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- 3. The first African American woman to be promoted to principal dancer in the 75-year history of the American Ballet Theatre
- 6. Her daily walk to school was immortalized in Norman Rockwell’s painting, The Problem We All Live With.
- 7. He was the first hip-hop artist to be nominated for an Academy Award.
- 14. The mother of the freedom movement
- 16. She won her 2017 Australian Open title while eight weeks pregnant.
- 18. She is a five-time Wimbledon champion and was the first woman in 70 years to win the title in 2005.
- 19. She delivered this famous, iconic speech, "Aint I a Woman" at the 1851 Women's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio.
- 20. Arrested 29 times
- 21. She became the oldest-ever royal bride for a member of the royal family's first marriage in British history
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- 1. Known as "Moses," she led approximately 70 enslaved people to freedom over 13 missions
- 2. Known for judging on the X Factor and a notable member of girls group that sold over 100 million albums.
- 4. In 2016, he became the first player in NBA history to be voted MVP by 100% of the voters.
- 5. She is the first female gymnast to win three consecutive world all-around titles (2013–2015)
- 8. Known for her "Let's Move!" initiative, she planted a White House vegetable garden, graduated from Princeton, and met her husband while mentoring him at a law
- 9. Her work, Tar Beach, was inspired by her childhood in Harlem.
- 10. An American politician and attorney who served as the 49th vice president of the United States from 2021 to 2025
- 11. He was a pioneering agricultural scientist, educator, and inventor known as "The Plant Doctor."
- 12. She orbited the Earth 126 times.
- 13. Prior to her literary success, she worked as San Francisco’s first Black female streetcar conductor, a cabaret dancer, and a singer.
- 15. She famously coined the slogan, "I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired."
- 17. He played boxing legend Mike Tyson in the 1995 HBO biopic Tyson.