Black History Month

Click on the picture of the person you want to learn more about.

We will continue to add to this list throughout the month!

Leland Melvin

NFL player and Astronaut

Mae C. Jemison

First Black Woman in Space

Tuskegee Airmen

First Black military aviators in the U.S. Army

Bessie Coleman

First African American and Native American Woman Pilot

Serena Williams

Hall of Fame Tennis Player

Michael Jordan

Hall of Fame Basketball Player

Jackie Robinson

First Black Major League Baseball Player

Alice Coachman

First Black Woman to win Olympic Gold Medal

Louis Armstrong

Influencer in Jazz Music

Ella Fitzgerald

Jazz Singer known as "The First Lady of Song"

Stevie Wonder

First black artist to win a Grammy for Album of the Year

Whitney Houston

Guinness World Record Holder for "Most Awarded Female Artist of All Time"

Misty Copeland

First Black Principal Ballerina in American Ballet Theater

Charles "Lil Buck" Riley

Professional Jookin Dancer

Halle Berry

First Black Woman to win an Oscar for Best Actress

Sidney Poitier

First Black Man to win an Academy Award for Best Actor

Moziah Bridges

Kid Entrepreneur and CEO

Ruby Bridges

First Black Student to Integrate a Southern Elementary School

Thurgood Marshall

First Black Supreme Court Justice

Shirley Chrisholm

First Black Congresswoman

Amanda Gorman

Youngest Inaugural Poet

Langston Hughes

Harlem Renaissance Writer and Poet

Laura Wheeler Waring

Harlem Renaissance Painter and Educator

Jean-Michel Basquiat

Contemporary Painter and Graffiti Artist

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