Civil Rights Activists
This civil rights activist was jailed multiple times for leading nonviolent protests advocating for equal rights for black Americans and is famous for his "I have a dream" speech.
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?
This man broke a racial barrier when he started as the first base player for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, where he won Major League Baseball's "Rookie of the Year" award.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
In 1990, Alan Emtage created a program called Archie that helped teachers and students in college find information on their computers. This was the first type of this program that we all use daily today.
What is a search engine or Google?
This man is known as "the King of pop" and has the best-selling album of all time.
Who is Michael Jackson?
This man taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago School of Law, served as an Illinois senator, and broke barriers as the 44th president of the United States.
Who is Barack Obama?
This brave woman challenged racist laws in Montgomery, Alabama, by sitting in a seat reserved for white people, knowing she would be arrested. Her actions started the infamous Montgomery Bus Boycott championed by Martin Luther King.
Who is Rosa Parks?
This four-time Olympic gold medalist competed in track and field events in 1936, beating out the Nazis (and everyone else) in the short-distance sprinting competitions and the long jump.
Who is Jesse Owens?
Katherine Johnson, a mathematician, was one of the most important people working with this government organization to land a shuttle on the moon in the 1960s.
What is NASA?
Famous for her autobiography "I Kniw Why the Caged Bird Sings," this woman has written books, essays, plays, movies, and TV shows, earning many awards and over 50 honorary degrees.
Who is Maya Angelou?
This lawyer started his career arguing for school desegregation in the landmark constitutional law case Brown v. Board of Education, and went on to be the first black Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
This abolitionist risked her life time and time again to help enslaved black Americans reach freedom, led a military campaign for the North during the Civil War, built hospitals and schools, and fought for women's rights.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
This woman won 23 major singles titles, the most of any modern tennis player.
Who is Serena Williams?
Mae Jemison, a medical doctor who spent several years tending to the sick around the world with the Peace Corps, left the medical profession to become this instead.
What is an astronaut?
This activist black author championed both black and gay rights during the Harlem Rennaisance with his beautiful, emotionally charged poetry, short stories, and nonfiction essays.
Who is James Baldwin?
This all-black group of military pilots had 1,578 missions during World War II, earning themselves several hundred awards for bravery and valor on the battlefield.
Who are the Tuskegee Airmen?
This famous black minister, activist, and voice of the religion of Islam was controverisal for his calls to use violence to end racism.
Who is Malcolm X?
In 1974, this baseball player with the Milwaukee Braves broke Babe Ruth's homerun record with 714 homeruns.
Who is Hank Aaron?
George Washington Carver, born into slavery, became one of the nation's most important scientists for discovering 100 uses for this edible plant.
What are peanuts?
This guitarist is considered to be "the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock music."
Who is Jimi Hendrix?
This retired four-star army general was our nation's first Secretary of State under President George W. Bush. He received numerous awards for his military service and his community service.
Who is Colin Powell?
After escaping slavery, this abolitionist became famous for his speeches and his written essays. He started the first abolitionist newspaper, "The North Star."
Who is Frederick Douglass?
This legend earned himself the nickname "His Airness" and has far too many awards and accomplishments to list here.
Who is Michael Jordan?
Mark Dean was a computer scientist and engineer in Silicon Valley. He invented the first gigahertz chip and was the first to create a computer screen that had this.
What is color?
This woman was born into poverty to a teenaged single mother in rural Mississippi and rose to fame as the "Queen of All Media," becoming the nation's richest black person of the 20th century through her television show.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
This South African man spent 27 years in prison for trying to nonviolently end the vicious segregation in his country. When he was finally freed, he became the first black president of South Africa in 1994.
Who is Nelson Mandela?