Heroes
Referred to as Moses, this woman was a conductor of the Underground Railroad and helped to free 73 enslaved persons
Harriet Tubman
Born Malcolm Little, later Malik el-Shabazz
Malcolm X
He was one of the greatest inventors in American history, discovering over 300 hundred uses for peanuts including chili sauce, shampoo, shaving cream and glue
George Washington Carver
In 1947 he became the first African American to play in the MLB (Major League Baseball)
Jackie Robinson
The first enslaved African was brought to this state in 1619.
Virginia
In 2008 this Senator from Illinois became the first black president of the United States on America
Barack Obama
Born Michael King Jr.
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
The three light traffic signal was invented by this man in the 1920s
Garret A. Morgan
With three Grammy wins in Feb 2023 this artist now has the record for most Grammy wins
Beyonce
This Caribbean island was the first black nation to gain its independence in 1804.
Haiti
Historian, educator and activist, he is considered the Father and Founder of Black History Month, creating Negro History Week in 1926
Carter G. Woodson
Born Cassius Clay
Muhammad Ali
Invented by Lonnie Johnson, a former NASA engineer, this became the number 1 selling water toy in 1989 when it was released
Super Soaker
This professional tennis player has won more Grand Slams than any tennis player in the Open Era
Serena Williams
This South American country is home to the largest population of Black people outside the continent of Africa
Brazil
The first African American to graduate from Harvard he is also one of the founding members of the Niagara Movement and the NAACP and was considered one of the most influential black leaders in American history
W.E.B Dubois
Born Lew Alcindor he held the record as the NBA's all time leading scorer from 1984-2023
Kareem Abdul Jabbar
While working as a chef in the early 1800s, a customer complained that George Crum's French fries were too wide and bland, so he created these thinly sliced potatoes, fried hard and salted.
Potato chips
For the role of Mammy in 1939 this actor became the first African American to win a Oscar
Hattie McDaniels
Founded in 1837, it is the oldest Historically Black College/University (HBCU) in the United States
Cheney University
An American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery in Maryland, he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York, becoming famous for his oratory and incisive antislavery writings.
Frederick Douglass
Born Sarah Breedlove is recorded as the first female self-made millionaire in America in the Guinness Book of World Records.
Madame CJ Walker
Jan Ernst Matzeliger (September 15, 1852 – August 24, 1889) was an inventor whose lasting machine brought significant change to the manufacturing of this product
shoes
A track and field world record holder won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics becoming the first American to win four gold medals in a single Olympics
Jesse Owens
Ten years before Brown V Board of Education a two black families sued the board of education in this NJ town and won, integrating the school system there
Trenton, NJ