This person was the first female African American ballet dancer to be made principal at the American Ballet Theatre
Misty Copeland
Lebron James was born in ______________
Akron, Ohio
This person lost his sight when he was a baby and became blind
Stevie Wonder
Michael Jordan won ______ NBA championships
6
Stevie Wonder learned to play piano and other instruments at the age of ________
10
This person is considered one of the greatest baseball pitchers of all time
Satchel Paige
Michael Jordan was the 3rd pick in the NBA draft by the _____________
Chicago Bulls
This person is the first African American to win an Academy Award for best actor
Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier was granted knighthood by ______________ in 1974
Queen Elizabeth
Arthur Ashe fought against ______________'s racist apartheid government
South Africa
This person studies space, galaxies and physics
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Lebron James won his first championship with the ___________
Miami Heat
This person opened a school in their hometown
Lebron James
Shirley Chisholm was the first Black woman to run for the ____________ Party’s presidential nomination
Democratic
Carter D. Woodson went to ___________________ for college.
Harvard University
In 1968, this person became the first and only Black man to ever win the U.S. Open championship
Arthur Ashe
Stevie Wonder's real name is ______________
Stevland Judkins
Misty Copeland's mentor was ______________
Raven Wilkenson
Satchel Paige was _____ years old when he pitched his last MLB game
59
Michael Jordan went to ______________ for college and made the game winning shot in the Championship game
North Carolina
This person is considered the Father of Black History
Carter D. Woodson
Shirley Chisholm received the Presidential _________________
Medal of Freedom
This person was the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress
Shirley Chisholm
Neil deGrasse Tyson has _____ honorary doctorate degrees
21
Shirley Chisholm fought for equal rights for women, ___________, immigrants and _____________
minorities and the poor