous for saying “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.”
Muhammad Ali
W.E.B Du Bois