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AFRICAN
AMERICANS
STICKER BOOK
BUILD YOUR OWN HISTORY BOOK
The most fun you will have
learning about important African
Americans throughout history!
HOW IT WORKS
This Build Your Own History Sticker Book contains some of the most interesting, important, influential
and inspiring African Americans in the history of the world. Have fun while sticking and
strive to reach your own potential to have a sticker made of you someday!
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Each page of this sticker STICKERS come in BUT HOW? For example, STUMPED? To see the correct
book has a COLOR THEME sheets of 9... notice that read a description in a sticker, scan the QR Code
& each sticker belongs in their different color section & try to match the in the “WHO AM I?” box by
one specific spot. Figure out backgrounds match the page correct colored sticker. using a QR Reader app on
which one goes where! on which it belongs. your smart device.
WHOADAMS
JOHN AM I? Born Nov. 22, 1942 in PA
WHOADAMS
JOHN AM I? place sticker here
• Flew 144 combat missions in Vietnam War
place sticker here and awarded Vietnam Cross of Gallantry.
GUION BLUFORD JR. NASA astronaut on the space shuttle
Challenger and 1st African American to
travel in space (1979).
• Inducted into the International Space Hall
of Fame & U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame. For help, scan the
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I felt an awesome responsibility... but the QR code here.
important thing is not that I’m
black, but that I did a good job as a
scientist and an astronaut.
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table of contents
HISTORIC POLITICAL LEADERS CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS & AUTHORS, POETS &
Courageous leaders elected by the LEADERS PL AYWRIGHTS
people and driven to improve the course Strong, sympathetic and passionate Incredible storytellers who continue to
of U.S. history. figures who overcame adversity and inspire millions with their works.
persevered to ensure equal rights for all.
GOVERNMENT FIGURES INVENTORS & SCIENTISTS ARTISTS & ENTERTAINERS
Groundbreaking pioneers who were the Brilliant, dedicated and hard-working, Amazing, gifted performers whose
1st to achieve the highest levels of public they made important and influential talents leave us in awe.
service. contributions to science and society.
U.S. MILITARY LEADERS ENTREPRENEURS & BUSINESS TRANSCENDENT SPORTS LEGENDS
Distinguished heroes who served to LEADERS Admired around the world for their
promote & preserve our noble American Smart, focused and driven to become incredible athletic achievements but more
ideals. successful in the world of business & importantly their message of equality.
industry.
RELIGIOUS & SPIRITUAL GREATS MORE EXCEPTIONAL PEOPLE
Faith-based leaders revered for their Fascinating and endearing figures who
civic and social activism. defy stereotypes and fit into a category
all their own.
Dedicated to the life and memory of Stevie Nicholson, an inspiration to all who knew him.
Born August 4, 1961 in HI Born Nov. 30, 1924 in NY | Died 2005
Barack Obama: Author The White House, Washington, DC, Public Domain; Shirley Chisholm: Author Thomas J. O’Halloran, U.S. News & World Report, Public Domain; Barbara Jordan: Author U.S. Congress, restored by Adam Cuerden,
BARACK OBAMA • 1st African American elected President WHO AM I? • 1st African American woman elected
of the United States. place sticker here to the U.S. Congress and to run for
• Introduced the Affordable Care President.
Act (aka Obamacare), guaranteeing • Served seven terms in Congress and
healthcare for all Americans. helped form the Black Caucus.
• Accomplished author, writing The • Before and after politics, was a teacher
Audacity of Hope and Dreams from My and proponent for the importance
Father. of equal education and employment
opportunities.
• Recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize &
twice named TIME Person of the Year.
For help, scan the In the end, anti-black, anti-female
Change will not come if we wait QR code here. and all forms of discrimination are
for some other person or some equivalent to the same thing,
other time. We are the ones we’ve been anti-humanism.
waiting for...
Born Feb. 21, 1936 in TX | Died 1996
WHOADAMS
JOHN AM I? • 1st African American congresswoman
place sticker here from the deep south and 1st woman
elected to the Texas Senate, where she
helped pass their first minimum wage law.
HISTORIC • Before politics, she taught and practiced
law.
