Black Artists
I was known as the "King of Pop."
Who is Michael Jackson?
I won 6 championships playing for the Chicago Bulls Basketball team.
Who is Michael Jordan?
I fought against slavery and for women's rights. I published an antislavery newspaper called the North Star.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
I was a cowboy, rodeo and Wild West show performer. I invented the technique of bulldogging.
Who is Bill Pickett?
I was the first African American female to hold an international pilot license. I earned the title "the world's greatest woman flier."
Who is Bessie Coleman?
I was a poet who wrote about African Americans and often contain jazz rhythms and dialect.
Who is Langston Hughes?
I was the first African American allowed to play major league baseball.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
I escaped slavery in 1849. I went on to help hundreds travel north on the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
I was a scientist who made hundreds of products from peanuts, sweet potatoes, pecans and soybeans.
Who is George Washington Carver?
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
I was a jazz pianist who wrote hundreds of compositions for bandleaders.
Who is Mary Lou Williams?
I won four gold medals in the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games.
Who is Jessie Owens?
I was the first African American to attend an all-white elementary school in the south.
Who is Ruby Bridges?
I owned a furniture store and was the first African American woman to be given a patent in 1885.
Who is Sarah E. Goode?
I was a neurosurgeon who was the first to successfully separate conjoined twins.
Who is Ben Carson?
I was an American jazz singer, songwriter, and actress.
Who is Billie Holiday?
I was the fastest women in the world in 1960 and because the first American woman to win three gold medals in track and field.
Who is Wilma Rudolph?
I was born a slave and later became a preacher. I dedicated my life to fighting for civil and human rights.
Who is Sojourner Truth?
I developed many beauty and haircare products. I started a cosmetic business and became a millionaire.
Who is Sarah Breedlove Walker?
I am a U.S. four-star army general. I was the first African American to serve as secretary of state.
Who is Colin Powell?
I was sold into slavery and later became the first African American woman to be published for a book of poems.
Who is Phillis Wheatly?
I was the first African American to play at Wimbledon in 1951.
Who is Althea Gibson?
I was born a slave and later became a civil rights activist. I found the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute.
Who is Booker T. Washington?
I helped survey the borders of the District of Columbia. I also authored a series of successful almanacs.
Who is Benjamin Banneker?
I was a chef who wrote cookbooks on traditional southern cuisine.
Who is Edna Lewis?