Who was the first black woman to practice law in Hillsborough County?

Who was the first African American woman to become an airplane mechanic?

Which person was an author and anthropologist, and whose father was mayor of Eatonville, Florida?

Who started as a math teacher in Virginia and became one of the first African American women to hold a leadership position at NASA?

A group of talented African American artists who sold artwork from the trunks of their cars

Which person opened a Blacks only school in Daytona Beach which later grew into a college?

First African American to serve as head of a Florida state agency (Department of Community Affairs), 1970

Only African American member of the Lewis and Clark expedition who possessed great skills in scouting, hunting, and field medicine.

She taught English at Blake High School and had a school named after her in 2022 in Hillsborough County.

First African American woman from Florida to graduate from an accredited law school, Howard University. In 1922, she supervised schools for black children in Tampa and Hillsborough County.

Born on July 1, 1936 in Tallahassee, Florida and began his own company based on his Aunt Della's basic recipe for cookies and success in life.

One of the world's greatest singers, but few places in the United States would allow her to sing during the 1930s. With the assistance of Eleanor Roosevelt, she was able to sing at the Lincoln Memorial in 1939.

Helped President George Washington survey the land that would become Washington, D.C.; loved math and carved a wooden clock that kept time for many years.

First black person to serve as secretary of state in Florida and actually served as acting governor when Gov. Reed faced impeachment.

First black student to attend the William Frantz school in Louisiana in November 1960.

Agricultural scientist and inventor that taught at Tuskeegee Institute and developed hundreds of products using peanuts, sweet potatoes, and soybeans.

Escaped slavery and was a gifted public speaker. He also published his own memoirs about being a slave. His ideas for emancipation even affected President Lincoln.

First all-black city to incorporated in Florida by Joseph C. Clarke in 1887.

Town in Florida established in 1738 and governed by Francisco Menendez, a former slave.

He was appointed to the Florida Supreme Court in 1975 - the first African American in the South to sit on a state supreme court since 1870.

First African American woman in space in 1992

He was the inventor of the Super Soaker and owns two energy technology companies.

He was a pioneer in biology as well as an academic and science writer. He is known for recognizing the role of the cell's surface in the development of organisms.

Civil Rights activist and leader probably best known for his speech delivered at the "March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom" which he organized in 1963.

He led peaceful protests at Tampa lunch counters, taught Martin Luther King, Jr. at Morehouse college, and was the first African American elected to the Hillsborough County School Board in 1976.

He read and studied the U. S. Constitution as a young student and later became the first African American Supreme Court Justice in 1967.

He was an African American hero with little education but possessed the creativity and skill to invent a safety helmet for firefighters and the traffic light to keep the streets safe for everyone.

He was a powerful emperor of Mali who traveled to Mecca. Upon his return, he worked to make his empire better and inspired the growth and trade of Timbuktu.

He was a lawyer and later served in the Illinois Senate before becoming the 44th U.S. President.

Her defiance led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott which was a major event in the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement.

He deliberately got himself arrested by refusing to move the "blacks only" railroad car in 1892. His court case in 1896 allowed racial segregation but was overruled in 1954. He was finally pardoned, or excused, over a century later.

He was the first African American to play major league baseball in the all-white league in 1947. He played for the Brooklyn Dodgers and wore the #42.

She overcame polio as well as racism to earn the title "the fastest woman alive" in the 1960 Olympics.

Born a slave in New York, she later gained her freedom, became a preacher, and changed her name. She visited Abraham Lincoln and worked with abolitionists to end slavery.

A group of African American pilots who were one on the most respected units to fight in World War II.

He was born a slave, so he could not attend school. When slavery ended, he walked 500 miles to Virginia to go to school. He later became a teacher and eventually the head of the Tuskeegee Institute in Alabama.

Sarah Breedlove developed hair products and formed her own company along with her husband under this name:

Even though he started high school late, he graduated from Harvard University with a doctorate degree. He is known as the Father of the Black History Month.

She is a native of Tampa and was the first Black Learning Specialist and Assistant Principal in an integrated public school in Hillsborough County (Thonotosassa Elementary). She was also the first African American woman to serve as chair on the Hillsborough County School Board in 1992.