Who are some famous black people?

Question

I am doing a multicultural project and i need someone that noone would think of! Do you have a website or something? I need your help!

Answer 1

Ben Carson - neurosurgeon

Maya Angelou - American poet, memoirist, actress and an important figure in the American Civil Rights Movement.

Martin Luther King jr.- was a famous leader of the American civil rights movement, a political activist, and a Baptist minister. In 1964, King became the youngest man to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

Answer 2

There are many:
Thurdgood Marshall
Madame CJ Walker
Fredick Douglas
Harriet Tubman
Louie Armstrong
Mary Ann Bethoud- spelling off
Billie Holiday
George Washington Carver
Doctor Charles Drew

Answer 3

Miles Davis
Charlie Parker
Wes Montgomery

These are all great jazz musicians. Wes Montgomery would probably be someone nobody would think of. He was one of the greatest jazz guitar players of all time. Also, the Funk Brothers, many of whom were black, played on every Motown record that ever came out.

Answer 4

Frederick Douglas
Cripus Attucs (my spelling may be off)- he died during the Revolutionary War
Ida B. Wells
Bill Cosby
Flip Wilson
Red Fox

I am sure you will be able to use someone from this list.

Answer 5

daniel hale williams, he was an african american doctor who performed the first surgery ever on the pericardium (which is a part of your heart) and performed the first successful open heart surgery.
http://www.blackinventor.com/pages/danielwilliams.html

Answer 6

eddie murphy!