Black History
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Famous People
This civil rights leader and political activist ran for president of the United States in 1984 and 1988.
Who is Jesse Jackson?
He was most famous black scientist of the 20th century and did research on agriculture. He found many uses for peanuts and sweet potatoes which helped many poor farmers.
Who is George Washington Carver?
She is an actress, the first woman to produce and host her own TV show, and the first black billionaire in North America.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
This famous basketball player played for UNC and Chicago Bulls and won 6 NBA championships.
Who is Micheal Jordan?
Many famous Black American entertainers began their careers at this Harlem club.
What is The Cotton Club?
In 1969, she became the first black woman to be elected to the US House of Representatives.
Who is Shirley Chisolm?
This North Carolinian immunologist and her team partnered with Moderna to make a vaccine for COVID-19.
Who is Kizzmekia Corbett?
She was the first African American to win an Academy Award for supporting actress in Gone with the Wind in 1939, but she was not allowed to attend the premiere and was placed at a table in the back of the room, separated from her white co-stars at the Oscars.
Who is Hattie McDaniel?
This famous athlete was named after President Teddy Roosevelt and in 1947, he was the first African American to play Major League Baseball.
Who is Jackie Roosevelt Robinson?
Ernest J. Gaines is a short story writer who wrote this 1971 historical novel turned movie whose main character was a 110 year-old woman who narrated her personal journey from slavery to activism in the 1960s.
What is The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman?
In 1993, she became the first black woman to be elected to the US Senate.
Who is Carol Moseley Braun?
This NASA astronaut was the first black woman to travel to space.
Who is Mae Jemison?
She sang the popular song"Respect" and was the first female artist to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.
Who is Aretha Franklin?
This famous tennis player has won 39 Grad Slam titles, 23 of which were Singles titles.
Who is Serena Williams?
Director, producer, writer, and actor Spike Lee has released over 35 films since 1983 through this production company.
What is 40 Acres & A Mule?
After escaping slavery, he changed his last name (was Bailey) and became an abolitionist, writer, and public speaker. He believed in equal rights for all.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
This self-educated mathmetician built America's first clock.
Who is Banjamin Banneker?
This early freedom rider was known for her legal scholarship, including writing the argument used by Thurgood Marshall in Brown v. Board of Education, her poetry, and becoming the first Black woman ordained as an Episcopalian priest.
Who is Pauli Murray?
This athlete was nicknamed "The Greatest" and was one of the best professional boxers of all time. Famous quote: Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.
Who is Muhammad Ali? or, Who is Cassius Clay?
Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now, a platinum hit by Gene McFadden & John Whitehead, was known unofficially as this in 1979 and recently.
What is The Black National Anthem?
This civil rights activist was an influence even at the young age of 6 years old. She was the first African American child to attend an all-white school in Louisiana during desegregation in 1960.
Who is Ruby Bridges?
Even though he was born to enslaved parents and only got an elementary school education, he invented the 3-light trafic light in 1923.
Who is Garrett Morgan?
He is considered the first black movie star and first black actor to become a millionaire.
Who is Lincoln Perry?
This woman became the first American woman to win 3 gold medals in one Olympiad.
Who is Wilma Rudolph?
James Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson were featured in this dramatic series from 1963 to 1964.
What is East Side, West Side?