Famous Women
This woman refused to give her seat to a white man.
Who is Rosa Parks?
This man had a dream that all people will be equal.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
The first black President of the United States.
Who is Barack Obama?
This war was fought with the goal of ending slavery.
What is the Civil War?
This NBA All-Star who has won 4 championships created "The I Promise School/Foundation" to support vulnerable students in Akron, Ohio.
Who is LeBron James?
This woman helped 300 slaves escape to freedom.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
The inventor of peanut butter.
Who is George Washington Carver?
The first President of South Africa to be elected in a fully representative democratic election, as well as the country's first black head of state.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
After the murder of George Floyd, this group led a worldwide protest of police brutality toward Black people.
What is Black Lives Matter?
Referred to as the "greatest boxer of all time", this African American civil rights activist's former name was Cassius Clay.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
This woman wrote the book "Becoming" and in 2009, she became the only African American First Lady in the white house.
Who is Michelle Obama?
This African American leader in the civil rights movement, and supporter of Black nationalism.
Who was Malcolm X?
The first black woman to "OWN" a tv network, and the first black female billionaire.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
This court case ended legal segregation in public schools.
What is Brown vs. Board of Education?
Greatest tennis player of all time who has won 23 Grand Slam titles.
Who is Serena Williams?
She became the first African American student to attend an all-white elementary school in the South.
Who is Ruby Bridges?
He started the "Back to Africa Movement"
Marcus Garvey
The first African American to hold a seat on the Supreme Court.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
What number amendment abolished slavery?
13th Amendment.
The greatest golfer to ever play and an inductee in the Golf Hall of Fame who is also tied for first in most PGA Tour wins
Who is Tiger Woods.
First Black woman to enter space
Who is Mae Jemison?
Who invented black history month?
Who is Carter G. Woodson?
The first African American millionaire thanks to her homemade line of hair care products for Black women. She also invented the hot comb.
Who is Madame CJ Walker?
The original name for Black History Month.
What is Negro History Week?
The first African American to play a major sport. When this player joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, baseball was segregated.
Who is Jackie Robinson?