Athletes
Professional tennis player who has won 23 Grand Slam single titles, the most by any player in the Open Era
Who is Serena Williams?
Accomplished actor and playwright who studied at Howard University, best known for his role as Black Panther
Who is Chadwick Boseman?
African American abolitionist and women's rights activist best known for her speech on racial inequalities, "Ain't I a Woman?"
Who is Sojourner Truth?
Invented hair care products for black women, the first African American millionaire
Who is Madame C. J. Walker?
Poet, social activist, novelist and playwright, an early innovator of jazz poetry, best known as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance
Who is Langston Hughes?
Integrated sports by becoming the first African American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era
Who is Jackie Robinson?
Television personality, actress, and entrepreneur whose syndicated daily talk show was among the most popular of the genre
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
Civil rights leader and politician, known for his chairmanship of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, leading the march in Selma and the Voting Rights Act
Who is John Lewis?
Mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics were critical for the success of the first U. S. crewed spaceflight
Who is Katherine Johnson?
Poet, civil rights activist, and award-winning author known for the acclaimed memoir, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"
Who is Maya Angelou?
Artistic gymnast with a combined total of 30 Olympic & World Championship medals, the most decorated American gymnast
Who is Simone Biles?
Began ballet at age 13 and rose to stardom to become the first African American woman promoted to principal dancer for American Ballet Theatre
Who is Misty Copeland?
Jamaican-born Black nationalist and leader of the Pan-Africanism movement, which sought to unify and connect people of African descent worldwide
Who is Marcus Garvey?
Inventor, entrepreneur, and aerospace engineer for NASA, graduated from Tuskegee University, may be most famous for inventing the Super Soaker
Who is Lonnie Johnson?
Essayist, playwright, novelist and voice of the American civil rights movement known for works like "Notes of a Native Son"
Who is James Baldwin?
Professional boxer, activist, entertainer and philanthropist, nicknamed himself "The Greatest"
Who is Muhammad Ali?
Award winning actress whose career spanned more than seven decades, known for her portrayal of strong African American women
Who is Cicely Tyson?
First African American woman in Congress and first woman and African American to seek nomination for president of the U. S.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
Inventor, businessman, and community leader, most notable inventions were a three-position traffic signal and a smoke hood
Who is Garrett Morgan?
First African American and second woman to publish a book of poems, known as the mother of African American literature
Who is Phyllis Wheatley?
Track and field athlete who set a record as the first athlete to win 4 gold medals in one Olympiad
Who is Jesse Owens?
Pianist who was the greatest jazz composer and bandleader of his time,one of the originators of big- band jazz
Who is Duke Ellington?
Baptist pastor and American politician who was the first African American to be elected from New York to Congress
Who is Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.?
Founded Tuskegee University and the National Negro Business League, leader during the late 19th and early 20th centuries
Who is Booker T. Washington?
Poet best known as the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize for the book "Annie Allen"
Who is Gwendolyn Brooks?