The Arts
This great Jazz musician was nicknamed Satchmo
Louis Armstrong
The first Black President of South Africa
Nelson Mandela
Activist who has fought for voting rights for Black people in Georgia. Recently nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize.
Stacey Abrams
Inventor of peanut butter.
George Washington Carver
In the 1970's, he built the first catridge-based video game system
Jerry Lawson
Contemporary Black author of books such as Ghost and Stamped.
Jason Reynolds
This person is the first NBA player to create a middle school
Lebron James
Winner of the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr
This woman, sometimes called "Moses", helped slaves escape to the North.
Harriet Tubman
In 1982 Marc Hannah co-founded this famous hardware company
Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Famous Black female science fiction writer born in Pasadena
Octavia Butler
She was the first Black woman to travel to space
Mae Jemison
African American Muslim Minister and Human Rights Activist of the 1960's
Malcolm X
Considered one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time
Muhammad Ali
A 'human computer' at NASA, she went on to head the computation division at Langley
Dorothy Vaughan
She wrote the best selling memoir "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"
Maya Angelou
First African American to serve on the US Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall
This person refused to give up her seat on a bus BEFORE Rosa Parks.
Claudette Colvin
The year slavery was made illegal in the United States.
1863
Kimberly Bryant founded this CS organization in 2011
Black Girls Code
Name of the early 20th century movement celebrating black artists and writers in New York City
The Harlem Renaissance
Ruby Bridges
The name of the 1961 protests in which Black and white people rode together on buses
Freedom Riders
Blood
Clarence 'Skip' Ellis was the first African-American to earn this
Ph.D. in Computer Science