• Was a House Judiciary member during
Public Domain; Hiram Revels: Author Mathew Brady, Public domain; John Lewis: Author U.S. Congress, Public Domain.
the Watergate scandal and a powerful,
POLITICAL LEaders
motivational speaker.
• Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom.
For help, scan the
QR code here. We, as human beings, must be
willing to accept people who are
different from ourselves.
Born Sep. 27, 1827 in NC | Died 1901 Born February 21, 1940 in AL | Died 2020
WHOADAMS
JOHN AM I? • 1st African American to serve in the WHOADAMS
JOHN AM I? • One of the “Big 6” civil rights activists
place sticker here U.S. Senate, where he fought for place sticker here who led the “Bloody Sunday” march.
school and workplace integration for • I nfluential congressman who fought
black students and workers. to improve healthcare, poverty
• Minister of African Methodist & education, and especially the
Episcopal Church who organized 2 restoration of the Voting Rights Act.
African American regiments for the • Won the National Book Award for
Union Army during the Civil War. a novel inspiring young people to be
active in the Civil Rights Movement.
I am true to my own race. I wish • Received Presidential Medal of
For help, scan the to see all done that can be done... For help, scan the Freedom.
QR code here. to assist them...in becoming intelligent, QR code here.
enlightened, useful, valuable citizens. Never give in. Never become
hostile...Hate is too big a burden
to bear.
Born November 14, 1954 in AL Born July 2, 1908 in MD | Died 1993
WHOADAMS
JOHN AM I? • 1 st African American woman to serve WHOADAMS
JOHN AM I?
Condoleezza Rice: Author United States Department of State employee, Public Domain; Thurgood Marshall: Author Okamoto, Yoichi R. (Yoichi Robert) Photographer, Public Domain; Ron Brown: Author United States Department of
• 1st African American to serve on the U.S.
place sticker here as U.S Secretary of State and National place sticker here Supreme Court.
Security Advisor. • Graduated magna cum laude from
• Special assistant to President George Howard University after being rejected
H.W. Bush during Soviet Union from other law schools because of his
Commerce employee, Public Domain; Patricia Roberts Harris: Author Department of Housing and Urban Development, Public Domain; Loretta Lynch: Author United States Department of Justice, Public Domain.
dissolution and German reunification. race.
• Has written a number of books, • Victorious lawyer in the landmark civil
including No Higher Honor: A Memoir of rights case of Brown v. Board of Education.
My Years in Washington. • Worked for National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People
For help, scan the The day has to come when it’s not For help, scan the (NAACP).
QR code here. a surprise that a woman has a QR code here.
In recognizing the humanity
powerful position. of our fellow beings, we pay
ourselves the highest tribute.
Born Aug. 1, 1941 in Washington, D.C.
WHOADAMS
JOHN AM
MICHELLE I?
OBAMA Died 1996
place sticker here • U.S. Secretary of Commerce under
President Bill Clinton, the 1st African
American to serve in that position.
Government
• Also served as Chairperson for the
Democratic National Committee and Chief
Counsel for Senate Judiciary Committee.
• U.S. Army veteran who served in South
FIGURES
Korea and Germany.
• Received the National Medal of Technology
and Innovation and has two awards named in
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QR code here.
Great teams work harder after a
tough loss.
Born May 31, 1924 in IL | Died 1985 Born May 21, 1959 in NC
WHOADAMS
JOHN AM I? • 1st African American woman to serve in a
WHOADAMS
JOHN AM I? • 1st African American woman U.S.
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U.S. President’s cabinet. Attorney General, she served under
President Barack Obama.
• Served on the boards of the NAACP
at Howard University, IBM and Chase • Her family was involved in the Civil
Manhattan Bank. Rights Movement and she graduated
from Harvard Law School.
• Appointed co-chair of the National
Women’s Committee for Civil Rights, and • Noted for her professionalism and
then the U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg. her ability to always remain calm &
focused.
If my life has any meaning at all, Voting is how we participate in
For help, scan the For help, scan the
QR code here. it is that those who start out as QR code here. a civic society..the way we teach
outcasts can wind up as being part of our children...how to be citizens, and
the system. the importance of their voice.
