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This blues guitarist is known for playing the famous Lucille Gibson Guitar. He won 30 grammy awards for his music with 15 of them being in the Blues genre.
Who is B. B. King?
This baseball player hit more home runs than Babe Ruth and held the home run title until Barry Bonds broke his record in 2007.
Who is Hank Aaron?
Who is George Washington Carver?
This famous poet and author wrote "I Know why the Caged Bird Sings," in 1969.
Who is Maya Angelou?
Sometimes called the father of the civil rights movement. He rose through determination, brilliance, and eloquence to shape the American nation. He was an abolitionist, human rights and women's rights activist, orator, author, journalist, publisher, and social reformer.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
Wrote the play "A Raisin in the Sun" in 1959.
Who is Lorraine Hansberry?
Famous boxer and civil rights activist who protested the war in Vietnam and was banned from boxing for 3 years. In addition to winning the world heavyweight title, he also was honored with the highest civilian award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2005.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
She was a mathematics educator. She was one of the first African-American women to receive a PhD in mathematics.
Who is Marjorie Lee Browne?
She was an American science fiction author and a multiple recipient of the Hugo and Nebula awards. In 1995, she became the first science-fiction writer to receive a MacArthur Fellowship.
Who is Octavia Butler .
After encountering racism and discrimination at Antioch College, this woman joined the NAACP. After her husband's assassination in 1965, she continued her legacy (and his) for civil rights by founding the a Center for Nonviolent Social Change. She is known for using music to inspire social change.
Corretta Scott King
An American actor, director, and producer with a career spanning multiple decades. He played Malcolm X and starred, directed and produced August Wilson's Fences in 2016.
Who is Denzel Washington?
This retired Jamaican sprinter is widely considered to be the greatest sprinter of all time. He currently holds world records in 100m and 200m sprints.
Who is Usain Bolt?
Credited with saving thousands of lives with work in the field of blood transfusions. He is an American physician, surgeon, and medical researcher.
Who is Charles Drew?
Considered one of the first scholars to study African-American history and often called the Father of Black History.
Tried to sue the United States Government for freedom from slavery. In 1857, Chief Justice Roger Taney told him that he was not an American citizen.
Who is Dred Scott?
Played the chief engineer on Star Trek the Next Generation and hosted the television show Reading Rainbow. This actor and reading enthusiast now reads for his fans on Twitter and for his Podcast.
Who is LeVar Burton?
She was an American sprinter, who became a world-record-holding Olympic champion and international sports icon in track and field following her successes in the 1956 and 1960 Olympic Games.
Who is Wilma Rudolph
This American engineer, physician and astronaut became the first female African American in to travel into space.
Who is Mae Carol Jemison?
This American novelist was raised in Harlem and wrote over 100 books for children and young adults. His most famous novels were "Monster" and "Fallen Angels."
Who is Walter Dean Myers?
This statesman, patriot, and four-star general in the US Army was the first African American Secretary of State, serving in President George W. Bush's cabinet.
Who is Colin Powell?
He is an American guitarist that revolutionized music in the 1960s. His most famous work "Purple Rain" is now considered a cultural icon.
Who is Jimi Hendrix?
This Major League Baseball player and National Football League player played both sports in official games on the same day. He played for the Falcon's in Miami and then flew to Pittsburgh to play for the Braves later that day.
Who is Deion Sanders?
She was the first African American woman to earn a PhD in chemistry in the U.S. She earned her doctorate from Columbia University in 1947 and devoted her life to research and education, teaching and working as a biochemist.
Who is Marie M. Daly?
This author wrote eloquently, thoughtfully, and passionately on the subject of race in America in novels, essays, and plays. He is perhaps best known for his books of essays, in particular Notes of a Native Son in 1955.
Who is James Baldwin?
He was an American politician and civil rights activist who served in the United States House of Representatives for Georgia's 5th congressional district from 1987 until his death in 2020. He was the chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee from 1963 to 1966.
Who is John Lewis?