Notable Figures
This abolitionist and Underground Railroad conductor was nicknamed "Moses"
Harriet Tubman
This was the first woman to land three number one songs on Billboard’s streaming charts in a single year
Megan Thee Stallion
This historic 1963 event brought over 250,000 people to the National Mall to demand civil rights and was where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous speech
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
The Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site in D.C. honors the man known as the "Father of Black History," he established this observance
Black History Month
This was the first African American to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall
This person made history with the first rap song to win Grammy Awards for Song and Record of the Year in 2019
Childish Gambino - This is America
This person was president when the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture opened
Barack Obama
This is the theme of Black History Month 2025.
African Americans and Labor
This Black female poet became the first to read at a U.S. presidential inauguration in 1993
Maya Angelou
This place is widely acknowledged as the birthplace of Hip Hop
The Bronx, NYC
This historically Black university, founded in 1867, is located in Washington, D.C., and has produced notable alumni such as Thurgood Marshall
Howard University
This is why Black History Month is placed in February
Same month of the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Fredrick Douglass.
This African American social reformer was an early advocate for women’s rights and abolition
Sojourner Truth
This African American singer became known as the ‘Queen of Soul’
Aretha Franklin
In 2020, Washington, D.C., renamed a street near the White House "Black Lives Matter Plaza," this was the mayor that led that initiative
Muriel Bowser
This is the year that history week expanded into history month
1976
Madame CJ Walker was the first African American female to do this.
become a self-made millionaire
This woman was the first Black artist to win a Grammy
Ella Fitzgerald
This abolitionist, writer, and former enslaved person lived in Washington, D.C., and had his final home, Cedar Hill, preserved as a national historic site
Frederick Douglass
This U.S. president officially recognized Black History Month in 1976
Gerald Ford