Black History Bowl Week 2

His primary legacy is his recognition of the fundamental role of the cell surface in the development of organisms.

• Jonathan Gibbs

• Ernest Everett Just

• Joseph W. Hatchett

• James Weldon Johnson

He headed the Florida state, making education a priority. Under his tenure, the state enrollment tripled.

• Booker T. Washington

• Thurgood Marshall

• Lonnie G. Johnson

• Johnathan C. Gibbs

She was the first African American woman in space.

• Mae Jemison

• Arthenia Joyner

• Sally Ride

• Zora Neale Hurston

In 1975, he became the first African American in the South to sit on a state supreme court since Jonathan Jasper Wright was appointed to the South Carolina Supreme Court in 1870.

This rocket scientist turned inventor used compressed air to create a more powerful water gun.

• Marian Anderson

• Booker T. Washington

• Wilma Rudolph

• Lonnie G. Johnson

These history makers sold artwork out of the trunks of their cars along the sides of the road, because they were not welcomed in many art galleries.

• Fort Mose

• Florida Highwaymen

• Ernest E Just

• Joseph W. Hatchett

This Blake High School graduate participated in sit-ins in Tampa during the Civil Rights Movement.

• Arthenia Joyner

• Mae Jemison

• Zora Neale Hurston

• Dorothy C. York

In 1738, this settlement was established two miles north of St. Augustine to help defend St. Augustine.

This history maker was a writer and anthropologist.

• Arthenia Joyner

• James Weldon Johnson

• Zora Neale Hurston

• Lonnie G. Johnson

He was the first Black lawyer in the state of Florida, but is best known for the song he wrote, "Lift Every Voice and Sing".