Black History Month

Sports

100

I joined the Chicago Bulls in 1984. We won 3 championships before I retired in 1993. Then we won 3 more when I returned from retirement. Who am I? 

Michael Jordon

200

I was the first African American allowed to play major league baseball. I played for the Brooklynn Dodgers for 10 years.

Jackie Robinson 

300

I am an American sprinter from Clarksville, Tennessee, who became a world-record-holding Olympic champion and international sports icon in track and field following my gold medals in the 1956 and 1960 Olympic Games.

Wilma Rudolph 

400

I am Olympic gymnast I am best known as the first African American to win the individual all-around event. I also won gold medals for the U.S. in the team competitions at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics.

Gabby Douglas

500

I am from Cincinnati and I am the first African American to win a Gold Medal at the Olympics. I won a medal in the track and field events and Walnut Hills High School still has a track event named after me.  

William DeHart Hubbard

Scientists

100

I was a scientist who made hundreds of products from peanuts, sweet potatoes, pecans and soy beans. I am know as the inventor of peanut butter.

George Washington Carver

200

I was the first black woman astronaut and was the first black woman in space. I have also written over 15 books.

Mae Carol Jemison

300

I am a scientist and a mathematician. I first published an almanac and a survey of Washington DC. I also invented the wooden clock and irrigation system for farming.

Benjamin Banneker

400

I am a neurosurgeon. I was the first to separate conjoined twins joined at the head. In 2008, I was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by George Bush. 

Ben Carson

500

We were the first group of African American Pilots in World War 2. Our group included scientists, engineers, nurses, and cooks.

Tuskegee Airmen 

Activists

100

I worked hard for racial equality. I am most famous for my "I have a dream speech" in 1963.

Martin Luther King Jr.

200

I refused to give up my bus seat on 12/1/55 in Alabama and this started a city wide bus boycott.

Rosa Parks

300

I escaped slavery in 1849 and helped hundreds of slaves travel north through the underground railroad.

Harriet Tubman

400

I was born a slave in NY but freed in 1827. I became a preacher that dedicated my life to fighting for human and civil rights. I helped Union soldiers during the Civil War.

Sojourner Truth

500

I was born a slave in Virginia. After the Emancipation Proclamation, I became a civil rights activist. I found the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute.  

Booker T Washington

Random

100

I became the 44th President of the United States in 2009. I was the first African American US President.

Barack Obama

200

I am known as the Queen of Daytime TV. I have my own show, book club, magazine, and TV Network called Oxygen. I am worth over 2.8 billion dollars.

Oprah Winfrey 

300

I was an abolitionist who fought against slavery and for woman's rights. I published an anti-slavery newspaper called the North Star. I was a consultant to Abraham Lincoln. 

Fredrick Douglass

400

I am an activist, a minister, and a black nationalist leader for the Nation of Islam. I changed my last name to X because I considered my old last name to be a slave name. 

Malcolm X

500

I was the first African American to attend an all-white elementary school in the south. For my protection, I had to be escorted by the military the first day of school.

Ruby Bridges 

Movie/Artist

100

I am a superhero movie that was released in 2018. I am about a superhero from the Nation of Wakanda and I star an almost all African American cast. I grossed 462 million in the first week! 

The Black Panther

200

I am the King of Pop. I am a singer, songwriter, and dancer. My album Thriller is the best selling album in the United States.

Michael Jackson

300

I am a movie about 3 African American women scientists that helped launched a rocket with NASA. I was released in 2016 and helped tell the story of these non-known women.

Hidden Figures

400

I have the nickname of Satch and Pops. I am a trumpeteer, composer, and singer. I am very influential in jazz music. I learned the play the trumpet while I was in jail.

Louis Armstrong

500

I am a movie based on a book about a girl living in the South. This movie is about perseverance and hope. The star of the movie was Whoopi Goldberg. I have a color in my title. 

The Color Purple