Literature
This 2017 young adult novel by Angie Thomas focuses on the effects of police brutality on African-Americans.
What is The Hate U Give?
This singer made history at the 2023 Grammys by becoming the artist with the most Grammy wins ever (32 total).
Who is Beyonce?
This basketball player made history earlier this month as the NBA’s all-time leading scorer.
Who is LeBron James?
This man was the first Black person elected as President of the United States.
Who is Barack Obama?
This actress is known for her roles in The Help (2011), Suicide Squad (2016) and The Woman King (2022), and has also worked with Hunger Is since 2014 to eradicate childhood hunger in the US and Vaseline to provide dermatological care to those affected by poverty around the world.
Who is Viola Davis?
This female novelist is acclaimed for her long writing care, including the novels The Bluest Eye and Beloved.
Who is Toni Morrison?
This singer is the only artist to have seven consecutive #1 singles on the Billboard Top 100, one of them being “I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)”.
Who is Whitney Houston?
This athlete, who famously said “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee”, is regarded as the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
This man became the first African-American senator from Georgia in 2021.
Who is Raphael Warnock?
This actress is known for her roles in Hamilton (musical 2018, movie 2020) and West Side Story (2021) and became the first openly queer, Afro-Latina actress to win in the Best Supporting Actress category in 2022.
Who is Ariana DeBose?
This female novelist was part of the Harlem Renaissance, focusing her writings on the racism felt by African-Americans in the South, as seen in Their Eyes Were Watching God.
Who is Zora Neale Hurston?
This artist from Compton was the first rapper to win a Pulitzer Prize for his fourth album, which included songs like “LOYALTY” and “ELEMENT”.
Who is Kendrick Lamar?
This NFL player, known as “Prime Time”, played for teams such as the Atlanta Falcons and the San Francisco 49ers. He also played in the MLB for teams such as the New York Yankees and Atlanta Braves.
Who is Deion Sanders?
This African-American woman was elected to the Supreme Court in 2022, being the first African-American woman ever appointed to the Court.
Who is Ketanji Brown Jackson?
This actor had the Presidential Medal of Freedom bestowed upon him by President Joe Biden in 2022 and is the only Black person to have taken home more than 1 Oscar.
Who is Denzel Washington?
This African-American writer and poet is best known for his works on the Civil Rights Movements of the 1960s and the Gay Liberation Movement of the 1970s.
Who is James Baldwin?
This jazz singer was the first Black artist to win a Grammy in 1958. One of her most popular songs was “A-Tisket, A-Tasket”.
This athlete is the first Black gymnast in Olympic history to be the Individual All-Around Champion.
Who is Gabby Douglas?
This African-American woman was a pioneer of the 1950s Civil Rights Movement and was arrested at the age of 15 for refusing to give up her bus seat for a white woman.
Who is Claudette Colvin?
This actress was the first woman of color to accept the Academy Award for Best Actress in 2002 for her performance in Monster's Ball and remains the only Black woman to have won this Oscar award.
Who is Halle Berry?
This female poet is best known for her contributions to feminism, specifically as it relates to the African-American female experience, and for her works focusing on her intersectionality as an African-American lesbian.
Who is Audre Lorde?
This singer was the first Black country artist to be introduced on the Grand Ole Opry. One of his most popular songs was “Pan American Blues”.
Who is DeFord Bailey?
This tennis player became the first African American to win a Grand Slam title in 1956.
Who is Althea Gibson?
This man was the first African-American elected to the United States Senate in 1870 representing Mississippi.
Who is Hiram Revels?
This actor is famous for his work in the 60s that explored the dynamics of race against the Civil Rights movement and became the first Black man to win an Oscar for his 1963 portrayal of a traveling laborer who helps nuns build a chapel in "Lillies of the Field".
Who is Sidney Poitier?