Sports
The first Black athlete to play for the major baseball league
Who is Jackie Robinson?
This civil rights leader delivered the famous “I Have a Dream” speech in Washington, D.C. in 1963.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
The person who created peanut butter.
Who is George Washington Carver?
The "King of Pop"
The artist who puts crowns in their work.
Who is Basquiat?
The athlete who said "float like a butterfly sting like a bee"
Who is Muhammad Ali?
South Africa's first Black president.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
The Black female activist was placed on the FBIs most wanted list in 1970
Who is Angela Davis?
The 2016 film that starred three African-American mathematicians
What is Hidden Figures?
The person wrote the best-selling memoir, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.”
Who is Maya Angelou?
The age that Serena Williams won her first US Open.
What is 17 years old?
The state that Barack Obama was a senator of before his presidency.
What is Illinois?
The location of Black Wall Street
Where is Tulsa, Oklahoma? OR Where is Tulsa?
The Motown group Diana Ross was a member of
Who are the Supremes?
The person who wrote the book "I Am Not Your Negro."
Who is James Baldwin?
The first Black man to win four gold medals in one year at the Olympics.
Who is Jesse Owens?
The first Black Supreme Court Justice
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
The person who met with Abraham Lincoln and advocated for fair treatment for African-American soldiers.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
This 2000s movie soundtrack gave us songs like “Lose My Breath” and “Independent Women,” courtesy of Destiny’s Child
What is Charlie’s Angels?
Known as the “Poet Laureate of Harlem,” he wrote about everyday Black life and dreams deferred.
Who is Langston Hughes?
The athletes who participated in the Black Power salute at the 1968 Olympics
Who are Tommie Smith and John Carlos?
This trailblazing woman became the first Black woman elected to the U.S. Congress in 1968 — and later ran for president in 1972
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
This term describes a wave of racial violence that swept across the United States in the summers of 1918 to 1920
What is the Red Summer?
The the first openly Queer Black actor to win an Emmy
This artist painted Barack Obama’s official portrait, showing him seated among bright green foliage.
Who is Kehinde Wiley?