History Basics
The first African American to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr. ?
They sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott by refusing to give up their seat.
Who is Rosa Parks?
She is known as the “Queen of Jazz”.
Who is Ella Fitzgerald?
The first African American U.S. president.
Who is Barack Obama?
The first African American woman billionaire.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
This U.S. president issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This abolitionist helped lead enslaved people to freedom through the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
This African American author wrote “Beloved” and won a Pulitzer Prize.
Who is Toni Morrison?
The first African American U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
The first African American president of Harvard University. (2023)
Who is Claudine Gay?
The amendment that officially abolished slavery in the United States.
What is the 13th Amendment (1865)?
This person delivered the famous “I Have a Dream” speech.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
This musician was nicknamed the “Godfather of Soul”.
Who is James Brown?
The co-founder of the NAACP in 1909.
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?
The first African American CEO and President of the nation's oldest zoo.
Who is Dr. Jo-Elle Mogerman?
The year that Black History Month was first recognized nationally in the U.S.
What is 1976?
The first African American woman elected to Congress.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
He created the iconic “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” often called the Black national anthem.
Who is James Weldon Johnson?
This African American woman became U.S. Vice President in 2021.
Who is Kamala Harris?
This first African American woman to win Olympic gold in gymnastics.
Who is Gabby Douglas?
The first African American woman to earn a pilot’s license.
Who is Bessie Coleman?
This legendary boxer was known as “The Greatest”.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
She has been telling African, African American and Multicultural stories for over 25 years. She is the President and Life Member of the National Association of Black Storytellers (NABS) and Life Member and Past President of the Griots’ Circle of Maryland, Inc
Who is Janice Curtis Greene?
The first African American U.S. Secretary of State.
Who is Colin Powell?
The first African American director of a Marvel film.
Who is Ryan Coogler?