Born May 6, 1812 in WV, into slavery
Guion Bluford Jr.: Author NASA, Public Domain; Martin Robison Delany: Author Unknown, National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C., Public Domain; Colin Powell: Author John Clifton, U.S. Federal Government, Public Domain; Daniel
Born Nov. 22, 1942 in PA
WHOBLUFORD
GUION AM I?JR. WHO AM I? Died 1885
place sticker here • F
lew 144 combat missions in Vietnam place sticker here
War and awarded Vietnam Cross of • Became one of the highest-ranking
Gallantry. African Americans officers (Major) in the
Civil War.
• NASA astronaut on the space shuttle
Challenger and 1st African American • He founded The Mystery, an African
to travel in space (1979). American newspaper.
• Inducted into the International Space • Led the Vigilance Committee that
Hall of Fame & U.S. Astronaut Hall of helped relocate escaped slaves, even
Fame. traveling to Africa to negotiate land for
freed slaves to return there.
“Chappie” James Jr.: Author U.S. Air Force Airman or employee, U.S. Federal Govt., Public Domain; Vernon Baker: Author U.S. Army soldier or employee, U.S. Federal Govt., Public Domain.
For help, scan the I felt an awesome responsibility... For help, scan the
QR code here. but the important thing is not QR code here. If we treated everyone we meet with
that I’m black, but that I did a good job the same affection we bestow upon
as a scientist and an astronaut. our favorite cat, they, too, would purr.
Born April 5, 1937 in NYC
WHO AM I? • U.S. Secretary of State and, previously,
place sticker here
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
both firsts for an African American.
• Awarded 11 military decorations, including
U.S. MILITARY
the Purple Heart, Bronze Star and the
Soldier’s Medal.
• Commanded his college ROTC unit,
steering his interest in the military.
LEADERS
• Began program called America’s Promise
to help kids, schools & communities.
For help, scan the
QR code here. There are no secrets to success. It
is the result of preparation, hard
work, and learning from failure.
Born Feb. 11, 1920 in FL | Died 1978 Born Dec. 17, 1919 in WY | Died 2010
WHO AM I? • 1st African American to become a WHO AM I?
place sticker here Four-Star General. place sticker here • WWII U.S. Army officer who received
the Medal of Honor (MOH), the
• Served in World War II (with the highest military award, in addition to
all-black 99th Pursuit Squadron), the
Korean War and the Vietnam War, flying the Silver Star, Bronze Star and Purple
over 175 combat missions. Heart.
• Became commander of NORAD/ • Awarded MOH after study showed
ADCOM in Colorado. racial discrimination in awarding MOHs
• Received the Distinguished Service during WWII.
Medal and the George Washington • Worked for American Red Cross for 20
Freedom Foundation Medal. years after serving in the military.
For help, scan the For help, scan the
QR code here. The power of excellence is QR code here. Give respect before you expect it.
overwhelming. It is always in Treat people the way you want to
demand, and nobody cares about its color. be treated.
Jesse Jackson: Author Warren K. Leffler, U.S. News & World Report collection, Public Domain; Maulana Ron Karenga: Author Apavlo at English Wikipedia, Public Domain; Richard Allen: Author Daniel A. Payne, Public Domain; Al Sharpton:
Born Oct. 8, 1941 in SC Born July 14,1941 in MD
WHO AM I? WHOADAMS
JOHN AM I? • Civil Rights activist who created Kwanzaa,
place sticker here • Reverend and civil rights activist who place sticker here
marched with Martin Luther King Jr. and a pan-African holiday based around
witnessed his assassination. agricultural activities and which celebrates
African culture.
• Graduate of the Chicago Theological
Seminary and founder of the National • Changed his first name to mean “master
Rainbow Coalition, which advocated equal teacher” and his last name to mean
rights for African Americans, women and “keeper of tradition” in Swahili-Arabic.
those in the LGBT community. • Published many books, including Kwanzaa:
• 2nd African American to ever run for A Celebration of Family, Community and
President. Culture.
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• Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom.
