Firsts
He was the first Black President.
Who is Barack Obama?
The first female Vice President in history.
Who is Kamala Harris?
He wrote the hit song "Fein".
Who is Travis Scott?
"I never run my train off the track and never lost a passenger"
Who is Harriet Tubman?
This declaration freed all enslaved people during the Civil War.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
She was the first woman to be a television host.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
She was the inaugural poet for Joe Biden.
Who is Amanda Gorman?
He is known as the "King of Pop".
Who is Michael Jackson?
"The time is always right to do what is right"
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
This is where Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech took place.
Where is Washington D.C.?
He was the first black Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
She was a prominent Black investigative journalist and a founder of the NAACP.
Who is Ida B. Wells?
This music genre was created and popularized during the Harlem Renaissance.
What is Jazz?
"Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise I rise I rise."
Who is Maya Angelou?
This movement started in Greensboro, North Carolina to peacefully protest segregation in restaurants.
What is the Sit-In Movement?
This author became the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature. (Hint: Her resume includes "Sula" and "Recitatif")
Who is Toni Morrison?
She was known as the "Queen of Soul" and was the first woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Who is Aretha Franklin?
This band has written hit songs such as “September” and "Boogie Wonderland".
What is Earth, Wind, and Fire?
"If you don’t get out there and define yourself, you’ll be quickly and inaccurately defined by others."
Who is Michelle Obama?
This happens when people oppose a law they consider unjust by peacefully disobeying it and accepting the punishment.
What is Civil Disobedience?
She was the first female astronaut.
Who is Mae Jemison?
She was the first black woman to become a pilot.
Who is Bessie Coleman?
This well known producer has won 13 Grammys, worked closely with Snoop Dogg, and recently had a movie made about his life.
Who is Pharrell Williams?
"I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history."
Who is Morgan Freeman?
He was the President that signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?