Arts & Entertainment
Jamie Foxx starred in this 2020 Disney Pixar film as an aspiring musician.
What is Soul?
In 1947 he became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball on the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
He is a former US Senator from Illinois and the first and only Black President of the United States.
Who is Barack Obama?
Following the death of Peter Parker, this fictional Superhero burst into the Spider verse in this 2018 Academy Award winning film.
Who is Miles Morales?
This villain uses a magic like voodoo to create mischief in The Princess and the Frog.
Who is the Shadow Man?
She is the Vice President of the United States.
Who is Kamala Harris?
She is the current mayor of San Francisco, CA.
Who is London Breed?
One of the greatest basketball players of all time, a 5 time NBA Champion and 18 time All Star, tragically passed away a year ago at the age of 41.
Who is Kobe Bryant?
She is from Houston, TX and is a former member of Destiny's Child. In 2020, her film "Black is King" premiered on Disney+.
Who is Beyonce Knowles-Carter?
This Black ballerina made history at age 15 and again in 2015 when she became the first Black principal dancer for the American Ballet Theatre.
Who is Misty Copeland?
Founded by college students Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton in 1966 in Oakland, this organization implemented a variety of social programs for the community.
What is the Black Panther Party?
A virtual social media community for Black folks.
What is Black Twitter?
This Oakland native's first feature film, Fruitvale Station, was released in 2013. He followed with Creed in 2015 and then Black Panther in 2018.
Who is Ryan Coogler?
The first Black woman to be elected District Attorney in Contra Costa County.
Who is Diana Becton?
Founded in 2013 in response to the acquittal of Trayvon Martin's murderer, and to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state.
What is Black Lives Matter?
He is a former quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers and a social justice advocate.
Who is Colin Kaepernick?
This Oakland native is the youngest winner of a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.
Who is Zendaya?
She was the first African American female aviator. There is a stretch of roadway named after her at the Oakland International Airport.
Who is Bessie Coleman?
This explosion occurred in Contra Costa County in 1944, killing 320 sailors and civilians with two thirds of the dead being Black. Fifty Black men were charged with mutiny but were finally exonerated by the 116th US Congress in 2019.
What is Port Chicago?
The Contra Costa County Chapter has participated for 2 consecutive years in this positivity focused celebration of the Black experience past, present and future.
What is the Black Joy Parade?