Sports
In 2023, this NBA star beat Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's scoring record
Lebron James
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This 1985 classic movie starring Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey is being made into a musical movie releasing this year
The Color Purple
Founding member of the NAACP and one of the foremost Black intellectuals of his era
W.E.B Dubois
This billionaire artist just performed the superbowl halftime
Rihanna
The first African American to play major league baseball
Jackie Robinson
This producer and artist created Beats headphones
Dr. Dre
This Disney channel first original animated series about the life of a young black girl
The Proud Family
This dedicated journalist and feminist used investigative reporting to shed light on the horrors of the lynching of Black Americans in the Jim Crow South
Ida B. Wells
The first African American president of the US
In 2015 she became the first African American woman to be promoted principal dancer
Misty Copeland
'The Score' from the 1971 movie shaft was written by
Issac Hayes
In 1956 this prime time variety show became the first nationally broadcast television show hosted by an African American
The Nat "King" Cole Show
She refused to give up her seat at the front of the bus
Rosa Parks
This agricultural scientist and inventor developed more than 300 uses for peanuts
George Washington Carver
1st male to win NCAA tennis championship
Arthur Ashe
The 1970s famous African American country singer
Charley Pride
This woman became 2023's Egot winner at the Grammys
Viola Davis
In 1986 he was elected to the House of Representatives in Georgia and he led the march from Selma to Montgomery
John Lewis
She is chairman and CEO of the OWN network
Oprah Winfrey
This gymnast has won 7 Olympic medals
Simone Biles
This artist broke the record for all time wins at the 2023 Grammys
Beyonce
This Oscar and Emmy winning director and producer is responsible for movies like 'Get Out' and 'Candyman'
Jordan Peele
A prominent leader and voice in the Nation of Islam who preached ideals of Black nationalism and independence
Malcolm X
She performed with her deceased father
Natalie Cole