Famous Black/African-Americans

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  1. 2. Famous female “Conductor” on the Underground Railroad
  2. 6. First African American woman to win Academy Award for best actress
  3. 7. An ex-slave and frequent speaker on abolitionist and women’s rights, delivers “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech at the Women’s Convention in Akron, Ohio
  4. 9. Inventor of a self-regulating lubricator for steam engines
  5. 10. Renowned novelist and first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize
  6. 14. A self-emancipated biracial man was the first man to die, along with four white men, for American Independence in the Boston Massacre.
  7. 15. Prominent black journalist involved in the Black press of the post-Civil War era
  8. 17. First African American to play in Major League Baseball, when he joins the Brooklyn Dodgers
  9. 18. Published I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
  10. 19. The first Black female astronaut in NASA history and the first Black woman to go to space
  11. 20. First African American Astronaut for NASA
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  1. 1. The first African American to win an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Mammy in Gone with the Wind, was not allowed to attend the premiere of the film due to segregation laws in 1939
  2. 3. First Black man to win Academy Award for best actor
  3. 4. Leader of the abolitionist movement, orator and advisor to President Lincoln
  4. 5. The “mother of the blues,” she is recognized as the first great black professional blues vocalist
  5. 8. First African American Supreme Court Justice
  6. 11. Influential jazz musician and band leader, inventor of scat singing
  7. 12. First African American woman billionaire
  8. 13. The first African American to host a variety TV show
  9. 16. First African American woman to become a Major General in the U.S. Army