Pioneers in Sports
•He broke MLB’s color barrier in 1947.
•Who is Jackie Robinson?
Six-time NBA champion nicknamed 'His Airness'.
Who is Michael Jordan?
•Won 4 gold medals in Berlin 1936.
•Who is Jesse Owens?
•First Black head coach to win a Super Bowl.
•Who is Tony Dungy?
First African American woman to win Wimbledon
•Who is Althea Gibson?
First African American to play in the Masters
•Who is Lee Elder?
The 'Black Mamba'.
Who is Kobe Bryant?
Fastest woman in the world known as Flo‑Jo.
Who is Florence Griffith-Joyner?
•Running back known as 'Sweetness'.
Who is Walter Payton
•Boxer nicknamed 'The Greatest'.
•Who is Muhammad Ali?
•First Black woman to win Olympic gold.
•Who is Alice Coachman?
•First woman to dunk in a WNBA game.
•Who is Lisa Leslie?
•Won 4 gold medals in 1984.
•Who is Carl Lewis?
•First Black Heisman Trophy winner.
•Who is Ernie Davis?
•These sisters transformed tennis.
•Who are Venus and Serena Williams?
•First Black world heavyweight champion (1908).
•Who is Jack Johnson?
Won 11 championships with the Celtics
•Who is Bill Russell?
•Won 400m & 800m in 1968 with world records.
Who is Wyomia Tyus
•First Black QB to win Super Bowl MVP.
•Who is Doug Williams?
•First Black man to win the U.S. Open.
•Who is Arthur Ashe?
•Cofounded the Negro National League in 1920.
•Who is Rube Foster?
•First African American NBA head coach.
•Who is Bill Russell?
•'Queen of the Hurdles' and Olympic champion.
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone
•First African American NFL head coach.
•Who is Art Shell?
•First Black woman Olympic all-around gymnastics champion.
•Who is Gabby Douglas?