BLACK SPORTS
First athlete to win four World Championship titles in the 200 meter dash and is one of the most successful in the 100 m with three titles,
Usain Bolt
Martin Luther King Jr.'s birth name
Michael
Lead singer of the Supremes
Diana Ross
He drew crowns on everything.
Jean Michel Basquiat
First Black American woman to own her own production company.
OPRAH WINFREY
One of the greatest players in the history of the sport, Bryant won five NBA championships and was an 18-time All-Star, a 15-time member of the All-NBA Team, a 12-time member of the All-Defensive Team, the 2008 NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP), and a two-time NBA Finals MVP.
KOBE BRYANT
Age that MLK Jr started college
15
Blue Ivy's mom
Beyonce
This movement began in 2012 with a mission to end white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence against Black communities. The logo is a simple drawn fist.
BLACK LIVES MATTER
First Black Woman Millionaire
C.J. Walker
Nicknamed "the Greatest", he is regarded as one of the most significant sports figures of the 20th century and is often regarded as the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time
Muhammad Ali
College that MLK Jr attended
Morehouse College
All she wanted was a little R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Aretha Franklin
The acronym HBCU
Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Made history on August 30, 1983 when he became the first African American in space, launching into low Earth orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger.
Guion Bluford
The most decorated American gymnast in history, she is widely considered one of the greatest gymnasts of all time.
Simone Biles
Martin's wife's name
Coretta
She questioned, what's love got to do with it.
Tina Turner
The year that Hip-Hop was born
1973
The first African-American to play in an NBA game on October 31, 1950, as a forward for the Washington Capitols.
Earl Lloyd
An American former football running back who played for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League for 10 seasons.
Barry Sanders
Location of his death
Lorraine Motel, Memphis, TN
She believed the children were the future.
Whitney Houston
It was all a dream. I used to read Word Up magazine. Salt'n'Pepa and Heavy D up in the limousine.
Biggie Smalls
The first African American to win an Academy Award, winning Best Supporting Actress in 1940 for her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind
Hattie McDaniels