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Historical Figure
100
He was an American singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actor.His contributions to music and dance, along with his publicized personal life, made him a global figure in popular culture for over four decades.He is known as the King Of Pop
Who is Michael Jackson
100
He became the first African-American man to hold World Heavyweight Champion boxing title in 1908, he held on to the belt until 1915.
Who is Jack Johnson
100
She was an American entrepreneur and philanthropist, regarded as the first female self-made millionaire in America. She made her fortune by developing and marketing a successful line of beauty and hair products for black women under the company she founded
Who is Madame C.J. Walker
100
She was an American mathematician and educator. She was the first African-American woman to gain a PhD in mathematics, from the Catholic University of America in 1943.[1]
Who is Euphemia Haynes
100
She was the first African American child to attend a white school in November 14th, 1960.
Who is Ruby Bridges
200
She rose to fame as a founding member and lead singer of the vocal group The Supremes, which, during the 1960s, became Motown's most successful act and is to this day America's most successful vocal group as well as one of the world's best-selling girl groups of all time.
Who is Diana Ross
200
was an American track and field athlete and four-time Olympic gold medalist. He specialized in the sprints and the long jump and was recognized in his lifetime as "perhaps the greatest and most famous athlete in track and field history"
Who is Jesse Owens
200
This Engineer was the first Black astronaut at NASA and went on 4 space missions.
Who is Guion Bluford
200
She is an African-American physicist, space scientist, and mathematician who contributed to America's aeronautics and space programs with the early application of digital electronic computers at NASA
Who is Katherine Johnson
200
He rose to national prominence as the leader of the Niagara Movement, a group of African-American activists who wanted equal rights for blacks.
Who is W.E.B Dubois
300
He is an American film director, producer, writer, and actor. His production company, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, has produced over 35 films since 1983.
Who is Spike Lee
300
He is an American former professional boxer, generally considered among the greatest heavyweights in the sport's history.
Who is Muhammad Ali
300
He was an American research chemist and a pioneer in the chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs from plants
Who is Percy Julian
300
She was one of the first African-American women to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics; she earned it in 1949 from Yale University.
Who is Evelyn Granville
300
He was an African-American Muslim minister and a human rights activist. To his admirers he was a courageous advocate for the rights of blacks, a man who indicted white America in the harshest terms for its crimes against black Americans
Who is Malcolm X
400
Since his Broadway debut in 1957 he has won many awards, including a Tony Award and Golden Globe Award for his role in The Great White Hope
Who is James Earl Jones
400
She was an American tennis player and professional golfer, and the first black athlete to cross the color line of international tennis
Who is Althea Gibson
400
His reputation is based on his research into and promotion of alternative crops to cotton, such as peanuts, soybeans, and sweet potatoes, which also aided nutrition for farm families.
Who is George Washington Carver
400
He was one of the first African-American women to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics; she earned it in 1949 from Yale University.
Who is Charles Reason
400
He was most notable for his leadership of the national association for the advancement of colored people
Who is Roy Wilkins
500
His film career began as a child in 1933. In 1960, he appeared in the first Rat Pack film, Ocean's 11. After a starring role on Broadway in 1956's Mr Wonderful, he returned to the stage in 1964's Golden Boy, and in 1966 had his own TV variety show
Who is Sammy Davis Jr.
500
He is a retired American professional basketball player who played 20 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers.
Who is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
500
She is an American physician and NASA astronaut. She became the first African American woman to travel in space when she went into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour on September 12, 1992
Who is Mae Jemison
500
He was an American mathematician and served as the chairman of the Clark College mathematics department from 1930 to 1974. He earned his Ph.D. at Northwestern University in 1944.
Who is Joseph Dennis
500
He founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL). He also founded the Black Star Line, which promoted the return of the African diaspora to their ancestral lands.
Who is Marcus Garvey