Notable Women
At 6 years old she was the first Black child to go to an integrated school
Ruby Bridges
He is the first Black president of the United States
Barack Obama
This female singer is the most awarded artist in Grammy history with 35 wins
Beyonce
Harriet Tubman led slaves to freedom using this network of stops, safe houses, and paths
The Underground Railroad
Michael Jordan
She refused to give up her seat on a public bus for a white person and therefore started the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks
He led many peaceful protests to convince the government to give black people equal civil rights
Martin Luther King Jr.
Debuting in 1966, this was the first Black superhero who actually had superpowers and joined a superhero group
Black Panther
This woman launched her talk show in 1986, the first to be headlined by a black woman
Oprah Winfrey
This female athlete is thought by many to be the best tennis player in the world
Serena Williams
She is the first Black woman to be Vice President of the United States
Kamala Harris
A national leader of the abolitionist movement, orator, author, and statesman who fought to end slavery (hint: he lived in Rochester)
Frederick Douglass
This was Disney's first animated Black family series
The Proud Family
This protest movement began in 2013 after a man was acquitted for shooting and killing unarmed 17 year old Trayvon Martin
Black Lives Matter
This man integrated baseball in 1947 and was the first black man to play professionally in America
Jackie Robinson
People called her a human computer because she was able to make the calculations needed for NASA to send ships to space
Katherine Johnson
This man fought for Civil Rights during the 1960's and thought equality should be achieved by any means necessary, even if that meant violence
Malcolm X
This woman was the first, and to date only, Black woman to win an Oscar for best actress
Halle Berry
In 1966 this group was founded in California to help black neighborhoods thrive and stay safe from white brutality
Black Panther Party
This gymnast is the most decorated in history with 30 World Championship medals and 11 Olympic medals
Simone Biles
She was the first Black woman to try to run for president of the United States in 1972
Shirley Chisholm
A pivotal lawyer in the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case that outlawed segregation in public education, he later became the first African American Supreme Court Justice
Thurgood Marshall
This music group brought rap to the mainstream with their song "Rapper's Delight"
Mildred and Richard loving were a interracial couple who went to court to be able to do what
Stay Married (before this court case it was illegal to be married to a different race in some states)
This man was a 3 time World Heavyweight champion known for his activism against racism and the Vietnam War
Muhammad Ali