Athletes
This NBA Legend won 6 rings for the Chicago Bulls and is known as one of the greatest basketball players of all time
Who is Michael Jordan
Who is Barrack Obama
Who is Rosa Parks
This hero from the 1800s, helped hundreds of slaves escape through the underground railroad
Who is Harriot Tubman
Known as the King of Pop, this musician was one of the best selling artist of all time and influenced pop music to what it is today
Who is Michael Jackson
The most successful woman tennis player in American history with 23 tournament titles
Who is Serena Williams
The first African American to become the First Lady of the United States
Who is Michelle Obama
This hero was the most popular face of the civil rights movement and was most known for giving his famous "I have a dream" speech
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.
Agricultural scientist who changed farming, finding hundreds of different uses for peanuts
Who is George Washington Carver
She was the first black female billionaire in the United States
Who is Oprah Winfrey
Baseball legend who broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball
Who is Jackie Robinson
The first African American to be elected as a Supreme Court Justice in the United States
Who is Thurgood Marshall
One of the most famous civil rights leaders of the 1960s who fought for black empowerment and promotion of Islam in black communities
Who is Malcom X
Abolitionist and reformer that worked with Abraham Lincoln prior to and during the civil war to help end the institution of slavery
Who is Frederick Douglass
The wife of Martin Luther King, who helped create the King Center and fought for civil rights well after her husbands death
Who is Coretta Scott King
One of the best boxers of all time. He was an activist for civil rights and his religion of Islam
Minister, civil rights activist and politician that was a member of the House of Representatives and ran for President in the 1980s
Who is Jesse Jackson
14 year old boy who became an icon for the civil rights movement after he was brutally, racially and wrongfully murdered
Who is Emmett Till
This late 1800s engineer and inventor, held over 50 patents. He is most known most for creating lubricating devices on trains to allow for longer trips
Who is Elijah McCoy
This NBA legend has a record 11 championships and became the first African American coach in the NBA
Who is Bill Russell
This track athlete won 4 gold medals at the 1936 Olympics, embarrassing Hitler by crushing his runners and put his fist in the air at the podium
Who is Jesse Owens
This politician was the first African American woman to become the Secretary of State and to serve as a Security Advisor to the President.
Condoleezza Rice
Following the Brown vs. the Board of Education ruling, she was the first black child to desegregate an all white school in the south. She was escorted to class by solders.
Who is Ruby Bridges
This 1800s hero escaped slavery and then went on to become an activist for not only the abolition movement, but for woman's rights as well
Who is Sojourner Truth
The first female millionaire in the United States. Hint: Think 1800s :)
Who is Madam CJ Walker