O is for 

James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens. He was the first 

black man to win four medals at the Olympics in

1936.

P is for 

Frederick Patterson 

He was the first African

American to build and operate a car manufacturing company

Q   is for 

William Queens 

he  patented the guards for companion ways or hatches in  1891

R  is for 

Hiram Rhodes Revels 

he was the first African American to serve in the U.S. Congress and the first

African American U.S. Senator of Mississippi

S  is for 

Samuel R. Scottron 

he invented the curtain rod

T is for 

William Tucker 

he was the first black child birth recorded in the

African American Registry in 1606

U is for 

umbrella stand 

 patented by William C. Carter

V is for vote

 the first African American to vote was Thomas

Mundy Peterson 

March 31, 1870