Inventors
Alexander Miles invented an automated version of this part of the elevator
The Automatic elevator door
She rescued 70 enslaved people through the underground railroad
Harriet Tubman
Which was the first African American US President
President Barack H. Obama
Dream Like
They were the band that was Motown’s biggest success story brought down by broken relationships
The Temptations
She invented a line of African American Hair products and became the first American woman to become a millionaire
Madam C.J. Walker
He founded a newspaper called the Chicago defender in 1905. It inspired people to move from the south to the north and fight for civil rights
Robert Abott
This man was a member of the 1992 Olympic Dream Team and the Chicago Bulls Basketball Team.
Michael Jordan
What are the Pan-African Colors
Black, Red, Yellow and Green
Establish Queen of Soul in 1967 with hit “R-E-S-P-E-C-T” and recently played by Jennifer Hudson in 2021 biopic
Aretha Franklin
Inventor of the portable air-cooling unit for trucks transporting foods that need to be kept cool.
Frederick A. Jones
At 15 years old, she refused to sit in the back of the bus nine months before Rosa Parks refused.
Claudette Colvin
She is the first African American Woman to host a nationally syndicated talk show and is also the first African American woman to become a Billionaire
Oprah Winfrey
Black Transgender woman who was at the forefront of LGBTQIA rights.
Marsha P. Johnson
American Rapper notable for satiric video, “This is America”, borrowing imagery from Jim Crow stereotypes, gun policies, and racial tensions
Childish Gambino
ISU alumni who is responsible for the creation of over 200 peanut products and was the first African American faculty at Iowa State
George Washington Carver
Founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. His home and the Bethel AME were stops for the Underground Railroad.
Richard Allen
This legendary basketball Player became the youngest player to reach 30,000 career points, won 2 Olympic Gold Medals and various other achievements
Kobe Bryant
Iowa State entrepreneur who owns a Black Owned Lipgloss line using organic, vegan and cruelty free products
Jassma’ray Johnson (Simply Samone)
1995 rapper releases Mother’s Day hit tribute to his own mother, “Dear Mama”
Tupac Shakur
One of the first African American woman to receive a patent she improved the ironing Board
Sarah Boone
Known as the “Godmother of the Civil Rights Movement” She advocated for Civil Rights and Women’s Rights.
Dorothy Irene Height
Known as the “King of Pop”
Michael Jackson
NASA mathematician whose trajectory calculations helped astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American in space and This legendary basketball Player became the youngest player to reach 30,000 career points, won 2 Olympic Gold Medals and various other achievements d was profiled in “Hidden Figures”
Katherine Johnson
American Rapper and record producer depicted in musical crime drama “Straight Outta Compton”
Dr. Dre