Sports
Convicted of draft evasion, sentenced to five years in prison, fined $10,000, and banned from boxing for three years, he could float and sting.
Muhammad Ali
They are a diversity focused VC fund based in New York. Their mission is to invest in 1000 diverse founders over the next 20 years.
Harlem Capital
She was the first Indian American to serve as a U.S. senator as well as the second African American woman.
Kamala Harris
They were the first group to debut with four consecutive number one hits on the Hot 100 with the songs I want You Back, ABC, The Love You Save, and I'll Be There.
Who are the Jackson 5?
On the Sunday Morning Program Bulletin "The Manifestation of the Spirit", She was noted as a Black Entrepreneur Philanthropist
Who was Madman C Walker?
First African American to play in Major League Baseball
Who is Jackie Robinson?
Hey Old Central, Benjamin Banneker
America's first clock
He was born on April 8, 1946 in Hickory, Mississippi. He became the first African American billionaire after selling the network BET to Viacom in 2001.
Robert L Johnson
Hey Old Central, Benjamin Banneker
America's first clock
This group took the midnight train to Georgia
Who is Gladys Knight & the Pips?
Who was the first American athlete to win 4 gold medals in one Olympics
Who is Jesse Owens?
She was the FIRST WOMAN to receive a doctrine from Yale University.
Phyllis A. Wallace
Mae Jemison was the first African American woman to go in this area between us
Space
On the Sunday Morning Program Bulletin "Black History Heritage", he founded the Free African Society.
Who was Richard Allen?
American baseball player, manager, and pioneer executive in the Negro Leagues.
Who is Rube Foster?
He was the first African-American to summit Denali (formerly Mt.Mckinley) which is the highest peak in North America
Charles Madison Crenchaw
The first African American woman to be elected to the US Senate
Carol Moseley Braun
W.E.B. DuBois was a founding member
What is the NAACP?
NFL player of the year award was named after this sweet guy
Who is Walter Payton?
The first woman ever to start a bank becoming the first African American woman to be president of a bank.
Maggie Lena Walker
In the Sunday Morning Program Bulletin "Black History Heritage" he was known world wide for speaking and fostering nonviolent protest against discrimination and poverty
Who was Martin Luther King?