Black History
He delivered the famous "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
He was the first African American President of the United States.
Who is Barack Obama?
Known as the "Queen of Soul," she sang Respect.
Who is Aretha Franklin?
This Disney movie features Princess Tiana, Disney’s first Black princess.
What is The Princess and the Frog?
The letters "BSU" stand for this.
What is Black Student Union?
This woman refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, sparking a movement.
Who is Rosa Parks?
She was the first Black woman to win an Olympic gold medal in gymnastics all-around.
Who is Gabby Douglas?
This genre of music was born in the Bronx in the 1970s.
What is hip-hop?
This legendary rapper wrote the song Changes and also published a book of poetry called The Rose That Grew from Concrete.
Who is Tupac Shakur?
The month dedicated to celebrating Black history and culture in the U.S.
What is February (Black History Month)?
The 13th Amendment, ratified in 1865, accomplished this.
What is the abolition of slavery?
This media mogul is one of the world’s wealthiest women and hosted a long-running talk show.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
Beyoncé made history in 2018 as the first Black woman to headline this major music festival.
What is Coachella?
She wrote I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
Who is Maya Angelou?
This movement, founded in 2013, protests police brutality and systemic racism.
What is Black Lives Matter?
She became the first Black woman elected to Congress in 1968.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
In 2018, this superhero film became the first Marvel movie to win an Academy Award.
What is Black Panther?
This artist was the first rapper to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2018.
Who is Kendrick Lamar?
This author wrote The Hate U Give, a bestselling novel that was later turned into a movie.
Who is Angie Thomas?
This U.S. holiday celebrates the end of slavery in Texas on June 19, 1865.
What is Juneteenth?
This successful slave rebellion in 1791 led to the creation of the first free Black republic.
What is the Haitian Revolution?
This African American scientist developed over 300 uses for peanuts.
Who is George Washington Carver?
He was known as the "Godfather of Soul."
Who is James Brown?
This young poet made history at President Joe Biden’s inauguration with her poem The Hill We Climb.
Who is Amanda Gorman?
This Supreme Court case declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional in 1954.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?