THEE First African American
He invented the first traffic light and the gas mask
Garrett Morgan
What does NAACP stand for?
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
He pioneered methods of storing blood plasma and organized the first large scale blood bank in the U.S.
Charles Drew
Bojangles -famous tap dancer
Bill Robinson
was a playwright and writer. She was the first African-American female author to have a play performed on Broadway. Her best known work was the play A Raisin in the Sun.
Who was Lorraine Hansberry?
"I never lost a passenger and my train never ran off track."
Harriet Tubman
she became the first black woman elected to the United States Congress, representing New York's 12th congressional district for seven terms from 1969 to 1983
Shirley Chisholm
created a way to oil motors while they are still running
Elijah McCoy
famous Harlem choreographer , created Modern dance.
Alvin Ailey
the first African American to fly into outer-space
Guion Bluford
Who said, "The battles that count aren't the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself--the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us--that's where it's at."
Who is Jesse Owens?
First Black Harlem Congressman
Adam Clayton Powell
Scientist that made the lightbulb more practical and contributed to the invention
Lewis Latimer
Famous for his paintings, including "The Great Migration"
Jacob Lawrence
the first woman, not to mention the first African-American woman, to win three gold medals in 1960.
Wilma Rudolph
"I lost my little basket."
Ella Fitzgerald
He was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988
Jesse Jackson
First American clock
Benjamin Banneker
Aaron _____________ was an African American painter and graphic artist
Aaron DOUGLAS
Who was the first African American invited to dine at the White House?
What is Booker T. Washington?
"Lift Every Voice and Sing"
James Weldon Johnson
Which amendment of the constitution made slavery illegal in America?
What is the 13th amendment?
surgeon who performed the first successful open heart surgery EVER.
Daniel Hale Williams
The ___________________ Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem is one of The New York Public Library’s most renowned research libraries.
Schomburg