Leaders
This minister led the Montgomery Bus Boycott and delivered the "I Have a Dream" speech.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
This scientist discovered over 300 uses for peanuts, sweet potatoes, and soybeans.
Who is George Washington Carver?
This annual celebration honors the end of slavery in Texas on June 19, 1865.
What is Juneteenth?
This movement fought to end segregation and secure equal rights for African Americans.
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
In 1947, he broke baseball's color barrier by playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
She refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in 1955.
Who is Rosa Parks?
This inventor improved the traffic light and created the gas mask.
Who is Garrett Morgan?
This 1995 hood classic, written and directed by Ice Cube, follows Craig and Smokey as they try to avoid Deebo on a Friday afternoon.
What is Friday?
In 1963, over 250,000 people gathered in Washington, D.C., for this historic event.
What is the March on Washington?
She became the first Black gymnast to win the Olympic all-around gold medal and is considered one of the greatest gymnasts of all time.
Who is Simone Biles?
He became the first Black President of the United States in 2008.
Who is Barack Obama?
She became the first Black woman to receive a U.S. patent when she invented a home security system.
Who is Marie Van Brittan Brown?
In the Black community, any family gathering, kickback, or reunion that involves a lot of food is often referred to simply as what?
What is a "Function" (or cookout)?
Founded in 2013 after the acquittal of George Zimmerman, this movement advocates against racial injustice and police violence.
What is Black Lives Matter?
She has won more Grand Slam singles titles than any player in the Open Era.
Who is Serena Williams?
She escaped slavery and returned many times to guide others to freedom.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
Invented the popular toy by mistake while developing a new heat pump, becoming one of the top-selling toys of all time, known as the Super Soaker Water Gun
Who is Lonnie Johnson?
This Harlem neighborhood became the center of a major cultural, artistic, and literary movement during the 1920s.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
This student-led sit-in began at a Woolworth lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.
What were the Greensboro Sit-ins?
This dominant center won 11 NBA championships and was the first Black coach to lead a professional sports team.
Who is Bill Russell?
This educator founded the Tuskegee Institute and believed education was key to economic independence.
Who is Booker T. Washington?
This NASA mathematician helped calculate flight paths that sent astronauts into space.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
This genre of music emerged from heavily populated Black, isolated areas in the South, primarily the Mississippi Delta and East Texas.
What is The Blues?
This organization was founded in 1966 by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale to combat police brutality.
What is the Black Panther Party?
This basketball star, nicknamed "The Big Dipper," scored a record-setting 100 points in a single game in 1962.
Who is Wilt Chamberlain?