Leadership
Which famous civil rights activist delivered his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1963?
Martin Luther King, Jr.
He was the World Heavyweight Champion on three different occasions and was an Olympic Gold Medalist at the Age of 18. Considered the Greatest Boxer of All Time.
Muhammad Ali
This cable television network was created to provide Black American cultural and entertainment-based programming
BET
In 1955, she refused to give up her seat to a white man and sit in the colored section of the bus, an event that would help spark the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Rosa Parks
In 1990, this man became the first Black president of the Harvard Law Review… and in 2008, he would become the first African American elected President of the US
Barack Obama
She was responsible for rescuing around 300 former slaves from the South and escorting them to freedom via the Underground Railroads that led to Maryland
Harriet Tubman
Who is Hall of Fame baseball player who was the first African-American to play in the Major Leagues, breaking the color barrier?
Jackie Robinson
This TV show aired on NBC during the 1980’s, highlighting a fictional Black middle class family living in a brownstone in Brooklyn, New York.
"The Cosby Show"
He was an American Muslim minister and civil rights activist. His views on segregation were seen as radical contrary to the rest of the movement.
Malcolm X
The Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954 made this practice of racial separation unconstitutional in public schools
Segregation
Who was the first African-American to become a Supreme Court Justice, fighting for equal educational rights for African-Americans?
Thurgood Marshall
Which player holds the record for points scored in NBA history with 38,387 points?
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
What 1991 classic South Central Los Angeles movie, starring Ice Cube, and Cuba Gooding Jr., was nominated for two Academy Awards?
Who was the founder of the Black Panther Party?
Huey Newton
This Pennsylvania university was the country’s first degree-granting HBCU
** Hint: Ms. Jasmine & Mr. Sutton graduated from here **
Lincoln University
What famous Black Panther Party member said “All power to All the people”?
Fred Hampton
Who was the first African-American NFL head coach to win the Super Bowl, winning the championship with Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts?
Tony Dungy
This record label was co-founded by Russell Simmons in 1983 that focuses predominantly on Hip-Hop and urban music.
This group of African-Americans became the first Black students to enroll into the all-white Arkansas high school in 1957.
This famous educator was the first leader of the Tuskegee Institute, an African American school focused on the training teachers and teaching the trades in post-Civil War Alabama
Who was the first Black woman elected to Congress as well as the first African-American to run for president on the ticket of a major American political party?
Shirley Chisholm
Who was the first African-American woman to be ranked #1 in tennis in the Open Era?
Venus Williams
This artist won 8 Grammy awards for his most iconic album, which remains the 2nd best-selling record of all time.
Michael Jackson
Political writer and activist from Philadelphia, known for his commentary on the criminal justice system, who was initially sentenced to death for allegedly killing a cop.
Mumia Abu-Jamal
This African American educator founded a private school for African Americans in Daytona Beach and served as an advisor to President FDR on Black issues
** Hint: There is an elementary school named in her honor at Old York Rd & Germantown Ave **
Mary McLeod Bethune