Technology
He created the lights for traffic safety
Garrett Morgan
First Black Baseball Player in Major League Baseball
Jackie Robinson
A member of the Rastafarian movement, his music combined the spiritual essence of his religion with powerful lyricism and inspirational messages.
Bob Marley
She wrote the "caged bird literature"
maya angelou
The first black person to operate in the successful open heart surgery in 1893.
Dr. Daniel Hale Williams
She improved the ironing board in 1892
Sarah Boone
Five-Time World Record Holder in Track
Jesse Owens
He was contributor to the world-famous Detroit record label Motown, and an acclaimed musical artist
Marvin Gaye
The youngest poet who speak at 2021 inauguration
Amanda Gorman
The first African American to be certified by a surgical specialty board in North Carolina.
Dr. Charles DeWitt Watts
She co-invented the security system
Mary Van Brittan Brown
First Black Heavyweight Boxing Champ
Jack Johnson
Notwithstanding is visual impediment an acclaimed singer and musician, he achieved awards for civil rights work in addition to the UN Messengers of Peace prize.
Stevie Wonders
He wrote "Mother to Son"
Langston Hughes
The first African American to hold a Professorship at Harvard University.
Dr. William Augustus Hinton
He created refrigerated trucks technolgy
Frederick McKinley Jones
First Black Golfer in the PGA
Charlie Sifford
He was associated with bands such as ‘His Hot Five’ and ‘His Hot Seven’ and ‘The All Stars’, and could popularize music in his style.
Loius Armstrong
He wrote Notes of a Native Son
James Baldwin
who was a pioneer researcher in blood plasma for transfusion and in the development of blood banks.
Dr. Charles Richard Drew
She influenced the creation of portable fax, touch tone phone, caller ID and call waiting
Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson
First Black Coach in the NBA
Bill Russell
‘Unforgettable’, was one of his unforgettable songs.
Nat King Cole
He wrote the Kindred?
Octavia Butler
The first African American surgeon on staff at the Cook County a non-segregated hospital, in 1896
Dr. Austin Maurice Curtis, Sr.