Historically famous African Americans | African American Athletes | Civil Rights Leaders | African American "First" | Black Inventors |
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Martin Luther King jr.
Who is the orator of the famous "I have a dream Speech"
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Michael Jordan
Who recorded 6 championships with The Chicago Bulls?
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Rosa Parks
This person was arrested for refusing to give up their seat on the back of a Montgomery Alabama public bus?
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Madame C.J. Walker
The first black Millionaire, who became rich off of hair care products?
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George Washington Carver
Who Developed Peanut Butter and 400 Plant products?
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Malcolm X
Who coined the phrase "By Any Means Necessary"
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Tiger Woods
First black Golf Champion?
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Muhammad Ali
This famous Boxer Protested the War in Vietnam and by doing so lost his boxing license.
he coined the phrase "float like a butterfly sting like a bee, rumble young man rumble" |
Vanessa Williams
First Black Miss America
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Madame C.J. Walker
Who Invented a Hair growing Lotion, which in turn made this person a millionaire?
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James Weldon Johnson
Who wrote and composed the Negro National Anthem?
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Jackie Robinson
Who is the first Black MLB players?
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"P"
One of the Co founders of the Black Panther Party, His name was Huey "__" Newton
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Hattie Mcdaniel
First to win an Oscar
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Benjamin Banneker
The first Clock made in America was by?
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Malcolm X
Malcolm Little later became known as?
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Jesse Owens
Who won 4 Gold Medals in the 1936 Summer Olympic Games?
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Thurgood Marshall
This person was the lead Lawyer on the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954), which ended segregation in public schools.
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Hiram Revels
First American Senator
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Dr. Ben Carson
Famous Surgeon who was the first to successfully separate conjoined twins
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Thurgood Marshall
The first Black person to be appointed Supreme court Justice was?
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Doug Williams
Washington Redskins
Who was the first Black Quarterback to win a super bowl, and the team he played for?
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"Nine"
The Little rock "_ _ _ _ " were the first black teenagers to attend all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957. These remarkable young African-American students challenged segregation in the deep south.
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Oprah Winfrey
The First Black Woman Television Host
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Garret Morgan
Invented the First Traffic Signal
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