Sports Legends
Certain to go down as one of the greatest athletes and Olympians of all time, this gymnast holds the most decorated career in the history of the sport.
Who is Simone Biles?
An alumni base including the Reverand Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. And W.E.B. Du Bois.
What is Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.?
The 18th movie in the Marvel film franchise featured a predominantly Black cast and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.
What is Black Panther?
This city is known as the birthplace of Jazz.
What is New Orleans?
This annual commemorative day recognizes the gender and race disparities in the workplace.
What is “Black Women’s Equal Pay Day”?
One of the greatest champions of the squared circle, his most enduring legacy may be his outspoken anti-war humanitarianism, which influenced Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s highly controversial rejection of support for the Vietnam War.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
The oldest Greek letter organization established by and for Black women was founded in 1908 at Howard University.
What is Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.?
“All my life I had to fight”
What is The Color Purple?
Written by John Rosamond Johnson and set to music by his brother James Weldon Johnson, this anthem gained worldwide recognition during the American civil rights movement.
What is “Lift Every Voice and Sing”?
This profoundly influential activist and writer is credited with advancing both the suffrage movement and the civil rights movement through her writings documenting the brutality of lynchings in the American South, and her extensive community organizing work in Chicago and beyond.
Who is Ida B. Wells?
This American civil rights activist’s career was cut short after a series of highly publicized protests while signed with the San Francisco 49ers.
Who is Colin Kaepernick?
The first Black fraternity to be founded at an HBCU.
What is Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.?
The 1989 film, “Do the Right Thing” cemented the legacy of this iconic actor-director.
Who is Spike Lee?
She is memorialized as the Queen of Soul.
Who is Aretha Franklin?
Anna Arnold Hedgeman, a civil rights activist and educator, made key contributions to planning this famous U.S. event.
What is the March on Washington (for Jobs and Freedom)?
The first Black golfer to play on the PGA tour, his career hit its heyday in the 1960s, influencing a younger generation including Tiger Woods.
Who is Charlie Sifford?
Founded a national traveling library project in 1937 to bring books across the rural South, this sisterhood also hails from Howard University and is the first Black Greek-letter organization to be named an NGO by the United Nations.
What is Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.?
This pensive coming of age drama explored themes of masculinity, LGBTQ identity, and is one of the most acclaimed films of the 21st century.
What is Moonlight?
The artist holding the most Grammy Award wins of all time.
Who is Beyonce?
The first African American women to become a self-made millionaire.
Who is Madam C.J. Walker?
Eight years after Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball, this catcher and left-fielder was named the first Black MVP on the American League.
Who is Elston Howard?
Started by non-traditional students at Morgan State University, this Greek letter organization is the only one of the Divine Nine to be founded after 1950.
What is Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc.?
“Those that have gone before us say no more, no more. That means protest, that means march, that means disturb the peace, that means jail, that means risk and that is hard. We will not wait any longer. Give us the vote.”
What is Selma?
The legendary “Satchmo” moved to Chicago at the behest of King Oliver.
Who is Louis Armstrong?
Organizer and co-founder of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.
Who is Fannie Lou Hamer?