Legal Field
The first Black Supreme Court Justice
Thurgood Marshall
I am the first African American Olympian to win the All-Around title
Gabby Douglas
I invented the Automatic Elevator Doors
Alexander Miles
This member of the Nation of Islam lived in Lansing, MI
Malcolm X
Clothing line, owned by a former Destiny Childs singer
Ivy Park
First Black woman to graduate from Yale Law School and first black woman in the US to become a judge
Jane Bolin
I am the young poet who stole the inauguration show
Amanda Gorman
I invented the first three-position traffic signal
Garret Morgan
I am the founder of Chicago.
Jean-Baptiste Point DuSable
Owner of Savage Beauty and Savage x Fenty (we still waiting on the album sis...)
Rihanna
You were required to read my book about confronting injustice before starting law school
Bryan Stevenson
I played Zuri Ross on Jessi and Bunk'd
Skai Jackson
I invented the horseshoe
Oscar E. Brown
Born in Detroit, I am a politician and neurosurgeon who performed the first separation of conjoined twins who were attached at the back of the head
Ben Carson
First female rapper to have an album sell 10 million copies
Lauryn Hill
America’s first female Black lawyer
Charlotte E. Ray
Model and face of Fenty Beauty and Fenty X Puma
Slick Woods
I was the first Black doctor to receive a patent: Laserphaco Probe, which improved cataract treatment
Dr. Patricia Bath
This Grand Rapids woman helped strengthen the whooping cough vaccine.
Loney Clinton Gordon
I am regarded as the number one Black quarterback in the NFL history
Warren Moon
First licensed Black U.S. lawyer
Macon Bolling Allen
I created Shock Value, to create a nightlife space in NYC that’s inclusive of all within the LGBTQIA spectrum
Juliana Huxtable
My husband and I invented the home security system
Mary Van Brittan Brown
He came to prominence in Chicago as chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party
Fred Hampton
Known as the best rapper alive, pardoned by President Trump
Lil Wayne