QR code here. QR code here. It is Martin (Luther) King who
Never look down on anybody unless taught that a real moral struggle
you’re helping him up. seeks to win partners, not to leave victims.
Author David Shankbone, Creative Commons License; Elijah Muhammad: Author New York World-Telegram/Sun staff photog: Wolfson, Stanley, Public Domain.
Born Feb. 14, 1760 in PA | Died 1831
WHO AM I? • Slave who bought his freedom
place sticker here
(for $2,000 in 1783) and whose
“Manumission” (freedom document)
was the first on public record.
• Founder of Free African Society, a non-
denominational religious group with
Reverend Absalom Jones, and Bethel
Religious &
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Church, an Episcopal church which was
a stop along the Underground Railroad.
• First African American ordained in the
ministry of Methodist Episcopal Church.
SPIRITUAL GREATS
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Born Oct. 3, 1954 in NYC Born Oct. 7, 1897 in GA | Died 1975
WHOADAMS
JOHN AM I? WHOADAMS
JOHN AM I?
place sticker here • Ordained minister at age 10 and founder place sticker here • Led the Nation of Islam from
of the National Youth Movement. 1934-1975.
•A
ctive protester against injustice and • Follower of Wallace D. Fard, who was
mistreatment of African Americans. preaching a new form of Islam to fit
•H
ost of the tv program PoliticsNation and African Americans’ lives.
radio show Keepin’ it Real. • Imprisoned for evading the draft but
• Ignores his critics and damage to his became mentor to Muhammad Ali,
reputation by remaining true to his Malcolm X and others.
principles. • Had many commercial enterprises, like
For help, scan the The dream was not to put one black For help, scan the the popular newspaper Muhammad Speaks.
QR code here. family in the White House, the QR code here.
Love of self comes first. The one
dream was to make everything equal in who loves everybody is the one who
everybody’s house. does not love anyone.
Born c.1822 in MD | Died 1913 Born Feb. 23, 1868 in MA | Died 1963
WHO AM I?
Harriet Tubman: Author/Artist Horatio Seymour Squyer, Public Domain; W.E.B. Du Bois: Author Unknown, Public Domain; Dorothy Height: Author Adrian Hood, Public Domain; Malcolm X: Author Herman Hiller, World Telegram staff
HARRIET TUBMAN • “Conductor” of the Underground • Co-founded National Association for
place sticker here the Advancement of Colored People
Railroad who led hundreds of slaves to
(NAACP) and 1st African American
freedom during the Civil War era. to earn a PhD from Harvard.
• Considered the 1st African American • Rose to prominence by opposing
woman to serve in the military, as a Booker T. Washington’s “Atlanta
nurse and spy. Compromise.”
• Nicknamed “Moses” for her leadership
• Published The Souls of Black Folk.
abilities.
• Strong supporter of women’s rights.
I had reasoned this out in my mind, • Died one day before MLK gave his “I
there was one of two things I had For help, scan the
QR code here. Have a Dream” speech.
a right to, liberty or death; if I could not
have one, I would have the other. The cost of liberty is less than
the price of repression.
Born Mar. 24, 1912 in VA | Died 2010
WHOADAMS
JOHN AM I?
place sticker here • President of the National Council of
Negro Women who also directed racial
integration of all YMCA facilities.
CIVIL RIGHTS
• Vocal critic against lynching and also
strong women’s rights advocate.
• Helped organize march on Washington
D.C. for MLK’s “I Have a Dream”
ACTIVISTS & LEADERS
speech.
• Called “The godmother of the civil rights
photographer, Public Domain; Ida B. Wells: Author Mary Garrity, Restored by Adam Cuerden, Public Domain.
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movement” by President Obama and
QR code here. awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Without community service, we
would not have a strong quality
of life.
Born May 19, 1925 in NE Born Jul. 16, 1862 in MS | Died 1931
WHOADAMS
JOHN AM I? Assassinated 1965 WHO AM I? • Journalist, editor, and feminist who
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• Minister who led Nation of Islam, which helped found the National Association
combined Islam with black nationalism. for the Advancement of Colored People
• Experienced a poor, troubled (NAACP).
upbringing which led him to convert to • Gained prominence as an anti-lynching
Islam in prison. reporter and activist.
