Civil Rights Movement
This Baptist minister and Nobel Peace Prize winner is typically considered to be the face of the Civil Rights Movement
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
This current Lakers player is the all-time leading scorer in the NBA
Who is LeBron James?
This author and activist from Missouri is best known for her 1969 memoir I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Who is Maya Angelou?
Jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald was the first Black woman to win one of these awards for achievement in music
What is a Grammy?
This type of cuisine was initially born out of necessity, but now it has become a symbol of cultural pride for African Americans
What is soul food?
This state in the Deep South was the location where racial violence, protests, and Jim Crow laws were plentiful during the 1950s and 1960s
Where is Alabama?
This multiracial tennis player was inspired to learn the sport after watching Venus and Serena Williams compete as a child
Who is Naomi Osaka?
One of the leaders of the Harlem Renaissance, this poet was one of the first Black writers to make a living from his craft
Who is Langston Hughes?
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania is the oldest one of these institutions that were founded to give Black students higher education opportunities
What are HBCUs?
Often confused with sweet potato, this tuber that is native to Africa is completely biologically different from sweet potatoes
What is a yam?
Black nationalist leader Malcolm X converted to this religion while he was in prison in the late 1940s
What is Islam?
Born into a sharecropping family in Georgia in 1919, this second baseman broke the color barrier in baseball in 1947
Who is Jackie Robinson?
Born in 1931, this author of Beloved, The Bluest Eye, mostly focused on the experiences of Black women in her novels and other works
Who is Toni Morrison?
This former civil rights lawyer was the first African-American justice on the Supreme Court
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
Harvesting and preparing these common coastal shellfish helped provide high-paying jobs and economic opportunities for Black Americans all over the U.S.
What are oysters?
Ella Baker, the "mother of the Civil Rights Movement," became the highest-ranked woman in this civil rights organization in the 1940s
What is the NAACP?
Originally known as Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr., this boxer is considered to be the greatest heavyweight champion of all time
Who is Muhammad Ali?
This writer and civil rights activist who lived in Paris for over a decade of his life also deeply influenced the Gay Liberation Movement
Who is James Baldwin?
This tennis player and golfer was the first Black player to ever win a Grand Slam event in 1956
Who is Althea Gibson?
The transatlantic slave trade helped to bring this "slimy" vegetable that is usually served fried or cooked into gumbo to the United States
What is okra?
This revolutionary organization established a community service program that provided breakfasts for school children in Oakland, California and around the country
What is the Black Panther Party?
This track star set Olympic records in four different track and field events at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany
Who is Jesse Owens?
This California native best known for her 1979 time travel novel Kindred is considered to be one of the most famous science fiction authors
Who is Octavia Butler?
Explorer Mathieu da Costa is considered to be the first Black person to arrive in what is now this northeasternmost U.S. state in 1604
Where is Maine?
Mason Hemings, the enslaved chef of Thomas Jefferson, spent time in France learning how to make desserts, including this frozen treat
What is ice cream?