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This man was the first person to invent peanut butter and made over 100 uses for peanuts.
Who is George Washington Carver?
100

This man was the first African American to be elected president, in 2008.

Who is Barrack Obama?

100
This man is considered to be the founding father of jazz and international ambassador of swing. He is also nicknamed "Satchmo".
Who is Louis Armstrong?
100

This man was the first person to successfully seperate cojoined twins and is the Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital

Who is Dr. Benjamin Carson?

100

This woman is considered by the US Congress to be "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement" with her famous protest of not giving her seat to a white woman.

Who is Rosa Parks?

200
This man invented the carbon filament part of the light bulb and worked in the laboratories of Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell.
Who is Lewis Latimer?
200

This woman was Security Advisor to the Bush presidency in 2001 and became George W. Bush's second Secretary of State in 2005.

Who is Condoleezza Rice?

200
This woman, known as "The First Lady of Song", sold over 40 million albums and won 13 Grammys. She has worked with people such as Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong and Benny Goodman.
Who is Ella Fitzgerald?
200

This astrophysicist who earned his doctorate from Columbia University in 1991 hosted the NOVA ScienceNow series from 2006 to 2011

Who is Neil deGrasse Tyson?

200
This man was a leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. His main method for racial equality was the practice of non-violent protesting and is a national icon in the history of American progressivism.
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
300
This woman invented hair-growing lotion and was the first African-American female millionare.
Who is Madam C. J. Walker?
300

This man was the first African American and the youngest person to chair (1989–93) the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the first African American to serve (2001–5) as secretary of state

Who is General Colin Powell?

300
This woman is know to be one of the foremost blues singers of her time with her trademark being being white gardenias she wore on her hair
Who is Billie Holliday?
300

This woman was the first African American woman to become an astronaut in 1992, where she boarded the Endeavor.

Who is Mae C. Jemison?

300
This man is a American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author and editor. He was first African American to earn a doctorate and one of the co-founder leaders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909.
Who is W. E. B. DuBois?
400
This man invented the gas mask and the first traffic signal.
Who is Garrett Morgan?
400

This man served as the first African American Senator, hailing from Mississippi and served as a president to a black college.

Who is Hiram Revels?

400
This man is known as "The King of Blues" and made his first appearance on the Tonight Show and in 1971 performed on the Ed Sullivan Show.
Who is B.B. King?
400
Along with Gerhard Sessler, this man invented the foil electret microphone, an inexpensive, compact device that is now used in 90 percent of all contemporary microphones. He also holds over 240 patents
Who is James West?
400
This man was a leader in civil and gay rights and leading activist of the early 1947–1955 civil-rights movement, helping to initiate the 1947 Freedom Bus Ride
Who is Bayard Rustin?
500
This woman was the first to invent of method of eye surgery that allowed people to see and was nominated to the National Inventors Hall of Fame.
Who is Dr. Patricia E. Bath?
500

This woman was the first African American woman to serve in the House of Representatives and wrote Unbought and Unbossed (1970) and The Good Fight (1973).

Who is Shirley Chisholm?

500
This woman, born in April 9, 1887, was the first African American woman to have her symphonic compositions used by a leading US orchestra.
Who is Florence Beatrice Price?
500
In 1893, this person opened Provident Hospital, the first medical facility to have an interracial staff. He was also the first physician to successfully complete open-heart surgery on a patient.
Who is Daniel Hale Williams?
500
This woman was an American educator and civil rights leader best known for starting a school for African-American students in Daytona Beach, Florida and was an advisor to President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Who is Mary Jane McLeod Bethune?