Athletes
he broke the color barrier in baseball and becam the first African American to play in the major leagues.
Jackie Robinson
Daniel Williams
He experimented with peanut products and got the nick name "Peanut Man"
George Washington Carver
he became famous for his first published poem "The Negro Speaks of Rivers"
Langston Hughes
"i Have a Dream"
Martin Luther King
He was an activist and philanthropist, who was also the first boxer to win the world heavyweight championship
Muhammad Ali
she invented hair care products and was also the first female self made millionaire.
Madam CJ Walker
she refused to give up her seat on the bus and ended bus segregation.
Rosa Parks
he was the creator of Motown Records
Berry Gordy
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She was the first female to be a member of the Harlem Globetrotters in 1985
Lynette Woodard
she was the first African American, and the first woman to serve as Surgeon General.
Joycelyn Elders
beaten by police in 1991, and riot started in L.A in 1992
Rodney King
**Poem Titles**
"Still I Rise"
"A Brave and Startling Truth"
Maya Angelou
"Moses of the people"
Harriet Tubman
Olympic track star who won 3 gold metals and still holds world records in the 100, and 200 meters races which was set in 1988
Florence "Flo-Jo" Griffith-Joyner
he created the first traffic signal in the U.S
Garrett A. Morgan
the first black candidate for the democratic nomination for the president of the United States
Jesse Jackson
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1st African American supreme court judge
Thurgood Marshall
He broke the color barrier in gold and was the first African American to play in the PGA tour.
Charlie Sifford
she invented the hot comb
Annie Malone
44th President of the Untied States
Barack Obama
Duke Ellington
Where was the first sit in at a segregated lunch counter
Greensboro NC