Civil Rights Leaders
This leader delivered the "I have a dream" speech in 1963
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.
This singer is known as the "Queen of Soul".
Who is Aretha Franklin?
This NBA Legend played most of his career with the Chicago Bulls.
Who is Michael Jordan?
He became the First Black President of the United States in 2008.
Who is Barack Obama?
He developed hundreds of products from peanuts and sweet potatoes.
Who is George Washington Carver?
She refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama.
Who is Rosa Parks?
This jazz trumpeter was nicknamed "Satchmo".
Who is Louis Armstrong?
This tennis champion has won 23 grand slam singles.
Who is Serena Williams?
She became the first Black woman on the U.S. Supreme Court in 2022.
Who is Ketanji Brown Jackson?
This NASA mathematician helped calculate flight paths for early space missions and was featured in the film Hidden Figures.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
This activist promoted Black empowerment and was a leader of the Nation of Islam
Who is Malcom X?
She became the first Black woman to win an Oscar for Best Actress in 2002.
Who is Halle Berry?
Who is Jackie Robinson?
Who is Guion "Guy" Bluford?
He invented an improved the traffic signal and a gas mask in the early 1900's.
Who is Garrett Morgan?
She was a conductor on the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
She wrote the poem "Still I Rise".
Who is Maya Angelou?
Known as the "The Greatest," this boxer was born Cassius Clay.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
He was the first Black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
She was the first African American woman to earn a medical degree in the United States.
Who is Rebecca Lee Crumpler?
He co-founded the NAACP in 1909.
Who is W. E. B. Du Bois?
Who is Jay-Z?
She was the first Black woman to win an Olympic gold medal (track and field, 1948).
Who is Alice Coachman?
She was the first Black female Billionare in the United States.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
This engineer and physician founded the first blood bank and developed large-scale blood storage techniques.
Who is Charles R. Drew?