| A | B |
|---|
| stop light | Garrett Morgan |
| shoe lasting machine | Jan Matzeliger |
| underground railroad | Harriett Tubman |
| discovered North Pole | Matthew Henson |
| first winner of Oscar | Sidney Poitier |
| creator of Motown record label | Berry Gordy |
| first Black major league baseball player | Jackie Robinson |
| performed first open heart surgery | Dr. Daniel Hale Williams |
| first Black to win Olympic Gold Medals | Jesse Owens |
| first Black president of South Africa | Nelson Mandela |
| creator of Black History Month | Carter Woodson |
| Queen of Soul | Aretha Franklin |
| created blood banks | Dr. Charles Drew |
| first Black woman millionaire | Madame C.J. Walker |
| developed 300 products from peanuts and sweet potatoes | George Washington Carver |
| won athlete of the century | Michael Jordaan |
| first Black Miss America | Vanessa Williams |
| Mother of Civil Rights Movement | Rosa Parks |
| led Montgomery Bus Boycott | Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| first Black Wimbledon tennis champion | Arthur Ashe |
