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The 44th president of the US
Barack Obama
This woman, sometimes called "Moses", helped slaves escape to the North.
Harriet Tubman
The first Black President of South Africa
Nelson Mandela
Name of the early 20th century movement celebrating black artists and writers in New York City
The Harlem Renaissance
The First African American woman in Forbes magazine's World's Richest People list
Oprah Winfrey
The first African-American Major League Baseball player
Jackie Robinson
This person is the first NBA player to create a middle school
Lebron James
Winner of the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr
First African American to serve on the US Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall
One of the greatest basketball players in history with the famous number "23"?
Michael Jordan
This person is famous for refusing to give up her sit on a bus
Rosa Parks
The first black "First lady"
Michelle Obama
African American Muslim Minister and Human Rights Activist of the 1960's
Malcolm X
Considered one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time
Muhammad Ali
The first Black man to become a lawyer when he passed the bar in Ohio in 1854
John Mercer Langston
She wrote the best selling memoir "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"
Maya Angelou
The primary leader of the Civil Rights Movement from 1955 to 1968
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Famous leader of the 1905 Niagara Movement
W. E. B. Du Bois
The first Black artist to win a Grammy for Album of the Year for 1973’s Innervisions
Stevie Wonder
Composer, arranger, and producer who has had 80 Grammy nominations and won 28 Grammy Awards
Quincy Jones
The name of the route used by slaves in the American South to escape to Canada
The Underground Railroad
The month of February was chosen for Black History Month to coincide with the birthdays of one famous activist, author and public speaker, and the 16th president of the United States. Name them.
Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln.
Inventor of peanut butter
George Washington Carver
The first African American Nobel Peace Prize winner?
Ralph Bunche
Female tennis player with 22 career Grand Slam singles titles
Serena Williams