Movies and Movie Stars
Madea Goes to Jail
Alex Cross
Boo! a Madea Halloween
Tyler Perry
He was elected president of the United States in 2008 and 2012.
Barack Obama
This former first lady recently published an autobiography entitled "Becoming."
Michelle Obama
This NFL quarterback took a knee during the national anthem to protest racial injustice and oppression in the United States.
Colin Kaepernick
Her refusal to give up her seat on a public bus sparked a boycott of Montgomerey, AL buses from 1955-1956.
Rosa Parks
Man on Fire
The Equalizer
Remember the Titans
Denzel Washington
She is the "Queen of Soul" so you better R.E.S.P.E.C.T.
Aretha Franklin
This Grammy award winning singer performed the song "Happy" and also wrote a children's book by the same name.
Pharrell Williams
He was the first African-American player to play major league baseball.
Jackie Robinson
This church in Birmingham was bombed on September 15, 1963 killing 'four little girls.'
16th Street Baptist Church
Chadwick Boseman
Michael B. Jordan
Lupita Nyong'o
Danai Gurira
Black Panther
This Grammy award winning singer left Destiny's Child and would later become the Queen Bey.
Beyonce
He composed the "Letter from Birmingham Jail" to defend nonviolent resistance to Jim Crow laws and famously wrote that "injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Arthur Ashe played this sport.
Tennis
What U.S. President signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law?
Lyndon B. Johnson
Nick Fury in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Snakes on a Plane
Die Hard with a Vengeance
Samuel L. Jackson
This former talk show host was the "Queen of All Media", and now has her own TV network and famously recommends books for her book club.
Oprah Winfrey
She wrote "I know why the Caged Bird Sings."
Maya Angelou
Nicked named "The Greatest", this prolific boxer was known as Cassius Clay until he changed his name to this.
Muhammad Ali
Civil rights leaders were attacked by police on "Bloody Sunday" in this city on March 7, 1965 while marching towards Montgomery.
Selma
In the Heat of the Night
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?
A Raisin in the Sun
Sidney Poitier
This tennis player holds the records for the most Grand Slam tournament wins.
Serena Williams
This famous African American was the author of,'Their Eyes were watching God',and 'Dust Tracks on a Road'
Zora Neal Hurston
This sprinter and long jumper won 4 gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Germany.
Jesse Owens
This civil rights leader was pastor of Bethel Baptist Church in Birmingham and co-founded the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights. The airport in Birmingham was renamed in his honor.
Fred Shuttlesworth