Black Arts Music and Culture
This music genre originated in the Bronx in the 1970s.
What is hip-hop?
This entrepreneur became one of the first self-made Black female millionaires through haircare products.
Who is Madam C.J. Walker?
This student-led organization was founded in 1966 at Oakland City College.
What is the Black Panther Party?
What is the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee?
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
This athlete broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball in 1947.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
This poet and activist wrote Still I Rise.
Who is Maya Angelou?
This Black inventor improved the traffic light and the gas mask.
Who is Garrett Morgan?
The Divine Nine refers to these nine historically Black Greek-letter organizations.
What is the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC)?
This activist famously said, “By any means necessary.”
Who is Malcolm X?
This boxer became a three-time world heavyweight champion.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
This singer is known as the Queen of soul
Who is Aretha Franklin
This Black woman helped develop early space flight technology at NASA.
Katherine Johnson
This organization was founded in 1909 to fight racial discrimination through the courts.
What is the NAACP?
This abolitionist led raids to free enslaved people before the Civil War.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
This basketball player has won four NBA championships and four MVP awards.
Who is Lebron James
This art movement celebrated Black pride and creativity during the 1920s.
What is Harlem Renaissance
This Black-owned community in Tulsa was destroyed in the 1921 massacre.
What is Black Wall Street (Greenwood District)?
This student-led organization helped spark the Black Power Movement in the 1960s.
What is the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee?
This Chicago organizer built the Rainbow Coalition before being killed in 1969.
Who is Fred Hampton?
This tennis player has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles.
Who is Serena Williams?
This music genre was created by Black Americans in the South and influenced rock, jazz, and R&B.
What is the Blues?
This 1970s movement focused on Black self-determination, culture, and political power.
Black Power Movement
This organization, founded by Marcus Garvey, promoted Black economic independence and pride.
What is the UNIA (Universal Negro Improvement Association)?
This scholar argued Black people must fight for full political and social equality.
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?
This NFL quarterback protested police violence by kneeling during the national anthem.
Who is Colin Kaepernick?