| A | B |
|---|
| MUHAMMAD ALI | great boxer |
| GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER | outstanding scientist / peanuts |
| BILL COSBY | actor and comedian |
| FREDERICK DOUGLAS | leader in the anti-slavery (abolitionnist) 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 |
| DR. MAE JEMISON | NASA astronaut / 1st black female |
| DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. | fought for equal rights for blacks |
| NELSON MANDELA (not an American, but important to history!) | African National Congress leader |
| THURGOOD MARSHALL | associate justice of supreme court / 1st black |
| ROSA PARKS | refused to give up her seat |
| JACKIE ROBINSON | famous baseball player / 1st black to play in the major leagues |
| HARRIET TUBMAN | the Underground Railroad |
| BOOKER T. WASHINGTON | founded Tuskegee Institute |
| LAWRENCE DOUGLAS WILDER | Governor for the state of Virginia / 1st elected black |
| LOUIS ARMSTRONG | musician / trumpet player |
| HANK AARON | baseball player / broke Babe Ruth's record of 715 home runs |
