Civil Rights Era
This activist famously said "By any means necessary" when advocating for Black liberation.
Malcolm X
This groundbreaking TV series, created by Mara Brock Akil, followed the lives of four professional Black women living in Los Angeles.
Girlfriends
She was considered the princess of RnB in the 90s
Aaliyah
In 1947, wearing #42, he broke baseball's color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers
Jackie Robinson
What decade was the Harlem Renaissance?
1920s
In 1960, at age 6, she became the first African American child to integrate this city's William Frantz Elementary School, facing angry mobs but maintaining remarkable composure
Ruby Bridges
This NFL quarterback became the first African American to win MVP three times (2003, 2004, 2010)
Michael Vick
This comedian/actor was the first Black cast member on Saturday Night Live
Eddie Murphy
What prominent African American figure is known for popularizing crops like peanuts and sweet potatoes?
George Washington Carver
What decade did Juneteenth become a federal holiday?
2020s (specifically 2021)
Who formed the Black Panther party?
Huey P. Newton & Bobby Seale
Premiering in 2006 on the CW, this show was a spin-off of Girlfriends featuring a group of women who all have relationships with professional football players.
The Game
Who was the leading scorer of the 1992 Dream Team? (NBA)
Charles Barkley
This influential hip-hop label, founded in 1991 by Suge Knight and Dr. Dre, was home to iconic artists like Snoop Dogg and Tupac Shakur
Death Row Records
Who founded Tuskegee in 1881?
Booker T. Washington
In 1968, this Memphis sanitation workers' strike became Dr. King's final campaign, using the slogan 'I AM A MAN'
The Memphis Sanitation Strike
In 2004, he became the first Black man to win Best Actor at the Academy Awards for 'Ray'
Jamie Foxx
This director's 1989 film 'Do the Right Thing' explored racial tensions in Brooklyn
Spike Lee
The NAACP was founded in 1909, what does it stand for?
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
This African American surgeon performed the first successful open heart surgery in 1893
Daniel Hale Williams
In 1896, the Plessy V. Ferguson stated that ______ was constitutional
"Separate but Equal"
She became the first African American woman to serve as Secretary of State in 2005
Condoleezza Rice
In 1983, she became the first African American woman in space"
Mae Jemison
This 1921 event saw the destruction of 'Black Wall Street' and remains one of the worst incidents of racial violence in U.S. history
Tulsa Race Massacre
Before Rosa Parks, this 15-year-old refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955
Claudette Colvin