Sports
This person broke the color barrier for baseball
Who is Jackie Robinson
This music artist has the number 1 selling album of all time, dubbed as the "King of Pop"
Michael Jackson
She is the first self made millionaire, creating and selling her own brand of hair care products.
Madam CJ Walker
Was a major leader in the bus boycotts during the Civil Rights movement, she refused to give up her seat on the bus
rosa Parks
First Black Supreme Court Justice
Thurgood Marshall
This person is the All-time Leading scorer in NBA history
Lebron James
She host the highest-rated TV show of its kind in history. As chairman and CEO, she has guided her successful cable network, magazine, and film company. She is one of the few Black billionaires in America
Oprah Winfrey
agricultural scientist and inventor who promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion. He was one of the most prominent black scientists of the early 20th century. He had over 100 uses for peanuts.
George Washington Carver
First Black President of the US
Barack Obama
Creator of Black History Week, which later became Black history month
Carter G Woodson
Nicknamed "The Greatest" this heavyweight boxing champion was also a powerful figure in the Black empowerment movement in the 60s and 70s.
Who is Muhammad Ali
Who has the most GRAMMYs of all time?
Beyonce
created the Carbon Light Bulb Filament, necessary to create the light bulb
Lewis Latimer
Founder of the Black Panther Party
Huey P Newton
she was an educator, philanthropist, humanitarian, womanist, and civil rights activist. She has an HBCU and many schools named after her.
Mary McCloud Bethune
Who was the first black player to play in the NBA?
Earl Lloyd
He is the top grossing American Actor of all time
Samuel L Jackson
He invented the potato chip
George Crum
he freed himself, his crew, and their families during the American Civil War by commandeering a Confederate transport ship, later becoming a member of the US house of representatives in South Carolina.
Robert Smalls
First HBCU?
Cheney University
He was the first black professional football player
Who is Kenny Washington
Who was the first black person to win an Oscar?
Hattie McDaniel
He invented the mailbox
Phillip Downing
Another member of the Black Panther party, assassinated at 21, who inspired the critically acclaimed movie "Judas and the Black Messiah"
Fred Hampton
What year were schools officially desegregated in the US?
1954