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Civil Rights Activists
Leaders
Inventors
Entertainers
Athletes
100
He was a national leader of the civil rights movement.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
100
He is the first African American President of the USA.
Barack Obama
100
This African American inventor and former slave made hundreds of products from peanuts, sweet potatoes, pecans, and soybeans.
George Washington Carver
100
He was an African American singer, dancer, and entertainer also known as the king of Pop.
Michael Jackson
100
He is one of the most successful golfers of all time.
Tiger Woods
200
The brave woman was arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger.
Rosa Parks
200
This civil rights leader and former President of South Africa received the Nobel Peace Prize.
Nelson Mandela
200
This African American businesswoman made her fortune by creating a successful line of beauty and hair products.
Madam C.J. Walker
200
She is a great philanthropist, talk show host, and the first African American billionaire woman.
Oprah Winfrey
200
He was the first African American player in Major League Baseball.
Jackie Robinson
300
He was a world renowned African American human rights activist and Muslim minister.
Malcolm X
300
He was the first African American to become the US Secretary of State.
Colin Powell
300
He was an African American scientist who invented an electric lamp and carbon filament for light bulbs.
Lewis Howard Latimer
300
The first black person to win an Academy Award for best actor.
Sidney Poitier
300
He is a former African American professional boxer and social activist.
Muhammad Ali
400
He was a noted African American intellectual and civil rights activist who was a founding member of the NAACP.
W.E.B. DuBois
400
She was a congresswoman representing New York's 12th Congressional District for seven terms.
Shirley Chisholm
400
He designed a lawn mower with traction wheels and a rotary blade.
John Albert Burr
400
She was the first African American to be nominated for an Academy Award for best actress.
Dorothy Dandridge
400
First African American participate in the Olympics and win two bronze medals.
George Poage
500
Her best known speech on racial inequalities was named " Ain't I a Woman".
Sojourner Truth
500
First African American congressman.
Hiram Revels
500
She patented an improvement to the ironing board.
Sarah Boone
500
First African American member to be on the New York City opera.
Todd Duncan
500
First African American to achieve world championship in any sport.
Marshall "Major" Taylor