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This man is an astrophysicist, blunt tweeter and vanquisher of Pluto.
Who is Neil deGrasse Tyson?
She won 23 Grand Slam singles titles, the most by any man or woman in the Open Era.
Who is Serena Williams
He is best known for his television and film work in the comedy and horror genres.
Who is Jordan Peele?
She rose to fame in the late 1990s as the lead singer of Destiny's Child, one of the best-selling girl groups of all time.
Who is Beyonce?
The first person that wasn't a president to have a holiday dedicated to him.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
She was the first black woman to travel into space when she served as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour.
Who is Mae Jemison?
This former NBA player scored 39,283 points in 57,294 minutes and played 1,566 basketball games on one team.
Who is Kobe Bryant?
Our problematic king, this man recently acquired a 300-acre studio compound in Atlanta.
Who is Tyler Perry?
She was an American poet, singer, memoirist, and civil rights activist. Her most famous work is titled "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings".
Who is Maya Angelou?
Fired from her teaching position at UCLA for her affiliation with communism, this revolutionary currently tours the world telling her story.
Who is Angela Davis?
Often mistaken for being the founder of peanuts, this scientist spent years creating and promoting numerous products made from peanuts.
Who is George Washington Carver?
With a total of 30 Olympic and World Championship medals, she is the most decorated American gymnast and the world's third most decorated gymnast
Who is Simone Biles?
Her directorial work includes the historical drama SELMA, the criminal justice documentary 13TH and Disney’s A WRINKLE IN TIME, which made her the highest grossing black woman director in American box office history.
Who is Ava DuVernary?
Considered to be the "Queen of Soul" this woman has many countless classics which include “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman,” “Chain Of Fools,” “I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)”.
Who is Aretha Franklin?
She was nicknamed Moses for bringing people across the country to freedom.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
This mathematician's calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
During his 10-year MLB career, he won the inaugural Rookie of the Year Award in 1947, was an All-Star for six consecutive seasons from 1949 through 1954, and won the National League Most Valuable Player Award in 1949.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
She produced "Dear White People" and "Queen & Slim". She is currently making headlines for her new show "Twenties".
Who is Lena Waithe?
This era was the development of a neighborhood in New York City as a black cultural mecca in the early 20th Century and the subsequent social and artistic explosion that resulted.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
Tupac's aunt, this revolutionary is currently on the FBI's most wanted list.
Who is Assata Shakur
Considered “the first black woman millionaire in America”, this woman made her fortune thanks to her homemade line of hair care products for black women.
Who is Madam C. J. Walker?
He was the most successful athlete at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin and was credited with "single-handedly crushing Hitler's myth of Aryan supremacy."
Who is Jesse Owens?
He is an American film director, producer, writer, and actor. His production company, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, has produced more than 35 films since 1983. Some of his popular movies include, "She's Gotta Have It" and "Malcolm X".
Who is Spike Lee?
He was commissioned in 2017 to paint a portrait of former President Barack Obama for the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, which has portraits of all the US presidents.
Who is Kehinde Wiley?
These two men founded the Black Panther Party in Oakland in 1966.
Who are Huey Newton and Bobby Seale?