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First Black lettered Greek sorority founded on January 15, 1908, at Howard University in Washington, D.C.
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated (ΑΚΑ)
Who invented the modern gas mask (1914) and an early traffic signal (1923)
Who is Garrett Morgan?
This NBA player has played for the Cleveland Cavaliers, L.A. Lakers and Miami Heat
Who is LeBron James?
Who said "The time is always right to do what is right"?
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Wrote the best selling auto-biography Becoming
Who is Michelle Obama?
First African-American to appear on a U.S. Postage 10-cent stamp issued on April 7, 1940.
Who is Booker T. Washington?
He developed over 300 products from peanuts and promoted crop rotation?
Who is George Washington Carver?
This African-American professional tennis player won three Grand Slam titles in singles and two in doubles.
Who is Arthur Ashe?
Who said "When someone shows you who they are, believe them – the first time."
Who is Maya Angelou?
First Black owned company listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 1971
The Johnson Products Company (Johnson & Johnson)
She became America's first self-made female millionaire in 1910
Who is Madame C.J. Walker?
Patented the "Ice Cream Mold and Disher" in 1897, designed for one-handed operation also known as Ice Cream Scoop
Who is Alfred Cralle?
This basketball player is known for his incredible slam dunks and played for the Chicago Bulls (#23) in the 1990s.
Who is Michael Jordan?
The famous quote "If there is no struggle, there is no progress" was made by this abolitionist leader from his 1857 speech on West India Emancipation
Who is Frederick Douglass?
Which activist was known as the "Moses of her people" for leading enslaved people to freedom on the Underground Railroad
Who is Harriet Tubman?
First African American to serve as the United States Secretary of State
Who is Colin Powell?
NASA mathematician whose orbital mechanics calculations were critical to the success of U.S. manned spaceflights.
Who is Katherine Johnson (1918–2020)?
Who is Eldrick "Tiger" Woods?
This boxer is famous for saying, "I am the greatest," and won the world heavyweight championship three times.
Who is Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.)?
This author and educator founded the National Council of Negro Women in 1935.
Who is Mary McLeod Bethune?
Born in Massachusetts, was the first African-American to receive a Ph.D from Harvard, wrote 'Souls of Black Folk' and helped found the NAACP
Who is W.E.B. DuBois?
An African American inventor and draftsman, patented a superior carbon filament in 1881-1882 that made incandescent light bulbs practical, durable, and affordable.
Who is Lewis Howard Latimer (1848–1928)?
NFL Head coach who served 13 seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Indianapolis Colts.
Who is Tony Dungy?
He said "Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek."
Who is Barack Obama?
This Netflix original movie is about the all female black regiment who delivered over 17 million pieces of mail during WWII?
What is the Six Triple Eight?