LAW AND ORDER
An executive order by President Lincoln declaring that all slaves were free...
What was the Emancipation Proclamation
First basketball player to score 100 points in a single game ...
Who was Wilt Chamberlin
This man pioneered the work for blood plasma, that allowed it to be stored for blood transfusions...
Who was Dr. Charles Drew
Grammy Award winning rapper, record producer and Oscar nominated actress know for her roles in the big screen adaptation of Chicago and the HBO film 'Bessie'. She also starred in "Bringing Down the House" with Steve Martin...
Who is Queen Latifah
First African American to be ranked No. 1 in professional tennis...
Arthur Ashe
The first African American to be elected President of the U.S. ...
Who is Barrack Obama
First African American Major League baseball player...
Who was Jackie Robinson
African-American doctor performed history-making surgery by separating tins joined at the head in 1987...
Dr. Ben Carson
Known "Queen of Soul" she was the first woman to be inducted into the Rock & Roll hall of Fame...
Aretha Franklin
First African American to reach the North Pole on the first successful mission to the North Pole...
Who was Matthew Henson
What Black leader encouraged Blacks to cast off the shackles of racism "by any means necessary"...
Who was Malcom X
The PGA was considered "Caucasian Only" until which golfer joined ...
Charles Sifford
First African American to travel in space...
Guion Bluford
Whose 1939 Easter Sunday concert at the Lincoln Memorial broke racial barriers and was seen as an important moment in the struggle of civil rights...
Who was Marian Anderson
First African American female billionaire...
Who is Oprah Winfrey
The first 9 black teenagers to attend Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas...
Who were the Little Rock Nine
This black athlete broke three track and field World Records in 45 minutes at Ohio State...
Who is Jesse Owens
First African American woman astronaut and first African American woman in space...
Mae C. Jemison
Known as the "King of Pop," Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 to June 25, 2009) was a best-selling American singer, songwriter and dancer...
Michael Jackson
This African American was dubbed, "The First Lady of Song"...
Who is Ella Fitzgerald
First black Supreme Court Justice...
Who was Thurgood Marshall
The only boxer to win the heavyweight championship 3 times ...
Who was Muhammad Ali
African-American mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. manned spaceflights...
Katherine Johnson
Winner at this years Grammy Award for best Rap Album...
Cardi B.
The first abolitionist organization was formed in this state proving that brotherly love is there...
What is Pennsylvania