Civil Rights Leaders
This minister led the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955.
Martin Luther King Jr
She became the first Black woman to win an Academy Award in 1940.
Who is Hattie McDaniel
He broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier in 1947.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
This agricultural scientist developed hundreds of uses for peanuts and sweet potatoes
Who is George Washington Carver?
This man became the first Black President of the United States in 2008.
Who is Barack Obama?
This activist refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama
Who is Rosa Parks?
This “Queen of Soul” sang “Respect
Who is Aretha Franklin?
This boxer was known as “The Greatest.”
Who is Muhammad Ali?
She was the first Black woman to travel to space.
Who is Mae Jemison?
She became the first Black female Vice President in 2021.
Who is Kamala Harris?
This leader founded the Organization of Afro-American Unity after leaving the Nation of Islam.
Who is Malcolm X?
He created and starred in the hit sitcom The Cosby Show.
Who is Bill Cosby?
She has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles in tennis.
Who is Serena Williams?
This NASA mathematician’s story was featured in Hidden Figures
Who is Katherine Johnson?
This justice became the first Black woman on the U.S. Supreme Court in 2022.
Who is Ketanji Brown Jackson?
This Supreme Court case declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This filmmaker directed Do the Right Thing.
Who is Spike Lee?
This NBA legend played most of his career with the Chicago Bulls and won six championships.
Who is Michael Jordan?
He invented a better filament for the light bulb and founded Granville T. Woods Company.
Who is Granville T. Woods?
This institution is the nation’s first historically Black college and university (HBCU), founded in 1837.
What is Cheyney University of Pennsylvania?
She co-founded the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and was known as the “Mother of the Civil Rights Movement.”
Who is Ella Baker
She was the first Black woman to headline a prime-time TV drama in Scandal.
Answer: Who is Kerry Washington?
He was the first Black Formula One world champion.
Who is Lewis Hamilton?
This neurosurgeon separated conjoined twins in a groundbreaking 1987 surgery.
Who is Ben Carson?
This amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
What is the 13th Amendment?
This longtime congressman represented Georgia’s 5th district and was a key figure in the Selma marches.
Who is John Lewis
This legendary performer was known as the “King of Pop.”
Who is Michael Jackson?
This gymnast became the most decorated American gymnast in history.
Who is Simone Biles?
She founded the Bethune-Cookman University in 1904.
Who is Mary McLeod Bethune?
This month is celebrated annually as Black History Month in the United States.
What is February?
This president signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson
This poet wrote “Still I Rise.”
Who is Maya Angelou?
This track star won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
Who is Jesse Owens?
This engineer helped invent the first home video game console
Who is Gerald Lawson?
This holiday commemorates the end of slavery in Texas on June 19, 1865.
What is Juneteenth?