Black History Women
Black History Men
Black History Athletes
Black History Artists
Black History Facts
100
This woman's brave actions on a bus led the Montgomery Bus Boycott during segregation.
Rosa Parks
100
The 44th President of the United States, the first Black president in the history of the US.
Barack Obama
100
Broke baseball's color barrier, playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Jackie Robinson
100
American singer, songwriter, dancer, who is also known as the "King of Pop." Hits include “Beat It” and “Thriller.”
Michael Jackson
100
This man invented the traffic signal
Garrett Morgan
200
After escaping slavery, this woman made 13 missions that was called The Underground Railroad to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people, including her family and friends.
Harriet Tubman
200
An agricultural scientist and inventor who developed over 300 products using peanuts
George Washington Carver
200
Super star basketball player who has one of the world’s most recognizable shoes brands.
Michael Jordan
200
First Black Woman to top Billboard Country Music Chart but has a long list of massive hits like “Crazy in Love."
Beyonce
200
Black hair entrepreneur who invented the hot comb. Also the first female self-made millionaire
Madam C.J. Walker
300
She was the first African American first lady.
Michelle Obama
300
A formerly enslaved man who became a leader in the abolitionist movement, which helped end slavery.
Frederick Douglass
300
Competed in 10 NBA Finals (with eight consecutive appearances from 2011 to 2018), winning four NBA championships.
LeBron James
300
Rapper from Bed-Stuy with albums like The Blueprint, The Black Album, and 4:44.
Jay-Z
300
This man won 4 gold medals in the Olympics in 1936. He did so in Berlin Germany while Hitler watched.
Jesse Owens
400
1960s civil rights advocate for African-American equality who was married to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Coretta Scott King
400
Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech at this march in 1963
March on Washington
400
Held the MLB home run record (714) for 33 years, before Barry Bonds passed it in 2007.
Hank Aaron
400
Known in part for her massive collaborations, including “Empire State of Mind.”
Alicia Keys
400
The NAACP was founded in 1909 and won a lot of the freedoms Black people enjoy today. What does NAACP stand for?
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
500
The first African American child to attend a whites-only school in Louisiana.
Ruby Bridges
500
The winning lawyer of the famous case Brown v. Board of Education, in which segregated schools were declared unconstitutional.
Thurgood Marshall
500
One of the greatest tennis players of all time, she played alongside her sister Venus for many years.
Serena Williams
500
Jamaican reggae singer, guitarist, and songwriter, who is considered a global symbol of Jamaican music and culture.
Bob Marley
500
What is the name of the first Black Greek fraternity for college students?
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
600
She founded a university called Bethune-Cookman University in 1904. She was also a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
Mary McLeod Bethune
600
His original name was Malcolm Little. When he died, he had changed his name to El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz. Most of the world knows him as....
Malcolm X
600
She is the only African-American woman in the US to be a figure skating champion
Debi Thomas
600
Referred to as the "Queen of Soul", has hits including "R-E-S-P-E-C-T."
Aretha Franklin
600
This is what HBCU stands for
Historically Black Colleges and Universities
700
Born into slavery in New York, but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom. After going to court to recover her son in 1828, she became the first black woman to win such a case.
Sojourner Trouth
700
This man is the founder of Negro History Week which became Black History Month
Carter G Woodson
700
Boxer whose real name at birth was Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr., but he he changed his name.
Muhammad Ali
700
Seen as one of the biggest pop singers in history, the New Jersey-born star had hits including “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” and "I Will Always Love You."
Whitney Houston
700
The term for when people had separate schools, seats on the bus, and entrances to buildings based on color of their skin.
Segregation
800
In 1968, she became the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress. 
Shirley Chisholm
800
This man was the founder of the Black college, Tuskegee Unviersity
Booker T Washington
800
The first American woman to win three gold medals in track and field during a single Olympic Games.
Wilma Rudolph
800
Opened in 1934, in Harlem, it is a place where many Black American musicians and singers perform
Apollo Theatre
800
Popular actress known for a massive list of movies like “The Help,” “The Woman King.”
Viola Davis