Entertainment and Culture
The King of Pop
Who is Michael Jackson?
First African-American President
Who is Barack Obama?
First African-American, South Asian Woman Vice President of the United States
Who is Kamala Harris?
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
Her calculations helped advance NASA's space program
Who is Katherine G. Johnson?
The Queen of Soul
Who is Aretha Franklin?
First African-American person to win an Oscar (Hint: Gone with the Wind)
Harry Truman ended it in the army in 1948; the Supreme Court ended in public schools in 1954
What is segregation?
Who is John Lewis?
Lead scientist on Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine team
Who is Dr. Kizzmekia S. Corbett?
The first African American woman to win five Grammy Awards in one year
Who is Lauryn Hill?
First African-American to earn a Ph.D. from Harvard University
Who is W.E.B. du Bois?
First African American to be elected to the United States Congress, serving New York's 12th district for seven consecutive terms
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
"If there is no struggle, there is no progress?"
Who is Frederick Douglas?
Walgreen's next CEO and currently the only African-American woman to lead a Fortune 500 company
Hailed by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as “the most gifted instrumentalist of all time.”
Who is Jimmy Hendrix?
First African-American to win a Pulitzer Prize
Who is Gwendolyn Brooks?
Nicknamed "Moses," she helped a lot of African-American people escape slavery
Who is Harriet Tubman?
"Life is not a spectator sport."
Who is Jackie Robinson?
MSNBC president and first African-American executive to run a major television news network
Who is Rashida Jones?
America's Shakespear. He documented, explained and ratified the everyday lives of African American people in his plays. His most famous play is Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
First African-American woman to compete at Wimbledon
Who is Althea Gibson?
One of the most pivotal figures in the destruction of Jim Crow laws, he won 29 cases (with 3 loses) in the Supreme Court, his most famous victory being Brown v. Board of Education in 1954
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
"History has shown the courage that is contagious and hope can take on a life of its own."
Who is Michelle Obama?
Pioneer of modern day medicine (polio vaccine, cloning, gene mapping, IVF). Her cells are stillsaving lives today even though she died in 1951
Who is Henrietta Lacks?