| A | B |
|---|
| Alex Haley | Autobiography of Malcolm X |
| Arthur Ashe Jr. | First black to win the Winbledon Tennis Title |
| Thurgood Marshall | First black Supreme court Justice |
| Maya Angelou | Wrote I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings |
| Shirley Chisholm | First black woman elected to congress |
| Dr. Charles Drew | Invented blood plasma |
| Paul Roberson | First African-American to play Shakespeare's Othello |
| Madame C. J. Walker | First black woman millionaire, created a formula for straightening hair |
| Mahalia Jackson | A most famous gospel singer |
| Daniel Chappie James Jr. | First black to become a four star general in the Air Force |
| Whitney Young | Exective Director to the Urban League |
| Andrew Young Jr. | Former mayor of Atlanta, congressman, former ambassador to the United Nations |
| Joseph Rainey | First black congressman elected to the House of Representatives |
| Granville T. Woods | Obtained more than 50 patents |
