Revolutionary
This man lead a rebellion in 1822 in Charleston, SC.
Who is Denmark Vessy?
He is the only NBA player to score 100 points in a single NBA game. He is also the only person to average 40 to 50 PPG in a single season.
Who is Wilt Chamberlain?
The first black woman elected to the United States Congress.
Who is.. Shirley Anita Chisolm?
In 1960, this person won a gold medal as a light heavyweight at the Olympic Games in Rome.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
He was an abolitionist. Black history week, now month, was founded in celebration of his birthday.
Who is Fedrick Douglass?
She has more Billboard number one singles than any solo artist in history. She is the first ever artist to top the billboard hot 100 charts across four separate decades
Who is Mariah Carey?
A black man whom became the first black lawyer after passing the bar in Ohio in 1854.
Hint: Great Uncle of Langston Hughes
Who is John Mercer Langston?
This person has won 23 Grand Slam single titles and a total of 100 titles which include one Olympic gold medal.
They also held the number one ranking for 186 consecutive weeks
Who is Serena Williams?
She founded Daytona Educational and Industrial School for Negro Girls in 1904 which would later become Bethune-Cookman University.
Who is Mary McLeod Bethune?
He is the first African American billionaire & the co-founder of BET.
Who is Robert L. Johnson?
The first African American EVER to be elected U.S. Senate.
He represented the state of Mississippi from February 1870 to March 1871.
Who is Hiram Rhodes Revels?
This person is an American track and field athlete and a four time gold medalist in the 1936 Olympic Games.
This person specialized in sprints and long jumps becoming, perhaps, the greatest and most famous athlete in track and field history.
Who is Jesse Ownes?
After being named NAACP’s first field secretary for Mississippi, he organized boycotts and setup chapters statewide.
Who is Medgar Evers?
She was the first woman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Who is Aretha Franklin?
The black political leader that was imprisoned for 27 years. He later became president.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
This person was an American tennis player and professional golfer, and one of the first Black athletes to cross the color line of international tennis.
In 1956, they became the first African American to win a Grand Slam title.
Who is Althea Gibson?
She was a voting and women’s rights activist that co-founded the Freedom Democratic Party.
Who is Fannie Lou Hamer?
He holds the record for the longest SINGLE reign as a heavyweight champion. He also holds the record for the most successful title defenses of any heavyweight boxer.
Who is Joe Louis?
The first African American woman to be elected mayor of a major American city (District of Columbia) in 1990.
Who is Sharon Pratt Kelly?
The first African- American professional football player to sign a contract with a National Football League (NFL) team.
Who is Kenneth S. Washington?