History
This Congresswoman was the first black woman to run for President in 1972.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
This filmmaker directed “Poetic Justice”, “Boyz n the Hood”, and some episodes of “Empire”.
Who is John Singleton?
This singer is best known for her songs “I Love You Porgy” and “Feeling Good.”
Who is Nina Simone?
In 1988, this famous author won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her novel Beloved, and in 1993 won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Who is Toni Morrison?
This man was the first black baseball player in the MLB.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
This document states the ideals and values of the Black Panther Party.
What is the 10 Point Program?
This filmmaker directed Selma, the documentary "13th", and "When They See Us".
Who is Ava Duvernay?
This singer was born on a cotton plantation, spoke 5 languages, sang in 7, and in July 1953 recorded the hit song “Santa Baby.”
Who is Eartha Kitt?
“Their Eyes Were Watching God” by Zora Neale Hurston follows the life of this character.
Who is Janie?
This athlete holds the record for the highest scoring basketball player with 38,387 points.
Who is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar?
This holiday celebrates the emancipation of slaves in the South in 1865.
What is Juneteenth?
This film, directed by Spike Lee in 1989, focuses on a pizzeria in Brooklyn.
What is “Do the Right Thing”?
This dancer/choreographer started a dance company in Brooklyn in 1969, which has been credited for popularizing modern dance.
Who is Alvin Ailey?
This author wrote in her poem Still I Rise, “Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and hope of the slave, I rise. I rise. I rise.”
Who is Maya Angelou?
This was Muhammad Ali’s original name before he changed it in 1964.
What is Cassius Clay?
The first day of the Greensboro sit-ins.
What is February 1st, 1960?
This actor was featured in “Black Panther” and “Get Out”.
Who is Daniel Kaluuya?
In 2015, this person became the first African-American woman to be promoted to principal dancer in the American Ballet Theater’s 75-year history.
Who is Misty Copeland?
This book, written by Ta-Nehisi Coates, is a letter to the author’s son.
What is “Between the World and Me”?
This runner achieved international fame after winning four gold medals in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin.
Who is Jesse Owens?
This black woman was the first to refuse to give up her seat to a white passenger on a bus, but her story was not publicized due to the fact that she became an unwed mother.
Who is Claudette Colvin?
This actress was the first black Oscar winner for her role in “Gone with the Wind” in 1940 (she was not allowed to sit with her white co-stars during the ceremony).
Who is Hattie McDaniel?
In 2002, this person became the first African American to reach EGOT status. (Has won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony)
Who is Whoopi Goldberg?
This book written by Ralph Ellison is about the life of an unnamed black man in New York City.
What is “The Invisible Man”?
This athlete is the most decorated American gymnast and the third most decorated female gymnast in history.
Who is Simone Biles?