Duplicate of Black History Month Facts

The first African American performer to receive an Academy Award?

Talk Show Host Turned Billionaire

George Washington Carver created peanut butter.

_________ was the first woman to become a self-made millionaire.

Claudette Colvin was arrested 9 months before Rosa Parks for not giving up her seat on the bus to white passengers.

Who became the first African American Major League Baseball player?

_____ was the first African American woman elected to the House of Representatives.

Played for LA Lakers his entire NBA run, aka Black Mamba

Who was the first African American President of the United States?

Who wrote I, Too Sing America