• Articulate, outspoken speaker who • Born into slavery and faced racial
encouraged African Americans to prejudices and family tragedy as a child.
physically (and violently, if needed)
object to racial injustice. • Dragged off a train for refusing to give
up her seat deepened her resolve to fight
For help, scan the For help, scan the
for equal rights.
QR code here. Education is the passport to the QR code here.
future, for tomorrow belongs to The way to right wrongs is to turn
those who prepare for it today. the light of truth upon them.
Born 1797 in NY | Died 1883 Born Jan. 15, 1929 in GA | Assassinated 1968
WHO AM I?
Sojourner Truth: Author Unknown, Public Domain; Martin Luther King, Jr.: Author Dick DeMarsico, World Telegram staff photographer, Public Domain; Claudette Colvin: Author The Visibility Project, Public Domain; Frederick Douglass:
• Born into slavery as Isabella Baumfree, she
WHO AM I? • Reverend known as the most prominent
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became one of the best-known abolitionists leader of the U.S. civil rights movement.
and women’s rights supporters. • Led the Montgomery Bus Boycott in
• One of the 1st African American woman to support of Rosa Parks.
successfully challenge a white man in a U.S.
• Adhered to Gandhi’s philosophy of
Court.
non-violent protest, despite the violence
• Gave powerful speech “Ain’t I a Woman?” at against him.
1851 Women’s Rights Convention.
• Organized Washington D.C. march
• Recruited African Americans for the Civil where he delivered his famous “I Have a
War and passionately fought against slavery, Dream” speech.
For help, scan the for women’s rights and for prison reform. For help, scan the
QR code here. QR code here. The ultimate measure of a man is
• not where he stands in moments
Truth is powerful and it prevails. of comfort and convenience, but where he
stands at times of challenge and controversy.
Born Sep. 5, 1939 in AL
WHOADAMS
JOHN AM I? • Arrested for refusing to give up her seat
place sticker here
to a white woman, helping lead to the
Montgomery Bus Boycott.
• “I felt like Sojourner Truth was pushing
down on one shoulder & Harriet
Tubman...on the other, saying ‘Sit down CIVIL RIGHTS
Author Unidentified photographer, National Portrait Gallery, Public Domain; Nat Turner - Author: Comic Vine, Public Domain.
girl!’”
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QR code here.
• Her case influenced Browder v. Gayle,
which ruled segregated buses were
unconstitutional.
I knew then and I know now, when
ACTIVISTS & LEADERS
it comes to justice, there is no easy
way to get it.
Born Feb. 14, 1818 in MD | Died 1895 Born Oct. 2, 1800 in VA | Died 1831
WHOADAMS
JOHN AM I? WHOADAMS
JOHN AM I?
place sticker here • American abolitionist, suffragist, place sticker here • Slave whose owner helped educate him in
author, editor, orator and diplomat. reading, writing and religion.
• Born a slave and educated by his • Became deeply religious and had spiritual
owner’s wife, he became a prominent visions of a violent conflict between black
national speaker against slavery and for and white spirits.
women’s rights. • Recruited other slaves to rise up in
• Served as ambassador to Dominican rebellion against their owners during a
Republic and consul-general to violent killing spree.
Republic of Haiti. • Captured, brought before a judge and
For help, scan the • 1st African-American to run for Vice For help, scan the hanged with co-conspirators.
QR code here. President of the U.S. QR code here.
• His rebellion caused fear and helped
If there is no struggle, there is no kindle the beginning of the Civil War.
progress.
Born Aug. 26, 1918 in WV | Died 2020 Born Oct. 1, 1939 in OH
WHOADAMS
JOHN
KATHERINEAM I?
JOHNSON WHOADAMS
JOHN AM I?
Katherine Johnson: Author/Photographer NASA, Public Domain; George Carruthers - Author: NASA on The Commons – Public Domain; George Washington Carver: Author not listed, Source: Tuskegee University Archives/Museum,
• Pioneering physicist & mathematician • Inventor of the UV Camera
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who was a “human computer,” calculating (spectrograph), which was used by
rocket trajectories & emergency return Apollo 16 astronauts on the moon.
paths for NASA to safely get Americans
• Built his first telescope at 10 years old
into (& back from) space.
but lost his father just 2 years later.
