1.
Wonder First person to use a synthesizer
2.
Wheatley Wrote her first poem at 14 years old
3.
Maynard Daly First African-American to get a PhD from Columbia University
4.
Morgan Invented the gas mask
5.
Pollard First African-American to play professional football
6.
Airmen First African-American airmen
7.
Basquiat African-American street artist
8.
Jackson Started his music career at three years old
9.
Obama First African-American first lady of the U.S.
10.
Winfrey her powerful options and public influence is called the Oprah effect
11.
X Turned his jail cell into a library to educate himself
12.
Jordan Firs black women senator from Texas
13.
Ailey Got a 23 minute standing ovation after one of his shows
14.
Johnson Calculated the path for Apollo 11
15.
West Second black women hired at Naval Base
16.
Powell First African-American Secretary of State
17.
Rock Nine First African-American students to integrate and join an all white school
18.
Abbot Made the Chicago Defender news paper
19.
Gorman An activist and film maker
20.
Washington Carver A scientist that worked with plants, called the "Plant Doctor"
