Young Influential People of Color
Who was the first woman of color to travel into orbit?
Mae Jemison
Who is the first colored president of the United States?
Barack Obama
Who inspired others to take action and start a bus boycott?
Rosa Parks
Who had a dream that each U.S. citizen would be treated with tolerance and respect?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Who founded the first Black Catholic School in the U.S.?
Mother Mary Lange
Who was the first African American student to integrate at an elementary school?
Ruby Bridges
Who helped free many slaves using the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman
Who are the legends in Major League Baseball
Jakie Robinson and Satchel Paige
Who was the first African American woman to earn a doctorate from MIT?
Shirley Ann Jackson
Who was the youngest poet to speak at a Presidential Inauguration?
Amanda Gorman
Who was the first woman and person of color elected Vice President of the United States?
Kamala Harris
Who was an advocate for abolition and the Women's Rights Movement
Frederick Douglass
Who worked on every major NASA space program for three decades?
Kathrine Johnson
Who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom as a writer and actress?
Maya Angelou
Who was the first African American to win Wimbledon?
Althea Gibson