USA
First Black President of the United States.
Barack Obama
Name of the movie which tells the story of Martin Luther King's big march to a city in the south.
Selma
First black winner of an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner."
Sidney Poitier.
South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, statesman and philanthropist who served as the first president of South Africa.
Nelson Mandela
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."
Martin Luther King
Leader of the US Civil Rights movement and awarded the Nobel Prize for his efforts against segregation.
Martin Luther King
Name of the movie which highlights an interracial relationship in 1967.
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.
Famous for her sultry voice and for singing two James Bond theme songs.
Shirley Bassey
Served as Secretary-General of the United Nations and introduced a comprehensive programme of reform aimed at revitalizing the United Nations and a constant advocate for human rights
Kofi Annan.
"I hated every minute of training, but I said 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life a champion."
Muhammad Ali
Famous for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white person.
Rosa Parks.
Movie set in 1962 about classical pianist Don Shirley whose chauffeur used this book that identified which hotels and restaurants would accept black customers.
Nominated for best original screenplay in 1990 for “Do the Right Thing.” In 2019, won his first Oscar for best adapted screenplay for his work on “BlacKkKlansman.”
First black woman elected to Parliament and the longest-serving black MP in the House of Commons.
Diane Abbott.
"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."
Nelson Mandela
Name a trailblazer in any of these sports:
- Athletics
- Boxing
- Baseball
Jesse Owens
Muhammad Ali
Jackie Robinson
2016 film which told the story of 3 women African-American mathematicians who served a vital role in NASA during the early years of the U.S. space program.
Hidden Figures
First black winner of an Academy Award, winning in 1939 as Supporting Best Actress in "Gone With The Wind."
Hattie McDaniel
Black footballer launched a campaign encouraging England's poorest families to be provided with food vouchers to support them through the lockdown.
Marcus Rashford.
"It isn't where you come from, it's where you're going that counts."
-Ella Fitzgerald
First black Head of the Armed Forces and first black Secretary of State.
Colin Powell.
Name of the movie that actually won the Academy Award for Best Movie, even though another movie, LaLaLand was announced as the winner.
Moonlight.
First black woman to win an Academy Award for Best Actress in the 2001 film "Monster's Ball."
Halle Berry
In 2004, she was voted the Greatest Black Briton. She funded her own travel to Crimea to care for soldiers there, visited battlefields and started a hospital.
Mary Seacole
"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for; we are the change that we seek."
Barack Obama