Sports
Was the first African American to play major league baseball.
Jackie Robinson
He was most famous for establishing the United Negro College Fund in 1944 and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Reagan
Frederick Douglas Patterson
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Turnip, Collard and Mustard, turkey necks or hamhocks
Greens
The 44th president of the United States and served for (2) terms
Barack Obama
The first American woman to win (3) Olympic gold medals in track and field at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome
Wilma Rudolph
He was a gifted trial lawyer and his efforts foreshadowed the success of Brown v. Board of Education more than a century later
Robert Morris Sr.
She was most famous for her role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott for her defiance when asked to give up her seat
Rosa Parks
Some like them smothered, baked or fried
Chicken
These two sisters were raised in Compton and dominated their sport for years
Venus and Serena Williams
He was an amateur with a boxing record of 85-0, winning sixty-nine of those by knockout and is often cited as the greatest boxer, pound for pound, of all time.
Sugar Ray Robinson
He once stated "If you can't read, it's going to be hard to realize dreams" and placed emphasis on both trades and academics
Booker T. Washington
She lead over 300 slaves to freedom including her own parents
Harriet Tubman
You can make at least a dozen or more of these....even cajun style but be sure to boil them first
Deviled Eggs
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She became the first African American to win a Grand Slam title on the World Tennis Tour
Althea Gibson
His motivation was to recognize the contributions of African Americans to society and started Negro History Week, which would later become Black History Month
Carter G. Woodson
He was a founding member of the National Association of the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and had written (17) books by the time he died in 1963.
W.E.B. Du Bois
Mix with stuffing or cornbread
Dressing
Mambacita's Dad
Kobe Bryant
Jesse Owens
He was the first African American president of Fisk University and was the head of the sociology department
Charles Spurgeon Johnson
He was a human rights activist, public speaker and African American Muslim minister and felt that African Americans' issues deserved international attention
Malcom X
Serve them candied, sliced or as pie
Sweet Potatoes
The host city of the 2021 Summer Olympic Games
Tokyo