Pioneers & Trailblazers of Baltimore
This famous player of the Negro League Baltimore Elite Giants baseball team, went on to become the first black pitcher to win a Major League Baseball World Series game in 1952.
Who is Joe Black?
This African American boxer from Baltimore holds multiple world titles and is currently one of the most dominant figures in the sport.
Who is Gervonta "Tank" Davis?
This historic Baltimore public resource, established in 1882, was one of the first in the country to allow African Americans to access its collections and became a key meeting place for Black intellectuals, including prominent writers and activists.
What is the Enoch Pratt Free Library?
This self-taught African American astronomer and mathematician from Baltimore County published a series of almanacs in the late 18th century and assisted in surveying the boundaries of the original District of Columbia.
Who is Benjamin Banneker?
This legendary jazz singer, born in Baltimore, is known for her powerful voice and iconic songs like Strange Fruit and God Bless the Child.
Who is Billie Holiday?
This Baltimore Ravens linebacker is a two-time Super Bowl champion and is known as one of the greatest defensive players in NFL history.
Who is Ray Lewis?
This annual festival in Baltimore celebrates Black artists, musicians, and entrepreneurs while honoring the legacy of Black culture.
What is AFRAM?
In 2019, this Baltimore-based museum became the first in Maryland dedicated entirely to the history and culture of African Americans.
What is the Reginald F. Lewis Museum?
Created by young activists, and housed in the historic Cherry Hill community, this initiative focuses on reducing food insecurity by turning vacant lots into community gardens in Baltimore.
What is the Black Yield Institute?
This Black-owned bookstore in Baltimore serves as a community hub for literature, activism, and Black culture.
What is Urban Reads Bookstore?
This Baltimore native became the first African American Supreme Court Justice in the United States.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
This Baltimore native and author gained national attention for his book based on his life in comparison to another man sharing the same name, and later became Maryland’s first Black governor.
Who is Govenor Wes Moore?
This Baltimore City College & Yale University graduate became the first African American Mayor of the city in 1987.
Who is Kurt Schmoke?
Henrietta Lacks, a Baltimore resident, unknowingly contributed to one of the most important medical advancements in history when her cells were taken without consent and used for research. What are these cells called?
What are HeLa cells?
Located in West Baltimore, this historic theater was revived in recent years as a performance space celebrating Black arts and culture & is "the oldest black community theater still in operation"
What is The Arena Players?
This Baltimore native became the first African American general manager in the NFL, leading the Baltimore Ravens to a Super Bowl victory.
Who is Ozzie Newsome?
This Baltimore native and author of "Raw Wounds" gained national attention as a spoken word artist and youth advocate, using poetry to speak out against systemic injustice, and founding a literacy focused clothing company called "READ".
Who is Kondwani Fidel?
Opened in 1892, this Black-owned newspaper, founded in Baltimore, is one of the oldest continuously published African American newspapers in the United States.
What is The Afro-American Newspapaer?
The Johns Hopkins Hospital performed the first successful implantation of this device in an African American patient in 1987, significantly advancing modern medicine.
What is an artificial heart?
This acclaimed novelist and National Book Award winner grew up in Baltimore and wrote The Known World, a novel exploring the complexities of slavery.
Who is Edward P. Jones?
This Baltimore-born abolitionist, orator, and author escaped slavery and became one of the most influential voices against oppression in the 19th century.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
This Baltimore high school is known for producing some of the greatest African American athletes, including NBA star Mugsy Bogues.
What is Paul Lawrence Dunbar High School?
In 1935, this African American attorney won a landmark case (Murray v. Pearson) that desegregated the University of Maryland School of Law, becoming it's first Black law student.
Who is Donald Gaines Murray?
This Baltimore-based African American scientist and researcher played a crucial role in developing the technology used for the first successful open-heart surgeries.
Who is Dr. Vivien Thomas?
This prominent Baltimore civil rights leader and president of the NAACP played a key role in national desegregation efforts and fair employment practices in the mid-20th century.
Who is Lillie May Carroll Jackson?