Civil Rights
Who was the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for their role in the Civil Rights Movement?
Martin Luther King Jr.
What famous poet wrote The Negro Speaks of Rivers and was a key figure in the Harlem Renaissance?
Langston Hughes
Who broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier in 1947?
Jackie Robinson
Who was the Black American mathematician and NASA scientist portrayed in the film “Hidden Figures” for her pivotal role in the early days of the U.S. space program?
Katherine Johnson
is an American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and media proprietor. She is best known for her talk show
Oprah Winfrey
What was the name of the landmark Supreme Court case that declared racial segregation in schools unconstitutional?
Brown v. Board of Education
Who was the first Black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry?
Gwendolyn Brooks
What is Michael Jordan's nickname?
Air Jordan
Which Black American President won a Nobel Peace Prize in 2009 for his efforts in international diplomacy and cooperation?
President Barack Obama
a musician-turned-businessman. He founded his first company way back in 1996 and has set an example that has since been followed by a large number of hip-hop stars. In the past two decades
Jay-Z
Who was the first Black woman elected to the U.S. Congress in 1968 and later ran for president in 1972?
Shirley Chisholm
Which playwright wrote A Raisin in the Sun, the first play by a Black woman performed on Broadway?
Lorraine Hansberry
who was an American track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics
Jesse Owens
Which Black American inventor and agricultural chemist developed innovative methods for crop rotation and soil conservation, known as the “Carver System”?
George Washington Carver
was an icon in the 1990s, after becoming the oldest person at age 45, to ever win a heavyweight boxing belt. He quickly turned this public recognition into private success, through a variety of business ventures. Most famous for grill.
George Foreman
What was the name of the Black political party founded in 1966 that aimed to protect Black communities from police brutality?
The Black Panther Party
,What African American sculptor is known for The Harp, inspired by Lift Every Voice and Sing?
Augusta Savage
What professional baseball player finished his career with 755 home runs, the highest total in major league history?
Hank Aaron
What Black American civil rights leader and educator served as the first president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and founded the Niagara Movement?
W.E.B. Du Bois
Who was the first black billionaire in the United States
Reginald F. Lewis
Who was the leader of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, advocating for Black voting rights?
Fannie Lou Hamer
What African American author wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God?
Zora Neale Hurston
In 1968, these two Olympic sprinters raised their fists in a Black Power salute on the medal podium.
Tommie Smith and John Carlos
Who was the first Black American woman in space, flying aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992?
Mae Jemison
Who founded the Black Entertainment Television network
Robert Johnson