Historical African Americans

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  1. 2. Ranked by ESPN as the 6th greatest North American athlete of the 20th century
  2. 4. An American civil rights lawyer and an associate justice of the Supreme Court. He was the Supreme Court's first African-American justice
  3. 6. A writer whose work fictionalized fundamental personal questions and dilemmas
  4. 8. Was hired as a Race Relations Secretary for the pacifist group Fellowship of Reconciliation
  5. 10. A songwriter who had her songs sung by Elvis, Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, and more
  6. 12. The only black Jewish woman to perform liturgical music during the golden age of cantorial music
  7. 13. Formed a famous dance school wit the focus of honoring black culture
  8. 15. the first African American to receive a Pulitzer Prize
  9. 16. known for punching sherrif Jim Clark when he stopped her from voting
  10. 20. A singer who went on worldwide tours and often sang for American political events
  11. 22. An enslaved poet in colonial America
  12. 23. The first African American, and the first Native American, woman pilot
  13. 24. An American sailor of African and Native American descent, commonly regarded as the first American killed in the American Revolution
  14. 25. Her unique cells are still used in vaccines and research today
  15. 26. A gay rights activist who started STAR, a shelter for homeless gay and trans youth
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  1. 1. challenged the prejudice that prevented African Americans from pursuing careers in medicine and became the first African American woman in the United States to earn an M.D. degree
  2. 3. Helped organize the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) as an alternative to the all-white Mississippi Democratic Party
  3. 5. Abbott Founder of The Defender, the largest black newspaper in the US during the 20th century
  4. 7. the first Black woman from any country to win an Olympic gold medal
  5. 9. starred in the show Buelah as the first ever show with an African American as a lead before quitting a year later due to the role degrading black people
  6. 11. The first black woman to graduate from Yale and serve as a judge
  7. 14. a prominent black director and photographer, a sesame street character was named after him
  8. 17. Founded, wrote, and edited her own newspaper called ‘the Women’s Voice”
  9. 18. the first female self-made millionaire in America
  10. 19. One of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement, stressed peaceful protesting
  11. 21. The "Queen of the Whistle Register."