Black Women
She founded the Underground Railroad, an secret network of people and destinations that saved slaves during the 1800s
Harriet Tubman
The author of the poem I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou
He broke the major league color barrier in 1947 with the Brooklyn Dodgers
Jackie Robinson
The first and only African American President in American history
Barak Obama
He was the Black botanist and inventor who developed hundreds of products using peanuts, sweet potatoes, and soybeans?
George Washington Carver
He delivered the famous "I Have a Dream" speech during the 1963 March on Washington
Martin Luther King Jr.
The only Adventist HBCU; located in Huntsville, Alabama
Oakwood University
The first and only African American women to serve as the Vice President of the United States; Lost to Donald Trump in the 2024 Presidential election ):
Kamala Harris
1976 novel by Alice Walker was later adapted into a famous film
The Color Purple
She has the most grand slam titles in the Open Era
Serena Williams
He was the first Black U.S. Supreme Court Justice, appointed in 1967
Thurgood Marshall
She was the first Black woman astronaut to travel to space in 1992
Mae Jemison
This civil rights leader was assassinated in 1965 after founding the Organization of Afro-American Unity and promoting Black nationalism
Malcolm X
The name of the regional conference based in New York City that serves Black Seventh-day Adventist churches in the Northeastern United States
Northeastern Conference
She is first black woman to serve in United States congress, taking on the role in 1968.
Shirley Chisholm
His works such as The Fire Next Time and Notes of a Native Son, are celebrated for their eloquent and searing critiques of systemic racism and white supremacy.
James Baldwin
He was the first black coach in the National Basketball Association; during his career he amassed 11 NBA championships
Bill Russell
She the first Black woman to serve as U.S. Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice
He was the Black leader and educator who founded the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama in 1881
Booker T Washigton
He was the leader founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) and promoted Black pride and Pan-Africanism in the early 20th century
Marcus Garvey
This historically Black Seventh-day Adventist boarding school, established in 1946, is located on land believed to have been part of the Underground Railroad?
Pine Forge Academy
She is the first African American women to serve as a Supreme Court Justice, being confirmed and sworn into the role during 2022
Ketanji Brown Jackson
This author was the first Black woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize in Literature in 1993.
Toni Morrison
A two-time Olympic gold medalist who became the first Black female gymnast to win the All-Around title at the 2012 Olympics
Gabby Douglas
A piece of legislation, passed in the 1960s, aimed to eliminate racial discrimination in voting by banning literacy tests and other discriminatory practices?
Voting Rights Act of 1965
The name of the immortal cell line derived from Henrietta Lacks in 1951, which has been used in countless scientific breakthroughs, including the development of the polio vaccine
HeLa Cells
This Black abolitionist and suffragist helped organize the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848, advocating for the rights of both women and African Americans
Frederick Douglass
This renowned pediatric neurosurgeon and Seventh-day Adventist is famous for performing the first successful separation of conjoined twins joined at the back of the head?
Ben Carson
She was the first African American woman to earn a pilot's license in 1921
Bessie Coleman
His poem entitled Harlem asks "What Happens to a dream deferred?"
Langston Hughes
He was the first black quarterback to win the Superbowl in 1988
Doug Williams
He was the first Black senator in U.S. history, elected in 1870 during Reconstruction
Hiram R. Revels
He invented the gas mask, which became widely used in World War I
Garrett Morgan
This co-founder of the Black Panther Party advocated for self-defense and community programs in Black neighborhoods
Huey P. Newton
The magazine was established by the Black Seventh-day Adventist Church to share news, stories, and inspiration
Message Magazine
This NASA mathematician calculated the trajectory for John Glenn’s 1962 orbit around Earth; she was handpicked to be one of three black students to integrate West Virginia’s graduate schools
Katherine Johnson (Goble)
She was a former slave who wrote Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, one of the first autobiographies to detail the female experience under slavery
Harriet Jacobs
He was the first African American owner of a major sports team, purchasing the Denver Nuggets in 1991
Robert L. Johnson
He was the first Black mayor of a major U.S. city, elected in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1967
Carl Stokes
He became the first Black physicist to win a Nobel Prize in Physics in 1979 for his work on the structure of atoms
Dr. Arthur B. McDonald
This historical Black artist became the first African American to exhibit their artwork at the prestigious Paris Salon in 1897, known for works like The Banjo Lesson
Henry Ossawa Tanner
She was the first African-American woman missionary to serve in India, who later became a conference and union departmental secretary upon her return to the United States?
Anna Knight