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This scholar and activist fought for racial equality and justice, and developed the theory of "double consciousness."
W.E.B. Du Bois
This physician and NASA astronaut was the first African-American woman in space.
Mae Jemison
This prominent figure of the Civil Rights Movement emphasized Black Nationalism and helped shaped the Black Power Movement with themes of self-determination and pride.
Malcolm X
This artist won 5 Grammys for all the categories he was nominated in and made many statements about America in his performance at the Super Bowl Halftime Show earlier this year.
Kendrick Lamar
First African-American in the MLB?
Jackie Robinson
This African-American author escaped slavery and became a leader of the abolitionist movement in the 19th century.
Frederick Douglass
Which Black inventor came up with around 300 uses for vegetables, most notably peanuts?
George Washington Carver
The Montgomery Bus Boycott began in which year?
Hint: 1950s
1955
This American-born French singer, dancer, WWII spy, and activist was the first African-American woman to star in a major motion picture.
Josephine Baker
Who was the first African-American woman to serve as the first lady of the United States?
Michelle Obama
This activist and writer wrote many notable work highlighting African-American identity and discrimination, such as "Still I Rise" and "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"
Maya Angelou
Which mathematician and calculated the paths for spacecraft to travel to space for the first moon landing, underrepresented as a Black woman at NASA?
Katherine Johnson
These nine Black students were escorted by the U.S. Army to Central High School among crowds of rioters.
The "Little Rock Nine"
This notable artist broke barriers and paved the way for many African-American artists as a part of the neo-expressionism movement.
Jean-Michel Basquiat
This investigative journalist and activist was one of the founders of the NAACP.
Ida B. Wells
This person became the first Black woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993.
Toni Morrison
This surgeon and medical researcher was known as the "Father of the Blood Bank" because he pioneered blood transfusions and blood storage.
Dr. Charles R. Drew
True or False: Rosa Parks was the first Black woman to give up her seat on a bus.
FALSE - Claudette Colvin, for example, was a Black woman known to give up her seat on a bus before Rosa Parks.
What was the first nationally broadcast television show hosted by an African American?
The Nat King Cole Show on NBC
Who was the first female self-made billionaire in America?
Madam C.J. Walker
This writer and Civil Rights activist wrote semi-autobigraphical novels about race, politics, and sexuality, trailblazing in the LGBTQ+ and African-American communities.
James Baldwin
Who was the first African American woman to get a Ph.D. in the US, most notable for her work with cholesterol and heart disease as a biochemist?
Dr. Marie Maynard Daly
Fill in the Blanks: March on Washington for ____ & ____
Jobs and Freedom
Which three female Black artists were the only female Black artists to receive a Grammy for Best Rap Album?
Lauryn Hill
Cardi B
Doechii
Who was the first African-American woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court?
Ketanji Brown Jackson