Black Trailblazers
Who was the first African American President of the United States?
Barack Obama
Who gave the famous "I Have a Dream" speech?
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Who is the most decorated gymnast in world championship history?
Simone Biles
Who is the most awarded artist in Grammy history?
Beyonce'
Who created over 300 products from peanuts, including peanut oil and peanut soap?
George Washington Carver
This abolitionist and former enslaved person helped hundreds escape via the Underground Railroad.
Harriet Tubman
What landmark 1954 Supreme Court case ruled that segregation in schools was unconstitutional?
Brown v. Board of Education
Who is known as "The Greatest" and was a world champion boxer and activist?
Muhammad Ali
Which singer is known as the "Queen of Soul" for her powerful voice and songs like Respect?
Aretha Franklin
Who was the NASA scientist whose research contributed to the first moon landing in 1969?
Katherine Johnson
Who was the first African American man to receive a PhD from Harvard University?
W.E.B. DuBoise
What landmark act, signed in 1964, made segregation illegal in public places?
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
Which tennis legend has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles, the most in the Open Era?
Serena Williams
Who was the first rapper inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?
Tupac Shakur, 2017
Who was the first Black woman to travel into space?
Mae Jemison
Which African American politician served as Mayor of Washington, D.C. from 1979 to 1991?
Marion Barry
Who was the 14-year-old boy murdered in Mississippi in 1955, sparking national outrage?
Emmett Till
Who was the first Black golfer to win The Masters Tournament?
Tiger Woods
What famous dance company, founded in 1958, became one of the most influential Black cultural institutions in the world?
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Who invented the three-light traffic signal?
Garrett Morgan
Who was the first Black woman to become a billionaire?
Oprah Winfrey
Which organization, founded in 1966, was created to address issues of racial inequality, police brutality, and Black empowerment?
Black Panther Party
What track and field star won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, defying Adolf Hitler?
Jesse Owens
Which African American poet wrote The Ballad of the Landlord and became a central figure of the Harlem Renaissance?
Langston Hughes
What Black scientist helped develop blood banks and improved blood transfusions?
Charles Drew