History
First African-American president.
Barack Obama
Los Angeles Lakers player number 23.
Lebron James
Actress that was in the Color Purple.
TV show that centers on the lives of the "Huxtables."
The Cosby Show
She wrote the novel, The Color Purple.
Alice Walker
The year Oprah Winfrey started her TV show.
1986
This athlete plays tennis.
Venus Williams
The actor for the Black Panther movie.
Chadwick Boseman
Actor that was the star of Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
Will Smith
She wrote the novel, The Bluest Eye
Toni Morrison
The year Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream" speech.
1963
The owner of the Charlotte Hornets.
Michael Jordan
The actor for the movie, Men in Black.
Will Smith
Name of the show with Steve Urkel.
Family Matters
She wrote the memoir, I know why the cage bird sings.
Maya Angelou
The first African-American scientist, developed products using peanuts.
George Washington Carver
In 2009, this athlete was inducted into the Women's Hall of Fame.
Ora Washington
The African American actor in the move Bruce Almighty.
Morgan Freeman
The first female African American TV show host.
Oprah Winfrey
She wrote the novel Their Eyes were watching God.
Zora Neale Hurston
The first African-American woman in space.
Mae Jemison
He played baseball for the L.A. Dogers in 1947.
Jackie Robinson
The actor for the movie, Black Knight.
Martin Lawrence
Actor that plays the character Mabel Earlene Simmons "Madea".
Tyler Perry
This author wrote the autobiography, Narrative in the Life of Fredrick Douglass, and American Slave.
Fredrick Douglass