Civil Rights Leaders
This leader gave the famous “I Have a Dream” speech.
Martin Luther King Jr.
This event happened when Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat.
Montgomery Bus Boycott?
This famous poet wrote Still I Rise.
Maya Angelou
The unfair treatment of people based on race.
Discrimination
This Olympic gymnast has won multiple gold medals and is considered one of the greatest ever.
Simone Biles
She refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama.
Rosa Parks
This holiday honors Martin Luther King Jr.
MLK Day
This singer is known as the “Queen of Soul” and sang “Respect.”
Aretha Franklin
A person who works to bring about social or political change.
activist or advocate
This former First Lady wrote the memoir Becoming.
Michelle Obama
This famous boxer was known as ‘The Greatest.
Muhammad Ali
This movement in the 1950s–60s fought for equal rights for African Americans.
The Civil Rights Movement
This music genre began in the Bronx in the 1970s.
Hip-hop
A movement in the 1950s and 1960s that fought for equal rights for African Americans.
The Civil Rights Movement
She became the first Black and South Asian woman to serve as Vice President of the United States.
Kamala Harris
Who was the first African American Child to attend an all-white school.
Ruby bridges
This month is celebrated to honor African American history
Black History Month
This singer is known as the “King of Pop” and performed the moonwalk.
Michael Jackson
A written change or addition to the U.S. Constitution.
Amendment
This track star is one of the fastest women in the world and is known for her long colorful hair.
Sha’Carri Richardson
This Black gymnast has won many Olympic gold medals
Simone Biles
This law, passed in 1964, made discrimination based on race illegal in many public places.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This Black ballerina became the first African American principal dancer at American Ballet Theatre.
Misty Copeland
The ability to vote in elections.
Suffrage
This NBA superstar opened the I PROMISE School to support students in his hometown.
LeBron James