Historical Events and Figures
I was the first African American to serve as President of the United States of America?
Who is Barack Obama?
This movie became the first Marvel film with a predominately Black cast.
What is Black Panther?
This African American inventor invented the gas mask and the 3 way traffic signal.
Who is Garrett A. Morgan?
This golfer was the first African American to win the Masters Tournament
Who is Tiger Woods?
This African American icon was the first Black woman to own a television production company.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
This African American abolitionist published The North Star newspaper.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
This author wrote the novel Beloved, earning her a Pulitzer Prize.
Who is Toni Morrison?
This African American doctor was instrumental in the invention of the modern day blood bank.
Who is Dr. Charles Drew?
This tennis icon has 23 Grand Slam single titles, more than any woman or man during this era.
Who is Serena Williams?
This TV and Film star was the youngest talk show how in television history.
Who is Keke Palmer?
I was known as the “Moses of her people”.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
This was the first African American newspaper.
What is Freedom’s Journal?
These two Louisianna high school seniors discovered a new way to prove the Pythagorean Theorem in 2022.
Who are Clacea Johnson and Ne’Kiya Jackson?
This African American athlete is known as the “Fastest Woman Alive” after her 10.65 second time in the 100 meter dash in 2023?
Who is Sha’Carri Richardson?
The first Black Editor-In-Chief of Vogue Magazine.
Who is Edward Enninful?
The 13th Amendment, abolishing slavery, was ratified in this year.
What is 1865?
This African American artist painted The Migration Series.
Who is Jacob Lawrence?
This African American inventor improved the design of the mailbox.
Who is Philip B. Downing?
The first African American professional baseball coach in Major League Baseball.
Who is Buck O’Neil?
In addition to Spelman College, what is the only other HBCU for women?
What is Bennett College?
This Black neighborhood was destroyed in the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921.
What is The Greenwood District (Black Wall Street)?
This civil rights leader was the main organizer for the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
Who is Bayard Rustin?
This African American woman co-founded Black Girls Code, an organization that promotes STEM education for young Black girls.
Who is Kimberly Bryant?
This Olympian was the first Black woman to earn a Gold Medal at the Winter Olympics
Who is Vonetta Flowers?
The year Juneteenth became officially recognized by the US. Federal Government.
What is 2021?