This actress once said, "I hate to say it, I hope I don't sound ridiculous, I don't know who this man is "
Keke Palmer
He was famous for his " I have a Dream" speech and was arrested 29 times
Martin Luther King Jr.
A shooting guard who spent 20 years playing for the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA and the all-time leading scorer in Lakers history
Kobe Bryant
The first African American child to attend the all-white public school
Ruby Bridges
This artist once said, "Okay, first things first, I’ll eat your brains"...
Nicki Minaj
This actress has won the four major North American entertainment awards (EGOT: Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony)
Viola Davis
Was known as the 'Father of Black History' and created the concept of Black History month
Carter G. Woodson
The first African-American of the modern era to become a Major League Baseball player
Jackie Robinson
"You get a car, you get a car"
Oprah Winfrey
She is best known for her autobiographical work "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"
Maya Angelou
Risked his boxing career to protest the Vietnam war by refusing to be inducted into the U.S. armed forces
Muhammad Ali
A shooting guard who spent 20 years playing for the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA and the all-time leading scorer in Lakers history
Kobe Bryant
Originally applied to the University of Florida in 1956 and was denied, but after desegregation, became the first African American to graduate from UF law
Virgil Hawkins
This beauty brand in 2017 released 40 different foundation shades
Fenty Beauty
Responsible for creating the song 'Strange Fruit'
Billie Holiday
This person was a sociologist, historian, and editor who cofounded the NAACP
W.E.B. Du Bois
Who set the single-game scoring record in the NBA by scoring 100 points?
Wilt Chamberlain
First Black woman to win a Grammy
Ella Fitzgerald
"I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired"
Fannie Lou Hamer
Was a fiction writer and playwright who authored "Raisins in the Sun"
Langston Hughes
Was a woman's rights activist and American abolitionist; was responsible for authoring "Ain't I a Woman"
Sojourner Truth
First Black man to play in the Major League Baseball
Moses Fleetwood Walker (not Jackie Robinson)
The first African American Female Principal Dancer with the prestigious American Ballet Theatre
Misty Copeland
Was the most nominated artist to attend the 2023 Grammy's having won 32 Grammy's in the past
Beyonce