Black Firsts & Politics
First Black president of the United States.
Who is Barack Obama?
Which singer released the hit song 'Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)' in 2008?
Who is Beyoncé?
Which tennis superstar won 23 Grand Slam singles titles during the Open Era?
Who is Serena Williams?
Which civil rights leader delivered the famous 'I Have a Dream' speech in Washington, D.C., in 1963?
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
In 2021, this women became the first Black vice president of the United States.
Who is Kamala Harris?
What 2018 Marvel movie became a worldwide cultural phenomenon and featured the fictional African nation of Wakanda?
What is Black Panther?
Which gymnast became the most decorated gymnast in history, with numerous Olympic and World Championship medals?
Who is Simone Biles?
What movement, founded in 2013, grew into a global call to end anti-Black racism and violence?
What is Black Lives Matter?
Who was the first African American woman to serve as the U.S. Secretary of State?
Who is Condoleezza Rice?
Which rapper released the hit song 'Not Like Us' in 2024?
Who is Kendrick Lamar?
Which NBA superstar became the league's all-time leading scorer in February 2023?
Who is LeBron James?
What is the name of the cultural movement of the 1920s that celebrated Black art, music, and literature?
Harlem Renaissance
Which Black astronaut became the first Black person to live aboard the International Space Station in 2020?
Who is Victor Glover?
Which Black filmmaker directed the 2017 horror movie Get Out?
Who is Jordan Peele?
In 1947, this baseball player broke Major League Baseball's modern color barrier while playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
This civil rights organization, founded in 1909, is the nation’s oldest and largest for advancing Black rights.
What is the NAACP?
The first Black Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
Which singer is known as the “King of Pop”?
Who is Michael Jackson?
This NBA star won six championships with the Chicago Bulls.
Who is Michael Jordan?
What year was slavery formally abolished?
1865