Born a slave, married at 14, mother at 17 and widowed at 20. (Read more...)
At 33, Carson became the youngest head of pediatric neurosurgery in all of the United States. (Read more...)
Dr. Williams also founded the first interracial hospital in the United States. (Read more...)
According to ESPN, Jordan spent $275 million to majority own the Charlotte Hornets' NBA team. According to Forbes, the team is now worth more than $1.5 billion. (Read more...)
Kenneth C. Frazier is the first African American President of Merck & Co., a pharmaceutical company in the Fortune 500 - America's 500 largest companies, by revenue. (Read more...)
Burns started at the bottom of the ladder as an intern at Xerox and worked her way up to CEO. (Read more...)
Boseman perfectly incarnated the Black Panther, as both King and a black superhero, first of its kind to defend his people, stand for justice and evict intruders from his country. (Read more...)
Basquiat is the author of "Untitled", a painting acquired by a Japanese billionaire for $110.5 million: the most paid for a work by an American artist. (Read more...)
With 11 NBA titles in his 13-year career, Bill Russell remains the most ringed player in NBA history to this day and for a long time to come. (Read more...)
With 27 gold medals, Biles holds the record of most gold medals for men and women combined. (Read more...)