Mash Up
The first African American Disney princess
Princess Tiana
Plays for the NFL San Francisco 49ers and a graduate of FHS
Dre Greenlaw
Jerry Lawson invented the interchangeable video game cartridge, making this game system possible.
Xbox
Has won two Grammy's. Also, the 44th President of the United States.
Barack Obama
"The Sonic Boom of the South" band just performed with Usher at the Super Bowl.
Jackson State University
At the 1960 Olympics, she sprinted her way to making history becoming the first American woman to win three gold medals at a single Olympics.
Wilma Rudolph
Principal of John L. Colbert Middle School
Warren Collier (Mr.Collier)
Safe Deposit Box
Henry Brown
"Father of Black History Month" and second African American to graduate from Harvard University with a doctorate degree.
Carter C. Woodson
Mrs.Caston, Shannon Sharpe, Taraji P. Henson, Chadwick Boseman all attended.
HBCU, Historically Black College and University
"The Father of Hip Hop"
DJ Kool Herc
Retired teacher who served Fayetteville Public Schools for 61 years.
Thelma Thomason
Most notable invention was the TATB Spot Test, a method for identifying explosives
Betty Wright Harris
The first black man to be a lawyer and one of the first black men to be elected to public office in the United States.
John Mercer Langston
This basketball season, the women's basketball team beat the University of Arkansas women's basketball team. There is also a FHS graduate that plays on the team.
UAPB, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
She became the first female hip hop artist inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Missy Elliot
Queen of FHS school business. Also, a former U of A women's basketball player.
Katrina Nesby (Ms.Nesby)
Coinventor of the IBM original computer. He also, co-co-created technology that enables printers, keyboards, disk drives, and monitors to be plugged directly into computers.
The first African American to be appointed to the U.S Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall
Alabama has the most HBCUs, with this many.
14
These two men gave the black power salute while protesting during the Mexico City Olympics. The two men raised their fist during the National Anthem while both wearing black socks with no shoes. The other man wore a black scarf around his neck.
Tommie Smith and John Carlos
The 2023 FHS TEACHER OF THE YEAR, representing BLACK QUEEN EXCELLENCE everyday.
Tommi Caston (Mrs.Caston)
In 1969, her calculations helped send astronauts to the moon. She, as well as her friends Dorothy Vaugh and Mary Jackson are considered "human computers".
Katherine Johnson
At 15 years old started college and studied political science at the University of Denver.
Condoleezza Rice
First institution of higher education founded for African-Americans
Lincoln University