Famous Black History Athletes
Who was the first black major league baseball player?
Jackie Robinson
Who made the famous speech "I Have A Dream" and fought to end segregation?
Martin Luther King Jr
Who was the famous black actor who played in “The Heat of the Night“ series and the first African American to receive an Academy Award as best Actor?
Sidney Poitier
Who wrote the famous Poems “Phenomenal Woman”, Caged Bird”, and Still I Rise”?
Maya Angelou
Who invented peanut butter?
George Washington Carver
Who was the black athlete who was widely considered the greatest track and field athlete in history? He won four gold medals at the1936 Olympics in Berlin
Jesse Owens
Who didn't move their seat on the bus for a white person?
Rosa Parks
This black actress portrayed Tina Turner in the movie “What Love Got to do With it” and can be seen in the tv 911 series.
Angela Basset
Who was the Harlem Renaissance Poet that wrote the poems “ A Dream Deferred” and “I To Sing America”?
Langston Hughes
Who invented the traffic light?
Garrett Morgan
Who was the boxer that received the title "The Greatest"? His birth name was Cassius Clay
Mahamaad Ali
Who was elected as America's first Black President?
Barack Obama
A black actress who portrayed a lawyer in the TV series “How to Get Away With Murder”. Also was In the “Help” and stage play “Fences”
Viola Davis
Who wrote the Young Adult novel “The Hate We Give” (2017)?
Angie Thomas
Who invented a line of cosmetics and hair products for Black consumers in the first decades of the 20th century.
Madame C J Walker
Who is the first African American SpeedSkater to win a gold medal (2022).
Erin Jackson
Established the Church of God in Christ
Bishop Charles Harrison Mason
The African American Writer, Producer, and Actor who created the dynamic character MaDear? Also created The Browns, Sisters, The Oval, film producer.
Tyler Perry
Who wrote the novel ”The Audacity of Hope” (2006)?
Barack Obama
Who invented automatic elevator doors?
Alexander Miles
Who is the only African American Head Coach in the NFL at this time?
Mike Tomlin
Who made the phrase "Get in good Trouble"?
Representative John Lewis
This African American Actress career spanned 7 decades and she acted until she was 96 years old? (Mis Jane Pitman’, Sounder, Roots, the Help, Madea Family Reunion)
Who is Cicely Tyson
Who was the young poet that shared her poem “The Hill We Climb“ during President Biden’s Inauguration?
Amanda Gorman
Who invented the first traffic signal in the United States.
Garrett Morgan