Famous Black Americans

4. Human Computer who's calculations for orbital mechanics made it possible to send flight crews into space.
6. Escaped from slavery and returned through the Underground Railroad to save 70 enslaved family members and friends.
8. Played for the Kansas City Monarchs before becoming the first African-American to play in the modern era Major League Baseball.
10. One of the best basketball players of all time. He won 6 NBA Championships with the Chicago Bulls wearing number 23.
11. First African-American, First Asian-American and First Female Vice President of the United States
12. Wore potato sack dresses when she was a child living in poverty and is now worth 3.2 BILLION dollars.

1. Poet and activist who became a best-selling author after delivering her poem 'The Hill We Climb' at the 2021 inauguration of Joe Biden.
2. First African-American Woman to serve a Supreme Court Justice, nominated and approved during the Biden Administration.
3. Former professional tennis player who won her first major singles title at the US Open when she was only 18.
5. First African-American to attend a previously all-white school.
7. First African-American President who won a Nobel Peace Prize for efforts in international diplomacy.
9. Arrested for not moving seats on a city bus so a white woman could sit down.
10. American poet and Civil Rights Activist born in St. Louis, Missouri.