• So highly regarded that Astronaut John
• Also invented a camera used on the 1991
Glenn (first American to orbit the Earth)
space shuttle mission and helped create
refused to fly until she had verified the
the Science & Engineers Apprentice
flight path.
Program.
• Portrayed in 2016 film Hidden Figures and
• Awarded NASA’s Exceptional Scientific
For help, scan the awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom. For help, scan the
QR code here. QR code here. Achievement Medal, National Medal of
You are no better than anyone else, Technology & Innovation and is in the
and no one is better than you. National Inventors Hall of Fame.
Public Domain; Patricia Bath: Author National Library of Medicine, Public Domain; Garrett Morgan: Author United States Department of Transportation, Public Domain.
Born early 1860’s in MO | Died 1943
WHOADAMS
JOHN AM I?
place sticker here • Scientist and inventor who introduced
new agricultural methods to improve
the lives of poor farmers.
Inventors &
• Born into slavery, kidnapped and sold,
he educated himself and ultimately
graduated from college.
• Developed over 300 new products to
SCIENTISTS
help diversify crops, improve diet and
conserve land.
For help, scan the • Honored with the 1st national memorial
QR code here. to an African American.
Education is the key to unlock
the golden door of freedom.
Born Nov. 4, 1942 in NYC | Died 2019 Born Mar. 4, 1877 in KY | Died 1963
WHOADAMS
JOHN AM I? • 1st African American to complete a
WHOADAMS
JOHN AM I? • Inventor of the gas mask and the
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residency in Ophthalmology and 1st modern-day traffic signal (which he
African American female doctor to sold to General Electric for $40,000).
receive a medical patent (invented the
Laserphaco Probe for cataracts). • Also invented a hair-straightening
• Graduated high school in only 2 years. chemical and received a patent for a new
sewing machine.
• Through fellowship at Columbia Univ.,
discovered African Americans were • Educated only through elementary
twice as likely to suffer from blindness. school, he endured racism and prejudice
• Co-founded the American Institute for throughout his life.
For help, scan the the Prevention of Blindness. For help, scan the • Strong African American community
QR code here. QR code here. supporter, donor, and NAACP member.
Remember that the limits of science If you can be the best, then why
are not the limits of imagination. not try to be the best?Robert L. Johnson: Author Eric Draper, employee of Executive Office of President of U.S., Public Domain; Dr. Dre: Author Jason Persse, Creative Commons License; Madame C.J. Walker: Author/Photographer Scurlock Studio, Washington,
Born Apr. 8, 1946 in MS Born Feb. 18, 1965 in CA
WHOADAMS
JOHN AM I? • 1st African American to become a
WHOADAMS
JOHN AM I? • Born Andre Romelle Young, was owner
place sticker here place sticker here and recording artist for Death Row
billionaire when he co-founded and sold
Black Entertainment Television (BET), the Records, then founded Aftermath
1st cable TV network specifically targeting Entertainment and Beats Electronics.
African Americans. • Has overseen careers of Snoop Dogg,
D.C., Public Domain; James Forten: Author/Artist (Probably) Robert Douglass Jr., The Historical Society of PA, Public Domain; William Monroe Trotter: Author Unknown, fair use Guardian of Boston, Public Domain.
Eminem and 50 Cent, among others.
• BET was also the 1st African American-
owned company to be listed on the New • Experienced gang violence and unstable
York Stock Exchange. home life during youth.
• Has degrees from Univ. of Illinois and • Became “richest man in Hip-Hop” after
Princeton University.and charitable works. selling Beats to Apple in 2014.
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as well as humanitarian initiatives.
I’m never gonna stop music, it’s
The world is run by those who like air to me.
show up.
Born Dec. 23, 1867 in LA | Died 1919
WHOADAMS
JOHN AM I? • One of the most successful African
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American businesswomen.
