| A | B |
|---|
| MUHAMMAD ALI | great boxer |
| GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER | outstanding scientist/peanuts |
| BILL COSBY | actor and comedian |
| FREDERICK DOUGLAS | leader in the anti-slavery movement |
| CHARLES DREW | medical researcher/blood banks |
| WILLIAM E.B. DuBOIS | author/covering the history and culture of black people |
| MATTHEW HENSON | co-discoverer/north pole |
| BILLIE HOLIDAY | vocalist/jazz singer |
| LANGSTON HUGHES | famous writer & poet |
| DR. MAE JEMISON | NASA astronaut/1st black female |
| DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. | fought for equal rights for blacks |
| NELSON MANDELA | African National Congress leader |
| THURGOOD MARSHALL | Supreme Court Justice |
| ROSA PARKS | refused to give up her bus seat |
| JACKIE ROBINSON | famous baseball player/1st black to play in the major leagues |
| HARRIET TUBMAN | Underground Railroad conductor |
| BOOKER T. WASHINGTON | founded Tuskegee Institute |
| LAWRENCE DOUGLAS WILDER | Governor of Virginia/1st elected black |
| LOUIS ARMSTRONG | jazz musician/trumpet player |
| HANK AARON | baseball player/broke Babe Ruth's record of 715 home runs |
