Historical Events
This event sparked the Civil Rights Movement in the United States.
What was the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Michelle Obama's debut memoir.
What is Becoming?
The director of Get Out.
Who is Jordan Peele?
The first Black president of the United States.
Who is Barack Obama?
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King?
Landmark Supreme Court Case that lead to the end of legal segregation.
What is Brown v Board?
The first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court.
Who is Kentaji Brown?
The name of the Black literary and artistic movement that started in the 1920s.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
This famous poet was the author of the memoir I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
Who is Maya Angelou?
R.E.S.P.E.C.T
Who is Aretha Franklin?
The youngest speaker at the March on Washington.
Who was John Lewis?
This civil right's activists was coined as the Queen of Gospel.
Who is Mahalia Jackson?
This actor played Thurgood Marshall in the 2017 film, Marshall.
Who was Chadwick Boseman?
He founded a world renowned dance company and school.
Who is Alvin Ailey?
Get in good trouble, necessary trouble and help redeem the soul of America.
Who is John Lewis?
This tragic event in 1968 lead to nationwide protests and propelled the Civil Rights Movement.
What was Dr. Martin Luther King's assassination?
The first Black American to publish a book in the United States.
Who is Phillis Wheatley?
This famous actress is one of the few performers to obtain EGOT status. The last being awarded for the audiobook of her memoir.
Who is Viola Davis?
The founder of the Southern Leadership Christian Conference.
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr?
You are your best thing.
Who is Toni Morrison?
This prominent Civil Rights group was founded in 1966.
What is the Black Panther Party?
She refused to give her seat up on the bus before Rosa Parks.
Who is Claudette Colvin?
The first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize.
Gwendolyn Brooks
This historian is credited for the establishment of Black History Month.
Carter G. Woodson
If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.
Who is Shirley Chislom?