Black Inventors
Who invented the three-light traffic signal?
Garrett Morgan
Who gave the 'I Have a Dream' speech?
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Which famous jazz musician played the trumpet and was known for 'What a Wonderful World'?
Louis Armstrong
Who was the first African American heavyweight boxing champion?
Jack Johnson
Which film was the first Marvel movie with a Black superhero lead?
Black Panther
Who improved the lightbulb with a carbon filament?
Lewis Latimer
Who refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery?
Rosa Parks
Which singer is known as the 'Queen of Soul'?
Aretha Franklin
Which NBA player is known as 'His Airness'?
Michael Jordan
Who became the first Black president of the United States?
Barack Obama
Who invented the first home security system?
Marie Van Brittan Brown
Who was the first African American Supreme Court Justice?
Thurgood Marshall
Who was the first African American woman to win a Grammy?
Ella Fitzgerald
Who was the first Black woman to win an Olympic gold medal in track and field?
Alice Coachman
Which African American poet wrote 'The Hill We Climb' at President Biden's inauguration?
Amanda Gorman