ENtreprENEurs &
• Born Sarah Breedlove, she was an
orphan by 7 years old and lost her hair
due to illness.
• Began experimenting with ways to grow
Business Leaders
it back, which turned into her company
selling personal care products for African
Americans.
• Amassed great wealth and became a
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Born Sep. 2, 1766 in PA | Died 1842 Born Apr. 7, 1872 in OH | Died 1934
WHOADAMS
JOHN AM I? • Master sailmaker who used his wealth
WHOADAMS
JOHN AM I? • Harvard graduate and 1st African American
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and success to help abolish slavery and accepted into the Phi Beta Kappa honor
fight for African Americans’ rights. society.
• Refused to put sails on any ships that • Successful in real estate before founding
were involved in the slave trade. The Guardian newspaper.
• Served in Revolutionary War at age 15. • Outspoken advocate for civil rights who
helped form the NAACP but left to start
• Also supported women’s suffrage and the National Equal Rights League.
the right to vote.
• Stowed away to attend Paris Peace
Conference in 1919, against President
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It seems almost incredible that QR code here.
the advocates of liberty should • Also co-founded Boston Literary &
conceive of the idea of selling a fellow Historical Assoc. and the National Negro
creature to slavery. Suffrage League.Born Feb. 1, 1902 in MO | Died 1967 Born Feb. 18, 1931 in OH
Langston Hughes: Author Jack Delano, employee of U.S. Federal Government, Public Domain; Toni Morrison: Author: Angela Radulescu, Creative Commons License; Zora Neale Hurston: Author Unknown, U.S. Library of Congress, Public
LANGSTON HUGHES • Poet, novelist and playwright who
WHO AM I? • Award-winning author known for her
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focused on African American themes. unique insight into the experience of
African Americans.
• Dropped out of Columbia and worked as
a steward on a freighter. • Enthralled by reading and storytelling
as a child.
• Inspired by Carl Sandburg and Walt
Whitman, he helped create a new type • 1st black woman awarded the Nobel
of art form called “jazz poetry.” Prize for Literature and her famous
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novel Beloved won a Pulitzer Prize.
• Famous works include the poem The
Negro Speaks of Rivers and the musical • Also wrote children’s books with her son
Street Scene. Slade.
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Born Jan. 7, 1891 in AL | Died 1960
WHO AM I? • Anthropologist, author and playwright
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Authors, Poets
• Daughter of two former slaves, her
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• Her peer Alice Walker (author of The
Color Purple) called her “A Genius of
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Boy and Native Son, which focused on American poets and writers, her works
the issues of race relations. were influenced by the civil rights
movement and motherhood.
• Raised in poverty and without a father,
used his white co-worker’s library card • Key member of the Black Arts
to take out books. Movement, created to support and
empower black artists.
• Native Son was selected for the Book-
of-the-Month Club, the first book by a • Has won over 50 awards, including
black writer ever selected. multiple NAACP Image Awards.
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self-realization as much as they Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the
can from a lack of bread. response to the error that counts.Born May 26, 1926 in IL | Died 1991 Born Oct. 18, 1926 in MO | Died 2017
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• The “Picasso of Jazz” is among the most • A pioneer and legendary showman of
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century music. • Famous for “Johnny B. Goode” and his
• For 5 decades he played the piano, one-legged hop routine known as the
flugelhorn, organ & synthesizer but is best “duck walk.”
known as a jazz trumpeter. • Fought racism and his own self-inflicted
• His album “Kind Of Blue” is the #1 best- wounds throughout his life.
selling jazz album in history. • Among the 1st inductees into the Rock
• Inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of & Roll Hall of Fame in 1986 and a
Fame and received a Grammy Lifetime Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
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Born Apr. 25, 1917 in VA | Died 1996
WHO AM I? • American jazz singer called the “First
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• Debuted at age 17 at the Apollo
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scat style singing.
• Over a 60+ year career, worked
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& Duke Ellington, recording over
2,000 songs and winning 13 Grammy
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Born Mar. 26, 1944 in MI Born Nov. 27, 1942 in WA | Died 1970
WHO AM I? • Singer, songwriter, actress and producer WHO AM I? • Considered the greatest rock guitarist
place sticker here named “Female Entertainer of the place sticker here of all time, his unique sound and electric
Century” by Billboard magazine. performances changed rock & roll forever.
