Black Leaders in History

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  1. 4. Multiple Grammy winner and "Queen of Soul," she was known for such hits as "Respect," "Freeway of Love" and "I Say a Little Prayer."
  2. 6. She created specialized hair products for African American hair care and was one of the first American women to become a self-made millionaire.
  3. 9. A writer whose poems, columns, novels and plays made him a leading figure in the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s.
  4. 12. She is an American professional tennis player who has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles and several Olympic gold medals.
  5. 13. An escaped slave that led hundreds of enslaved people to freedom along the route of the Underground Railroad.
  6. 16. a civil rights activist, poet and award-winning author known for her acclaimed 1969 memoir, 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,' and her numerous poetry and essay collections.
  7. 17. the 44th president of the United States, and the first African American to serve in the office.
  8. 18. He was a pro basketball player who won five NBA titles with the Los Angeles Lakers while establishing himself as one of the game's all-time greats.
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  1. 1. She rose to fame in the 1960s by singing and performing with her then-husband and later enjoying an international solo career with hits like "What's Love Got to Do With It.
  2. 2. A heavyweight boxing champion with public stance against the Vietnam War.
  3. 3. A scholar and minister who led the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s.
  4. 5. A scientist and educator who is famous for many inventions including a number of uses for the peanut.
  5. 7. He broke the color barrier when he became the first Black athlete to play Major League Baseball after joining the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.
  6. 8. She is a billionaire media executive and philanthropist who is best known for hosting her own internationally popular talk show and later television network.
  7. 10. A writer and historian known as the 'Father of Black History.'
  8. 11. She is a lawyer and writer. Prior to her role as first lady, she was also a Chicago city administrator and community-outreach worker.
  9. 14. She was one of a small group of mathhematicians who worked as aeronautical engineers, called "human computers," at NASA during the Space Age.
  10. 15. A civil rights activist who refused to surrender her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama.