Master chef who invented the potato chip.
First Black television producer, pioneering singer who popularized calypso, Civil Rights activist, and actor.
Designed and patented a portable air-cooling unit for trucks carrying perishable food.
Top 3 winningest college football coach of all time, first to reach 400 wins.
Protector of the weak, the poor, and the powerless. Social justice flowed through her veins.
A world-class chemist who used soybeans to help to prevent miscarriages in pregnant women
From escaped slave to philanthropist and national hero.
First Black female federal judge.
First black candidate popularly elected to the U.S. Senate since Reconstruction.
Civil rights pioneer who led the Nashville sit-in movement and helped pass the '64 Civil Rights Act.
First woman self-made millionaire.
Second black player to compete in Major League Baseball.
The Green Book helped keep black travelers safe
Institutions aimed at providing higher education options for Black students.
Civil Rights icon, American hero, and Congressman representing Georgia's 5th District.
NASA mathematician who calculated the trajectories of the most historic U.S. space flight missions.
Most influential period of Black culture in U.S. history.
This band leader's musical expression formed the genre of music known today as jazz.
Literary giant who authored "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," and "Still I Rise."
First elected Black governor of any U.S. state.
