Sports
Sports
Henry “Hank” Aaron (baseball)
Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Clay) (heavyweight boxing)
Arthur Ashe (tennis)
Althea Gibson (tennis)
Gabby Douglas (gymnast)
Rube Foster (baseball)
Josh Gibson (baseball)
Kareem Abdul Jabbar (basketball)
Michael Jeffrey Jordan (basketball; baseball)
Carl Lewis (track and field)
Joe Louis (boxer)
Nat Love (also spelled Nate Love) (rodeo rider; cowboy)
Isaac Burns Murphy (jockey)
Negro Baseball League
Jesse Owens (track and field)
Leroy Robert “Satchel” Paige (baseball)
Wilma Goldean Rudolph (track and field)
Bill Pickett (rodeo performer; cowboy)
Renaissance Big Five (also known as The New York Renaissance) (basketball team)
Jack Roosevelt “Jackie” Robinson (baseball)
Perry Eugene Wallace, Jr. (basketball)