3.  Considered one of the greatest athletes in boxing history.  In 1960, he won a spot on the U.S. Olympic boxing team.  Well known for his foot work and for having a powerful punch.  After his Olympic win, he was signaled as an American hero.  Took heavyweight champion of the world in 1964.  He was doing some spiritual searching and decided to join the black Muslim group.  Changed his name to Muhammad Ali.

5.  He was a tennis player.  Became the first and is still the only African American tennis player to win the U.S Open and Wimbledon.  He is the first black American to be ranked No. 1 in the world.  Helped raise awareness for AIDS dieses.

7.  Known as "The Buckeye Bullet“  When competing for Ohio State University, he equaled one world record and broke three others.  In 1936 he won four gold medals at the Olympic Games in Berlin.

9.  He played with the Dodgers for a decade  He made advancements in the cause of civil rights for black athletes.  He was the first African American to play in the major league baseball.  1942 to 1944, he served as a second lieutenant in the United States Army.

11.  Alex was an African American writer.  He wrote about the struggles that African Americans faced.  He wrote letters on his typewriter while he was on a boat during World War 2. That’s how he began writing.

13.  She was an activist.  She organized the Young Negroes Cooperative League.  She became a national director for the NAACP.  She joined the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

15.  He was and activist and a scholar.  He was one of the most important African American activists during the first half of the 20 th century.  He co-founded NAACP and supported Pan-Africanism.  He became the first African American to earn a Ph.D. from Harvard University.  He wrote extensively and was the best known spokesperson for African-American rights.

17.  He gave the “I Have A Dream” speech.  He was a minister and a civil rights activist.  He led the Civil Rights Movement for many years.  MLK had a seismic impact on race relations.  He played a vital role in ending the legal segregation of African-American citizens in the South and other areas of the nation.  He is remembered as one of the most applauded African- American leaders in history.

19.  He was a minister.  He was an African-American leader.  He was a prominent figure in the Nation of Islam.  Malcolm articulated concepts of race pride and black nationalism.

21.  She was a civil rights activist.  Known as “the mother of the freedom movement”  And she is also known as “the first lady of civil rights  Fought to end segregation.  Refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white passenger.

23.  He was an actor, film director, author, and diplomat. 