ART
Which artist is famous for painting scenes of African American life and the Great Migration?
Jacob Lawrence
Who wrote Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass?
Frederick Douglass
Who was the first African American Supreme Court Justice?
Thurgood Marshall
Who was the NASA mathematician featured in Hidden Figures who helped calculate spaceflight paths?
Katherine Johnson
Who is known as the “Queen of Soul”?
Aretha Franklin
Who was the first African American artist to gain international fame as a sculptor?
Edmonia Lewis
Which author wrote Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry?
Mildred D. Taylor
What 1954 Supreme Court case ended school segregation?
Brown v. Board of Education
Which scientist developed hundreds of products from peanuts and sweet potatoes?
George Washington Carver
Which jazz musician was famous for his trumpet playing and nickname “Satchmo”?
Louis Armstrong
This contemporary artist created a portrait of former President Barack Obama for the Smithsonian.
Kehinde Wiley
Who was a leading poet of the Harlem Renaissance and wrote “Dreams”?
Langston Hughes
Who was the first African American woman elected to Congress?
Shirley Chisholm
Who was the first African American woman to travel into space?
Mae Jemison
Who was the “King of Pop”?
Michael Jackson
What Harlem Renaissance artist was known for vibrant paintings and murals celebrating Black culture?
Aaron Douglas
Which author wrote Beloved and won the Nobel Prize in Literature?
Toni Morrison
What event in 1963 featured Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech?
The March on Washington
Which engineer invented the Super Soaker water gun?
Lonnie Johnson
Which rapper and entrepreneur founded Roc Nation?
Jay‑Z
Which African American artist is known for bold silhouettes that explore history and identity
Kara Walker
Who wrote the novel The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963?
Christopher Paul Curtis
Who was the first African American President of the United States?
Barack Obama
Who was the first African American woman to earn a PhD in mathematics?
Who was the first African American woman to earn a PhD in mathematics?
Who was a major blues singer known for the song “Hound Dog”?
Big Mama Thornton