Ancient Peoples +
This person was the chief architect of the world’s first monumental building, the Step Pyramid.
Who is Imhotep?
This athlete became an Olympic champion after regaining the strength and use of her left leg.
Who is Wilma Rudolph?
This American civil rights activist worked to overturn segregation at the University of Mississippi.
Who is Medgar Evers?
This writer’s first book, Aint I a Woman, was a feminist discussion of racism and sexism.
Who is Bell Hooks?
This person called out, “Tell them about the dream, Martin, tell them about the Dream” and inspired Martin Luther King’s “I Have A Dream Speech.”
Who is Mahalia Jackson?
She was the first African-American poet to publish a book in the English colonies.
Who is Phillis Wheatley?
He founded the settlement that later became the city of Chicago.
Who is Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable?
In 1960, this civil rights activist and author was the first Black child to desegregate an all-white elementary school in New Orleans.
Who is Ruby Bridges?
This author established The Journal of Negro History in 1915.
Who is Carter G. Woodson?
This was the first African-Amerian elected as mayor of Atlanta, Georgia.
Who is Maynard Jackson?
Her cells were the first to be successfully cloned.
Who is Henrietta Lacks?
She was the first female bank president of any race to charter a bank in the United States.
Who is Maggie Lena Walker?
He was the first Arican-American chemist inducted into the National Academy of Sciences.
Who is Percy Julian?
She learned to use poems to express her feelings after having difficulty communicating as a child.
Who is Audre Lorde?
This writer and historian was a pioneer in the creation of Africana studies.
Who is John Henrik Clarke?
She was the first female poet of any race to recite a poem at a U.S. Presidential inauguration.
Who is Maya Angelou?