• Lead singer of Motown’s The Supremes, • Also a singer & songwriter whose 1st
the most successful vocal group in U.S. instruments were a 1-string ukulele and $5
history. acoustic guitar.
• Earned 18 #1 singles and has sold over • A U.S. Army paratrooper too but got hurt
100 million records worldwide. and was honorably discharged.
• Best actress nominee for Academy and • Influenced & inspired by B.B. King, Little
Golden Globe Awards. Richard, Chuck Berry and Elvis.
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Born Jun. 23, 1940 in TN | Died 1994 Born Jan. 17, 1942 in KY | Died 2016
WILMA RUDOLPH • “The fastest woman in the world” was the WHO AM I? • “The Greatest” was a champion boxer
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at the same Olympic games (Rome, personalities and activists of the 20th
1960). century.
• Born Cassius Clay but converted to Islam
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• Born prematurely, she had scarlet fever, & changed his name.
pneumonia and polio and was told she may
never walk again. • Won Olympic gold in 1960 and was
heavyweight champ 3 times.
• However, she persevered and by 16 had
• Outspoken civil rights activist who
won an Olympic bronze medal. refused U.S. military service and was
• Was also strong supporter for women’s & arrested, found guilty & stripped of
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Born Sep. 12, 1913 in AL | Died 1980
WHO AM I? • Track & field star who won 4 gold
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medals at 1936 Olympics in Berlin.
• His performance crushed Hitler’s
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• A sharecropper’s son who regularly
endured racial discrimination.
• Awarded Presidential Medal of
Sports Legends
Freedom and Congressional Medal of
Honor.
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Born Jul. 10, 1943 in VA | Died 1993 Born Jan. 31, 1919 in GA | Died 1972
WHO AM I? • 1st African American tennis player ranked
WHO AM I? • 1st African American to play Major
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#1, chosen for U.S. Davis Cup team
and only black man to win U.S. Open, barrier” with the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Wimbledon & Australian Open singles • Withstood verbal and physical abuse to
titles. prove racial integration in baseball was
• Lost his mother as a child and later bigger than himself.
contracted HIV from a blood transfusion. • 1st black Baseball Hall of Famer & his
• Spent rest of life inspiring others and #42 was retired by all teams.
raising awareness for AIDS. • Key figure in the civil rights movement
• Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom. and awarded the Presidential Medal of
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destination. The doing is often A life is not important except in
more important than the outcome. the impact it has on other lives.Born Apr. 5, 1856 in VA | Died 1915 Born Jan. 29, 1954 in MS
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• Prominent author, educator and orator • Entertainer, entrepreneur and activist,
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who fought for civil rights and founded
Tuskegee University. philanthropic African Americans in U.S.
history.
• Born poor, into slavery and without a
father, he worked to support his family & • Born into poverty to a single teenage
taught himself to read and write. mom, she had the highest-rated TV
program of its kind in history.
• Walked 500 miles to enroll in
agriculture school, where his impressive • Won Presidential Medal of Freedom
determination earned him a scholarship. and the 1st African American woman to
win the Cecil B. DeMille award.
• Wrote 14 books, including Up from
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Born Oct. 6, 1917 in MS | Died 1977
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• Prevented by police from voting in
1962 and subject to physical abuse, she
became an activist who inspired other
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• Leader/founder of several groups
and initiatives to fight against racial
discrimination. LLE N G
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WHO AM I? • Acclaimed singer, songwriter, musician
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• Blind since birth and lost part of sense of
smell due to a car accident. • Leader of the Harlem Renaissance, a
cultural, social & artistic explosion in
• Won more Grammy Awards than any Harlem, NY in the 1920s.
other solo artist in history.
• Rheumatic fever as a child left him with
• Has received lifetime achievement permanent heart damage.
awards for civil rights as well as music, and
also awarded the Presidential Medal of • The New Negro, called the “1st national
Freedom. book” of African Americans, was his most
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WHO AM I? • 1st African American to play Major
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