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Venus and Serina Williams
This sister duo has won many tennis double championships.
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Born in Hawaii, a U.S. Senator, and first African American President.
Barack Obama
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Actress and singer whose recent works include "Spider-Man: Homecoming" and "The Greatest Showman".
Zendaya Coleman
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Villain in the super hero movie Black Panther.
Michael B. Jordan
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Poet who performed during President Barack Obama's Inauguration. Her poems include a children's poem, "Life Doesn't Frighten Me".
Maya Angelou
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Stephen Curry
He lead the Golden State Warriors to the NBA Championship in 2017 and 2018.
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Married to the 44th president of the United States and author of "Becoming".
Michelle Obama
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Singer, songwriter, actress born in Houston Texas. Performed in the half-time Superbowl show and is married to Jay Z. Her hits include, "Put a Ring On it!"
Beyonce Knowles
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In this cartoon version, Spidy returns as Miles Morales.
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
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Author of the "Dork Diaries Series".
Rachel Renee Russell
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Lebron James
Some people consider him the best basketball prayer in the world. He currently plays for the Los Angeles Lakers.
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Civil Rights activist who made the famous speech, "I Have a Dream".
Martin Luther King Jr.
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Hosted the 2019 Grammy Awards. Her hits include "Concrete Jungle".
Alicia Keys
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Former wrestler who stars in movies like Jumanji and Moana. His real name is Dwayne Johnson.
The Rock
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An agricultural scientist and inventor who developed hundreds of products using peanuts, sweet potatoes and soybeans.
George Washington Carver
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Simone Biles
An American Gymnast who has won two gold medals in the 2016 Olympic Games.
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Arrested in Montgomery Alabama after she refused to give up her seat on a bus.
Rosa Parks
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Originally from Barbados, her hits include, "Desperado" and " Work".
Rihanna
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Eddie Murphy is the voice of Donkey and friend of the Ogre in this animated movie.
Trek
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An engineer and physician, who was the first African American woman to travel in space.
Mae C. Jamison
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Muhammad Ali
An American professional boxer nicknamed "The Greatest". He changed his name from Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. to the name most people are familiar with.
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Abolitionist, born into slavery. After her escape, she travelled south to guide slaves to freedom via the Underground Railroad.
Harriet Tubman
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Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter whose hits include "Hotline Bling".
Drake
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Fictitious county in Black Panther.
Wakanda
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He invented the traffic light signal.
Garrett Morgan
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