Civil Rights Pioneers
Who refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in 1955, sparking a city-wide boycott?
Rosa Parks
Who is known for discovering over 300 uses for the peanut and improving southern agriculture?
George Washington Carver
Who wrote the famous and empowering poem "Still I Rise"?
Maya Angelou
Who was the first African American to break the color barrier in Major League Baseball?
Jackie Robinson
Who was the first Black President of the United States?
Barack Obama
What was the name of the 1963 march where Dr. King delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech?
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
Who invented the three-light traffic signal and the gas mask?
Garrett Morgan
What 1920s cultural movement was centered in a New York City neighborhood and celebrated Black art?
The Harlem Renaissance
Which boxer was known as "The Greatest" and was a vocal activist against the Vietnam War?
Muhammad Ali
Which self-made millionaire created specialized hair products for Black women and was the first female self-made millionaire?
Madam C.J. Walker
Who was the first African American Supreme Court Justice?
Thurgood Marshall
Which "Human Computer" at NASA was instrumental in the success of the Apollo 11 mission?
Katherine Johnson
Who is known as the "Queen of Jazz" and was famous for her scat singing?
Ella Fitzgerald
Who holds the record for the most Grand Slam titles in the Open Era (23)?
Serena Williams
Who was the first Black woman elected to the U.S. Congress and later ran for President?
Shirley Chisholm
Which leader co-founded the NAACP and wrote the influential book The Souls of Black Folk?
W.E.B. Du Bois
Which doctor performed the first successful open-heart surgery in 1893?
Dr. Daniel Hale Williams
Which author was the first Black woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature and wrote Beloved?
Toni Morrison
Who was the first African American woman to win three gold medals in a single Olympics (1960)?
Wilma Rudolph
Who was the first African American woman to travel into space?
Mae Jemison
Despite being legally blind, Rev. Edmonds earned advanced degrees and became a national leader in racial and social justice.
Rev. Dr. Edwin “Doc” Edmonds
Dr. Gladys West's mathematical modeling was the basis for what modern technology used in smartphones today?
GPS (Global Positioning System)
Which artist created "The Migration Series," a sequence of 60 paintings depicting the Great Migration?
Jacob Lawrence
Who was the first Black driver to win the Formula One World Championship?
Lewis Hamilton
Who was the first Black person to win an Academy Award (Oscar) for her role in Gone with the Wind?
Hattie McDaniel