| A | B |
|---|
| Jan Matzeliger | Perfected the art of shoe making with an invention that created shoes more fitted to feet. |
| John Brown Russwurm | founded the first black newspaper in 1827 |
| Andrew Jackson Beard | invented a linking mechanism to attach railroad cars |
| Walter E. Washington | The first mayor of Washington D.C. |
| Wilma Rudolph | The first American woman to win three gold medals at a single Olympics. |
| Langston Hughes | award winning poet |
| W.E.B. DuBois | astronomer and scientist |
| Duke Ellington | famous jazz artist |
| Michael Jordan | Highest average point total in the NBA, and the greatest basketball player ever to play in the NBA. |
