Artists
This musician was known as the "King of Pop" and made his professional debut at the age of 6.
Micheal Jackson
She was the first Black person who refused to sit in the back of the bus, and give her seat up to a white person.
Claudette Colvin
Holds the Open Era record for most women's singles titles at the Australian Open and was the worlds highest paid athlete in 2016.
Serena Williams
Research chemist who figured out how to synthesize important medicinal compounds from abundant plant sources. This person created Synthetic Cortisone.
Percy Julian
African American fashion designer and entrepreneur. Artistic director of Off-White and Louis Vuitton.
Virgil Abloh
Jamaican singer-songwriter and World Ambassador of reggae.
Bob Marley
The first woman to lead an African nation.
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Dancer, choreographer, and creator of the Dunham Technique.
Katherine Dunham
She produced her first novel titled "The Bluest Eyes" and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Literature.
Toni Morrison
Created more than 300 products with peanuts, including soap, ink, wood stains, plastics, and milks.
George Washington Carver
Barbadian singer, designer, and businesswoman.
Rihanna
Haitian slave who led a successful slave revolt and emancipated the slaves in the French colony of Saint-Domingue
Francois-Dominique
Known as the greatest boxer of all time, and the first fighter to win the heavyweight division three times.
Muhammad Ali
Mathematician whose calculations helped in NASA space explorations
Katherine Johnson
Queen of the ancient African Kingdom of Kush, best known for skillfully defending her kingdom against the armies of the Roman Empire.
Queen Candance
Talented musician that first captured the world’s attention with his numerous album releases in the 1980s. Encapsulating elements of multiple genres, his music is recognized all over the globe and Rock, Blues and Jazz have influenced it.
Prince
First female governor in the British Commonwealth
Dame Hilda Bynoe
Distinguished Peruvian 3-time Olympic volleyball player who founded a nonprofit organization called "Talent Seeker" which teaches volleyball to young females who live in poverty.
Cecilia Tait
First Black woman to graduate from Yale Law School and became the nation’s first Black woman judge in 1939.
Jane Bolin
This person became famous for becoming rich and powerful despite having been born into slavery.
Xica da Silva
Blind soul music pioneer and fuser of R & B, Gospel and Country music. Also known as ‘The Genius’ and ‘The Father of Soul’.
Ray Charles
He was the country's first Black head of state and is arguably best known for successfully leading the resistance to South Africa's policy of apartheid in the 20th century, during which he was infamously incarcerated at Robben Island Prison
Nelson Mandela
This person won 6 Olympic medals and was named the Greatest Female Athlete of the 20th Century by Sports Illustrated.
Jackie Joyner Kersee
Was the first African American to secure a Ph.D. in Chemistry in the US.
St. Elmo Brady
This person made the first wooden clock which lasted decades. That clock being the country's first natively produced clock.
Benjamin Banneker