| A | B |
|---|
| Harry F. Byrd Sr. | US senator; led resistance to desegregation in schools |
| Martin L. King | minister from Ga; led civil rights movement |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | introduced New Deal during Depression |
| L. Douglas Wilder | first African American governor of any state |
| Arthur Ashe | first African American to win Wimbledon Tennis Championship |
| Mary Sue Terry | first woman to serve as Attorney General for Virginia |
| Carter G. Woodson | famous historian founded the Journal of Negro History |
| Booker T. Washington | African American educator and scientist, founded Tuskegee Institute, Alabama |
