Black History
Black History Month as we know it today grew out of “Negro History Week,” which first took place in 1926 in the second week of February to align with the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and this historical black figure.
Who is Fredrick Douglass?
This American gridiron football player and social activist who had success as a quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers (2011–16) of the NFL but was better known for kneeling during the national anthem before games to protest racial injustice and police brutality against African Americans.
Who is Colin Kaepernick?
Known as the “Moses of her people,” this former slave escaped and helped others gain their freedom as a “conductor" of the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
This prominent black figure was an African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement. A spokesman for the Nation of Islam until 1964, he was a vocal advocate for black empowerment and the promotion of Islam within the black community.
Who is Malcolm X?
In 2008 he was elected to become the 44th president of the United States, and the first African American to serve in the office.
Who is Barack Obama?
This American track and field athlete won four gold medals in the 1936 Olympic Games in Germany.
Who is Jesse Owens?
She was the first African American woman in Congress (1968) and the first woman and African American to seek the nomination for president of the United States from one of the two major political parties (1972).
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
This American Baptist minister and activist became the most visible spokesman and leader in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
She is the first female vice president and the highest-ranking female official in U.S. history, as well as the first African-American and first Asian-American vice president.
Who is Kamala Harris?
He is an American professional baseball player who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern era.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
Often referred to as the "First Lady" of the Civil Rights Movement, this prominent black figure was an American activist in the Civil Rights Movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Who is Rosa Parks?
This historical black figure from Oakland, CA helped establish the African American political organization the Black Panther Party and became a leading figure in the Black Power movement of the 1960s.
Who is Huey P. Newton?
He was an American lawyer and civil rights activist who served as the first African-American Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from October 1967 until October 1991.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
He is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association (NBA), social activist, 4-Time NBA champion, and the All-Time Leading Scorer in the NBA.
Who is LeBron James?
On March 2, 1955, she was arrested at the age of 15 in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman on a crowded, segregated bus.— nine months before Rosa Parks did the very same thing.
Who is Claudette Colvin?
He was an American activist who came to prominence in Chicago as deputy chairman of the national Black Panther Party and chair of the Illinois chapter.
Who is Fred Hampton?
In 1926, this Harvard-educated Black historian launched a weeklong celebration of black history in the United States.
Who is Carter G. Woodson?
This Louisville, KY native was an American professional boxer and social activist becoming the first fighter to win the world heavyweight championship on three separate occasions and affectionately known as the "Greatest of All Time" (G.O.A.T.).
Who is Muhammad Ali (also known as Cassius Clay)?
This Tennessee State University graduate went on to become an American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, philanthropist and was proclaimed the richest African-American of the 20th century.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
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