Black History
This music genre is characterized by its use of turntables and sampling and was founded in Black American communities in the Bronx, New York, in the 1970s
What is Hip Hop?
This musician was known as the "Prince of Motown"
Who is Marvin Gaye?
This Grammy award winning singer, composer, and arranger is known as the "King of Gospel"
Who is James Cleveland?
This orphaned childe of formerly enslaved parents rose from poverty as a laundress to become America's first female self-made millionaire
Who is Madame CJ Walker?
She is the first black woman to own a TV studio.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
This gymnast became the most decorated American gymnast in history, with 32 Olympic and World Championship medals.
Who is Simone Biles?
This historic African American was the first to play in the MLB.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
These three African American mathematicians/scientists worked at NASA and were portrayed in the film “Hidden Figures” for their contributions in the early days of the U.S. space program.
Who are Katherine Johnson, Dorthy Vaughan, or Mary Jackson?
He was the first Black president of the Harvard Law Review when he was elected in the spring of 1990
Who is Barak Obama?
This person founded one of the world's most influential record label using an $800 loan from his family
Who is Berry Gordy?
This date signifies the commemoration of the end of slavery in the U.S.
What is June 19, 1865?
This performer was often referred to as the “Queen of Soul” and is known for hits like “Respect” and “Natural Woman."
Who is Aretha Franklin?
She was the first Black female writer to win a Nobel Peace Prize.
Who is Toni Morrison?
This award-winning hip hop artist was the first to headline the Super Bowl Halftime Show as a solo act.
Who is Kendrick Lamar?
[He has won 22 Grammys, an Emmy, 4 American Music Awards, 37 BET Hip Hop Awards, 11 MTV Video Music Awards, 7 Billboard Music Awards, a Brit Award, and a Pulitzer Prize for Music.]
He won four gold medals in the 1936 Olympics held in Berlin, Germany.
Who is Jesse Owens?
This court case ended legal segregation in public schools in 1954
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This celebrated conductor of the Underground Railroad, a network of safe houses and secret routes, helped enslaved people escape to freedom.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
This person became the first Black American woman to serve as the United States Secretary of State in 2001.
Who is Condoleezza Rice?
The ideas of this 1960s civil rights activist clashed with Dr. MLK Jr.'s philosophy of peaceful protest. His autobiography was titled "By Any Means Necessary."
Who is Malcolm X?
He was the first African American to hold a seat on the Supreme Court.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
During this year, Martin Luther King Jr. give his “I Have A Dream Speech.”
What is 1963?
[The speech was delivered during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, commonly called the "March on Washington," on August 28, 1963.]
This company was the first Black-owned company to be traded on the New York Stock Exchange.
What is BET (Black Entertainment Television)?
She is the first African American woman Supreme Court Justice?
Who is Ketanji Brown Jackson?
This group of Black pilots became legendary for their success in World War II
Who are the Tuskegee Airmen?
This phrase and acronym represents colleges that were founded for the uplifting and benefit of Black students.
What is "Historically Black College and University/HBCU?"
He is known as the Father of Black History
Who is Carter G. Woodson?
She is the first African American actress to win an Academy Award for best actress.
Who is Halle Berry?
In 2015, this writer, director, producer, and actor bought a former military base in Atlanta, which he converted to a film and television production studio.
Who is Tyler Perry?
This pioneering American photographer, author, and publisher from Orangeburg, South Carolina, is known for documenting the Civil Rights Movement in the South for over 70 years.
Starting at age 14 for JET magazine, he captured key moments like Briggs v. Elliott and the 1968 Orangeburg Massacre
Who is Cecil Williams?
This activist declared, “If there is no struggle, there is no progress,” in his 1857 speech on abolition and self-determination.
Who was Frederick Douglass?