Black History Bowl Week 4

He was the first African American to play in Major League Baseball

• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

• Carter Woodson

• Jackie Robinson

• Booker T. Washington

She got polo at four years old, but won God in the Olympics in track and field.

• Wilma Rudolph

• Madam C.J. Walker

• Dorothy York

• Sojourner Truth

She was an abolitionist who spoke and wrote a book about her experience as a slave.

• Wilma Rudolph

• Madam C.J. Walker

• Doris Reddick

• Sojourner Truth

She was a dedicated Hillsborough County teacher for 45 years.

She created haircare products designed specifically for African Americans.

• Dorothy Vaughan

• Dorothy C. York

• Sojourner Truth

• Madam C.J. Walker

He founded the Tuskegeee Institute in Alabama.

• Tuskegee Airmen

• Booker T. Washington

• York

• Carter Woodson

Played an important role in military history. They were some of the most respected unit to fight in World War II.

• Buffalo Soldiers

• York

• Tuskegee Airman

• Dirty Dozen

He is known as the "Father of Black History Month"

• Barack Obama

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Carter G. Woodson

• Jackie Robinson

Help Lewis and Clark find their way through the wilderness to the Pacific Coast.

• York

• Tuskegee Airman

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Benjamin Banneker

She was a mathematician who worked at NASA.