Black History Figures

7. the first to win the grand slam title
8. talk show host, tv producer, actress, producer, and philanthropist
10. the greatest boxer of all time
11. rescue hundreds of people from slavery using the underground railroad
14. first ballerina dance for a major classical ballet company
17. known as the “peanut man” because he invented hundreds of products that used peanuts
18. first woman to hold a pilot license
19. singer, and performing known as to “King of Pop”
20. the youngest student to attend integrated schools in the south

1. first African-American Supreme Court Justice
2. the first black president of the United States of America
3. astronaut in first black woman to travel into space
4. mathematician, who helped NASA launch their first flight to the moon
5. poet, dancer, screenwriter, and author
6. musician, who had an influence on jazz music
9. first African-American to play in Major League Baseball
12. most visible leader of the civil rights movement
13. NBA’s greatest all-time basketball player
15. “First Lady of Civil Rights”; refused to give up her seat to a white man
16. track and field star that won 4 gold medals in the 1936 Olympics