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I need names of well-known people that fit these requirements.?
People must be:
African American
Living
(Thanks for your HW help.)
Not Barack Obama or Ben Carson
Have done something for humanity
3 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Colin Powell
Source(s): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Powell - xo379Lv 71 decade ago
Guion Bluford, Jr.: The first African-American in space. A NASA astronaut, he flew aboard the Challenger Space Shuttle mission STS-8 as a mission specialist.
Maya Angelou: Poet
Mae Jemison: The first African-American woman in space
Condoleezza Rice:
Nelson Mandela (definitely fits criteria of doing something for humanity)
- Kunning LinguistLv 51 decade ago
How about the great American Jeremiah Alvesta Wright, Jr. (born September 22, 1941) - also known as Reverend Wright.
or
Orenthal James "O. J." Simpson (born July 9, 1947) - also know as the Juice and as OJ
