AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN
FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE ELECTED TO THE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN TO SEEK THE US PRESIDENCY IN A MAJOR POLITICAL PARTY.
SHIRLEY CHISHOLM
FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN TO GRADUATE FROM HARVARD AND ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE NAACP
W.E. DUBOIS
DISCOVERED OVER 300 USES FOR THE PEANUT
GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER
HE WON A GOLD MEDAL AT THE 1960 OLYMPICS OBJECTED TO BEING DRAFTED IN THE VIETNAM WAR AND WON THE HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING CHAMPIONSHIP THREE TIMES
MUHAMMAD ALI
HE ATTENDED MOREHOUSE COLLEGE AND WROTE, DIRECTED AND STARRED IN MALCOLM X, SCHOOL DAZE AND BLACKKLANSMAN
SPIKE LEE
ELECTED TO THE KENTUCKY STATE SENATE AND A PERSONAL FRIEND OF MARTIN LUTHER KING JR
GEORGIA POWERS
FOUNDER OF THE TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE, EDUCATOR AND WRITER
BOOKER T WASHINGTON
INVENTED THE TRAFFIC STOPLIGHT AND GAS MASK AND IS FROM PARIS, KY
GARRETT MORGAN
HIS DECISION TO KNEEL DURING THE PLAYING OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM STARTED A NATIONAL DEBATE ABOUT PATRIOTISM
COLIN KAEPERNICK
HE WON AN ACADEMY AWARD FOR HIS PERFORMANCES IN TRAINING DAY AND GLORY AND RECOGNIZED FOR HIS ROLES IN MALCOLM X AND REMEMBER THE TITANS
DENZEL WASHINGTON
FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN FIRST LADY
MICHELLE OBAMA
CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST AND CRUSADER FOR A NATIONAL HOLIDAY FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
CORETTA SCOTT KING
FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE ASTRONAUT
MAE JAMISON
HE WON THE HEISMAN TROPHY IN COLLEGE AND WON THE NFL MVP AND PLAYED FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE
LAMAR JACKSON
SHE GRADUATED FROM HOWARD AND PLAYS COOKIE LYON ON EMPIRE
TARAJI P HENSON
PREACHER, ORATOR, AND ADVOCATE FOR ABOLITION OF SLAVERY
SOJOURNER TRUTH
FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN TO SERVE AS JUSTICE ON THE US SUPREME COURT
THURGOOD MARSHALL
THIS UNIT OF ARMY FIGHTER PILOTS SUCCESSFULLY ESCORTED HEAVY BOMBERS WITHOUT A LOSS AND A MOVIE WAS MADE REGARDING THE UNIT, RED TAILS
TUSKEGEE AIRMAN
NAMED AFTER A JAPANESE STEAK, ONE OF THE FIRST TO GO TO THE NBA FROM HIGH SCHOOL, AND WENT ON TO WIN 5 NBA CHAMPIONSHIPS, 2 MVP AWARDS, AND 18 ALL-STAR TEAM SELECTIONS.
A COMEDIAN RECENTLY SUFFERED SEVERE INJURIES IN A CAR ACCIDENT
KEVIN HART
SHE ESCAPE SLAVERY, BECAME AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD TO HELP SLAVES ESCAPE AND KNOWN AS THE MOSES OF HER PEOPLE
HARRIET TUBMAN
ORATOR, MINISTER AND PRESIDENT OF SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE, LEADER OF THE MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT, NOBEL PEACE PRIZE RECIPIENT AND GAVE I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
FIRST MAN TO DISCOVER THE NORTH POLE
MATTHEW HENSON
AT THE AGE OF 24, THIS GOLFER WON THE PGA CHAMPIONSHIP BEATING BOB MAY IN A THREE-HOLE PLAYOFF AT VALHALLA GOLF CLUB IN LOUISVILLE, KY
TIGER WOODS
SHE WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN TO HOST A TALK SHOW ON DAYTIME TV, OWNS A TV STATION AND MAGAZINE
OPRAH WINFREY