She was the first person to refuse to give up her seat.
Who is Claudette Calvin
100
Narrator of science documentary, Cosmos.
Who is Neil DeGrasse Tyson
100
First woman in space that also specialized computer programming, printed wiring board materials, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, computer magnetic disc production, and reproductive biology.
Who is Mae Jemison
100
Founder of the Abolitionist Paper,The North Star
Who is Fredrick Douglass
100
Brilliant math teacher of KPI, who taught for about 14 years.
Who is Micheal Hawkins.
200
The first black super hero of DC comics
Who is Black Lighting
200
Drafted the first patent for the telephones and drew the first blue prints for the lightbulb.
Who is Lewis Latimer
200
She accomplished what many researchers, chemists, and pharmacologists working around the world for hundreds of years had not been able to do and developed an injectable oil extract that was the most effective treatment for leprosy until the 1940s.
Who is Alice Ball.
200
Highly esteemed historian and author, known for his scholarship that focused on Southern history and racial politics.
Who is John Hope Franklin.
200
Two of the three engineers that helped John Glen into space
Who is Kathrine Johnson, Mary Jackson, and Dorthy Vaughn.
300
First female engineer.
Who is Mary Jackson
300
Former U.S presidential candidate and neurosurgeon.
Who is Ben Carson
300
First women to receive a Ph.D in Bio chemistry.
Who is Mary Daly
300
Author of many female empowerment books and was famous for walking of court after being charged with multiple felonies.
Who is Angela Davis
300
Created computer software for NASA's Project Vanguard and Project Mercury space programs.
Who is Evelyn Boyd.
400
First African American doctor.
Who is James McCune Smith.
400
Astronomer and author that was challenged by Thomas Jefferson to "do what he could to ensure racial equality."
Who is Benjamin Banneker
400
Received a Ph.D. in genetics and raised greater awareness for medical issues like sickle-cell anemia and breast cancer.
Marry Styles Harris
400
Became a fixture of New York City's Harlem Renaissance, thanks to novels like Their Eyes Were Watching God and shorter works like "Sweat."
Who is Zora Neale Hurston.
400
Mathematician and statistician, was the first African American to be elected to the National Academy of Sciences (1965) and is especially known for his contributions to the theory of duels.
David Blackwell.
500
First African American lawyer/attorney
Who is Macon Bolling Allen
500
Recipient of 14 U.S. patents who made valuable contributions in several fields, including medicine, biology, food science, and astro-chemistry.
Who is Emmet Chapelle
500
Second black woman to earn a Ph.D. in mathematics and worked on important NASA space programs and became a longtime professor.
Who is Evelyn Boyd
500
A poet and award-winning author known for her acclaimed memoir I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and her numerous poetry and essay collections.
Who is Maya Angelou
500
First one to use the notion of scales to the box product problem. _______ is very well known for his studies in topology and his innovations in that field of mathematics.