Authors
This author is best known for "Invisible Man," the novel Barack Obama modeled his memoir from.
Who is Ralph Ellison?
Often considered one of the greatest rappers of all time, his best-known work includes " California Love," "All Eyez on Me," and "Dear Mama."
Who is Tupac Shakur?
The period after the Civil War that was dominated by the social and political challenges of allowing the Confederacy back into the United States.
What is Reconstruction?
This astrophysicist is best known for hosting programs like "Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey" and for being director of the Haydn Planetarium in New York City.
Who is Neil deGrasse Tyson?
On February 10, 1976, this President of the United States issued a message recognizing Black History Month- choosing February to recognize the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Fredrick Douglass.
Who is Gerald R. Ford?
She published 7 autobiographies in her lifetime, the first was titled, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings."
Who is Maya Angelou?
In addition to releasing acclaimed albums like "Good Kid, M.A.A.D City," this rapper was the first musician outside of the classical and jazz genres to win a Pulitzer Prize for Music.
Who is Kendrick Lamar?
This march on Washington D.C. where the famous "I Have a Dream" speech was delivered, it attracted around 250,000 participants to advocate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans.
What is the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom?
This neurosurgeon led the first team to complete a separation of conjoined twins, joined at the head, and was also a candidate for President in the 2016 Republican primaries.
Who is Ben Carson?
This basketball player played for the Chicago Bulls and Washington Wizards, and also part of 6 NBA Championship teams.
Who is Michael Jordan?
One of the most important leaders and orators in the 19th century Civil Rights Movement, he published 3 autobiographies describing his life in slavery.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
Known for songs like "The Wind Cries Mary" and "Purple Haze," this left-handed guitarist was considered a pioneer in the use of distortion in popular music.
Who is Jimi Henderix?
This abolitionist effort to start a slave rebellion on October 16, 1859, is sometimes referred to as a dress rehearsal for the Civil War.
What is John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry?
He was best known for advocating crop rotation as a way to improve soil, and for developing multiple applications for using peanuts.
Who is George Washington Carver?
These state laws enforced racial segregation in the Southern U.S., mandating "separate but equal" rights for African Americans.
What are Jim Crow laws?
This mononymic author's debut novel, "Push," was turned into the movie, "Precious."
Who is Sapphire?
This 7-time Grammy Award winner, from Minneapolis, MN is known for songs like "1999" and "Purple Rain."
Who is Prince?
This executive order issued on January 1,1863, proclaimed all enslaved African Americans in the secessionist Confederate states as free.
What is the Emancipation Proclomation?
This mathematician, who is one of the women featured in "Hidden Figures," was part of a team that did calculations to ensure the success of NASA missions and was later awarded a Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
This person is the most decorated gymnast in history with a total of 11 Olympic medals and 30 World Championship medals.
Who is Simone Biles?
Also known for his work in the civil rights and gay rights movements, his 1953 novel, "Go Tell it on the Mountain," was ranked by Time magazine as one of the greatest English language novels of all time.
Who is James Baldwin?
Dubbed, "The King of Pop," this musician released the best-selling album of all time in 1982.
Who is Michael Jackson?
This 2-day terrorist attack in the Greenwood District of Tulsa, OK left 39 people dead, cost over $1.5 million in property damages, and resulted in the destruction of over 35 square blocks of what was known as "Black Wall Street."
What is the Tulsa Race Riot?
She was the first African American woman to earn a doctorate at MIT and was the first woman to serve as chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Who is Shirley Ann Jackson?
This lawyer was victorious in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka in 1954 and was later appointed to the Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?