Changed America
My major hit films include 48 Hours, Trading Places, Beverly Hills Cop, and The Golden Child. I won my first Emmy in 2020 for hosting Saturday Night Live
Who is Eddie Murphy
She was the first Black female billionaire in the United States in 2003. She is also a committed philanthropist, providing significant assistance to schools such as Morehouse College, Tennessee State University, Chicago Academy of Arts and others
Who is Oprah Winfrey
She is the first solo artist to have their first seven studio albums debut at number one on the Billboard 200. Her accolades include 32 Grammy Awards
Who is Beyoncé Knowles-Carter
This American actor, comedian, author, and television personality is the first black woman to have achieved EGOT status.
Who is Whoopie Goldberg
He was a social activist and Baptist minister who played a key role in the American civil rights movement from the mid-1950s until his assassination in 1968. He was the driving force behind landmark legislation as the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr
With $1.25 she launched her own line of hair products and straighteners for African American women. These hair products ultimately made her a millionaire
Who is Madam C.J. Walker
This story is set on Chicago's South Side, the plot revolves around the divergent dreams and conflicts within three generations of the Younger family: son Walter Lee, his wife Ruth, his sister Beneatha, his son Travis and matriarch Lena, called Mama.
What is A Raisin In The Sun
She was an African American dancer, singer, actress, and civil rights activist. She was the first African American woman to star in a motion picture and to perform with an integrated cast at the American concert hall
Who is Josephine Baker
In 2023 she joined the exclusive EGOT club, taking home the Grammy for best audiobook, narration, and storytelling recording for her memoir, Finding Me.
Who is Viola Davis
He was singer, songwriter, and dancer; dubbed the "King of Pop". He has one of the biggest selling album of all time for Thriller
Who is Michael Jackson
African-American noted for inventing the first toilets in railroad cars, the relay switch for air conditioners, and the incandescent electric light bulb and the telephone with Thomas Edison
Who is Lewis Latimer
She had a broad career as a singer, dancer, actress, composer, and Hollywood's first female black director, but is best know as the first African American female poet with her own line of Hallmark greeting cards.
Who is Maya Angelou
An American artist of Haitian and Puerto Rican descent. He first achieved fame as part of SAMO, a graffiti duo who wrote enigmatic epigrams in the cultural hotbed of the Lower East Side of Manhattan during the late 1970s, where rap, punk, and street art coalesced into early hip-hop music culture.
Who is Jean-Michel Basquiat
Iconic actor and producer who became only the second African-American to win an Academy Award for Best Actor and the first black actor to win two Oscars for acting.
Who is Denzel Washington
Who was the only African American member of the famous rat pack; he used his fame and fortune to fight the evils of racism
Who is Sammy Davis Jr.
African American inventor, businessman, and community leader who improved sewing machine and the gas mask. His most influential inventions was the three way traffic signal
Who is Garrett Morgan
Known as the “Moses of her people,” she escaped slavery to become a leading abolitionist. She also served as a scout, spy, guerrilla soldier, and nurse for the Union Army during the Civil War.
Harriet Tubman
He is an American rapper, record producer, record executive, and entrepreneur. Born in New York City, he received the nickname “Puffy” for his habit of puffing up his chest during football practice.
Who is Sean John Combs aka Puff Daddy, P. Diddy, Puffy, or Diddy
He was an American professional baseball player who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern era. He broke the baseball color line when he started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.
Who is Jack Roosevelt Robinson
Located in Detroit, MI., in the former Hitsville U.S.A. building, this company become the most successful black-owned record label in history.
What is Motown records
African American architect and designer of the numerous celebrities homes including Frank Sinatra, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz; also designed the LAX Theme Building at the Los Angeles International Airport
Who is Paul Revere Williams
As an agricultural chemist he increased the profitability of sweet potatoes and peanuts. He also created 518 new products from the crops that include ink, dye, soap, cosmetics, flour, vinegar, synthetic rubber; etc
Who is George Washington Carver
As an American singer and jazz pianist, he was the first African-American man to host an American television series. He was the father of singer-songwriter Natalie Cole
Who is Nat King Cole
He received a Golden Globe nomination for his role in A Raisin in the Sun. In 1963,he made history by being the first African American Male to win the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for Lilies of the Field.
Who is Sidney Poitier
American engineer, physician, and former NASA astronaut. She became the first black woman to travel into space when she served as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992
Who Is Mae C. Jemison