Scientists/Inventors
Who was George Washington Carver?
He was an African-American agricultural scientist that was known for making 300 different uses for peanuts and also for one his inventions, crop rotation
Who became the first black millionaire?
Madam C.J. Walker
Who is Simone Biles?
She is an African-American Gymnast and has won 32 Olympic medals.
Who played Darth Vadar from Star Wars?
James Earl Jones
Who was Harriet Tubman?
She was an American abolitionist and escaped slavery. She saved 70 slaves.
Who was Patricia Bath?
She was a African-American inventor that invented laser cataract surgery.
Who is Mae Jemison?
She is an African-American engineer and became the first African-American woman to travel into space in 1992.
Who was the first black male to be selected to the U.S. Davis Cup team.
Arthur Ashe
Who was the first black woman to win an Academy Award?
Halle Berry
What was Maya Angelou's famous memoir called?
“I Know why the caged bird sings”
What inspired Garret Morgan to make the traffic signal?
After seeing a car crash
Who became the first black women to be elected to the U.S. Congress?
Shirley Chisholm
What is Althea Gibson famous for?
First African-American to win a Grand Slam title
Who was the first black male to win the Academy Award?
Sidney Poitier
Who is Oprah Winfrey and what is she famous for?
She is an African-American talk show host and became the first African-American to own her own production company.
Who made a video home security system and who did she make it with?
Marie Van Brittan Brown and her husband
Who was Sojourner Truth?
She was an African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist. She became the first African-American woman to win a case against a white man.
Who broke Usain Bolt's record?
Allyson Felix
What actress won an Emmy Award, a Grammy Award, an Academy Award and a Tony Award.
Whoopi Goldberg
Barak Obama and Kamala Harris
Who was the first electrical and mechanical engineer after the Civil War?
Granville Woods
Who is the director of the Hoover Institution at Stanford currently?
Condoleezza Rice
What's Cassius Clay's real name and what was he?
Muhammad Ali and he was a boxer
“The greatest entertainer ever to grace a stage in these United States.”
Sammy Davis Jr
25 years old