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- 3. THIS ALTHLETE BROKE THE COLOR LINE AND HERALDED THE END OF RACIAL SEGREGATION IN PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL.
- 4. THIS WEALTHY ENTREPRENEUR ONCE EMPLOYED MADAM CJ WALKER.
- 8. SHE WAS ONE OF THE PROMINENT FIGURES IN THE STONEWALL UPRISING OF 1969 AND WAS AN OUTSPOKEN ADVOCATE FOR GAY RIGHTS.
- 9. THIS WOMAN WAS THE ONLY AFRICAN AMERICAN PHYSICIAN IN HER CLASS AT THE NEW ENGLAND FEMALE MEDICAL COLLEGE IN 1860.
- 12. BORN IN DECATUR, ALABAMA, THIS WOMAN LATER BECAME THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN TO TRAVEL SPACE.
- 15. ALTHOUGH THIS WOMAN DIED YOUNG, HER CELLS CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE WORLD.
- 16. THIS YOUNG ENTREPENEUR HAS BECOME A BIG SUCCESS STARTING FROM HER GRANDMOTHER'S RECIPES.
- 17. RAISED IN SAGINAW, MICHIGAN, THIS ATHLETE WENT ON TO BECOME ONE OF THE GREATEST WOMEN'S TENNIS PLAYERS OF ALL TIME.
- 18. HE BECAME KNOWN AS "THE PLANT DOCTOR" TO LOCAL FARMERS DUE TO HIS ABILITY TO DISCERN HOW TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF THEIR GARDENS, FIELDS AND ORCHARDS.
- 19. BEING ONE OF THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN FOOTBALL STARS, THIS ATHLETE WAS INDUCTED INFO THE PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME IN 2005.
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- 1. THIS MAN WAS AN ADVISOR OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR AND WAS ACTIVE IN BOTH THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT AND LATER THE GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT.
- 2. THIS WOMAN WAS BORN IN 1908 AND WOULD BECOME THE FIRST BLACK FEMALE JUDGE IN THE US.
- 5. SHE WAS THE FOURTH PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF NEGRO WOMEN (NCNW) AND WAS ACTIVE IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.
- 6. THIS TONY AWARD WINNING ENTERTAINER STARRED IN LIN MANUEL MIRANDA'S LANDMARK MUSICAL HAMILTON.
- 7. THIS COMEDIAN WAS FIRST RECOGNIZED FOR HER TALENT AS A WRITER ON THE CHRIS ROCK SHOW.
- 10. THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO ARGUE A CASE BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT AND WAS THE FIRST TO SERVE AS A FEDERAL JUDGE.
- 11. THIS AWARD WINNING ACTOR STARRED IN MARVEL STUDIOS BLACK PANTHER.
- 13. BORN IN HOLLY SPRINGS, MS, THIS WOMAN WENT ON TO BECOME ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE.
- 14. SHE IS REFERRED TO AS THE "QUEEN OF SOUL".