Black Firsts
In 2009, I was inaugurated as the 44th and first Black president of the United States.
Barack Obama
I, an Ohio resident, am the NBA's all-time leading scorer.
LeBron James
"Still I Rise" is one of my famous poems.
Maya Angelou
This female abolitionist escaped slavery and made rescued about 300 enslaved people using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad.
Harriet Tubman
Dr. Carter G. Woodson came up with Negro History Week, now expanded & renamed this.
Black History Month
The first woman ever to be inducted into the
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1987
Aretha Franklin
Who was the first African American golf champion to tour on the PGA circuit?
Tiger Woods
T'Challa, known as the Black Panther, was played by which famous actor
Chadwick Boseman
You get a car! And you get a car!
By the way, I'm very rich and have my OWN book club.
Oprah Winfrey
The gas mask, the traffic signal, and... hair grease?
Garrett Morgan
In 1967, I became the first Black Justice on the United States Supreme Court.
Thurgood Marshall
This baseball player of the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro Leagues was the first African-American to integrate the major leagues.
Jackie Robinson
The period in the 1920s and 1930s ushered in an intellectual and cultural revival of African American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater, and politics centered in Harlem, in New York City.
The Harlem Renaissance
This singer started her own beauty line called "Fenty Beauty."
Rihanna
"I float like a butterfly, sting like a bee."
The original GOAT
Muhammad Ali
In 1940, I became the 1st Black person to win an Academy Award for my role in Gone with the Wind.
Hattie McDaniel
I became the first Black American pro sports head coach in 1966 when I retired from the Celtics.
Bill Russell
This legendary guitarist is known for his virtuosic skills and played a role in the development of rock n roll.
Jimi Hendrix
In 1968, this was the first Black Woman elected to Congress.
Shirley Chisolm
The Peanut Man
George Washington Carver
In 1992, I became the First Black woman to go to space.
Mae Jemison
This Olympian owns the most gold medals in U.S. history.
Simone Biles
This musician played the trumpet and was known as "The Prince of Darkness."
Miles Davis
And speaking of businesswomen, I became the first Black self made millionaire in the United States selling cosmetics ad hair care products.
Madame CJ Walker
I was called "Detroit Red" before converting to Islam.
Malcolm X