Impactful Women
As a 6-year-old, I entered an all-white school.
Who is Ruby Bridges?
Atlanta, GA's finest, this Civil Right icon is also an alumni of Morehouse College and birthed the vision of a country where all people would be treated equal and would be "free at last".
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?
He was the first African-American golfer in a PGA tour.
Who is Charlie Sifford?
The King of Pop...'nuff said.
Who is Michael Jackson?
This significant year range marked the beginning of the takeover of rap music by Cash Money Records.
What is the 99 and the 2000 (1999-2000)?
It wasn't just one incident; this trailblazer had a history of fighting for civil rights against the Montgomery public transit system, most notably, with the segregated public buses.
Who is Rosa Parks?
Hailing from the 50th state, this African-American leader was the first black president of the Harvard Law Review.
Who is Barack Obama?
She was the first African American female to become the Individual All-Around champion at the 2012 London Olympics.
Who is Gabby Douglas?
This Marvel movie made 800 million making it the sixth-highest grossing movie of 2022.
What is Wakanda Forever?
A landmark 1954 Supreme Court case in which the justices ruled unanimously that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional.
She was the youngest inaugural poets in U.S. History at delivering a powerful poem at the inauguration of President Joe Biden.
Who is Amanda Gorman?
Known as the "Plant Doctor", this African-American scientist is credited with inventing more than 300 products from peanuts, but ironically, not peanut butter.
Who is George Washington Carver?
Reigning from 1908-1915, he was the first African American heavyweight boxer champion.
Who is Jack Johnson?
Regarded as one of the greatest, this rapper tragically died at the young age of 22, but famously proclaimed, "Birthdays were the worst days, now we sip champagne when we're thirst-ay"
Who is the Notorious B.I.G. or Biggie Smalls?
An intellectual and cultural revival of African American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater and politics centered in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, spanning the 1920s and 1930s. At the time, it was known as the "New Negro Movement".
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
This 2016 film highlighted three African-American women who were extraordinary mathematicians and their contributions to NASA during the Space Race.
What is Hidden Figures?
Credited with founding Provident Hospital in 1891, he was the first African-American on record to have successfully performed pericardium (heart) surgery to repair a wound.
Who is Dr. Daniel Hale Williams?
Credited with "single-handedly crushing Hitler's myth of Aryan supremacy", he crushed the 1936 Berlin Olympic games by winning 4 gold medals.
Who is Jesse Owens?
Marvin Gaye, Gladys Knight, Stevie Wonder, and the Jackson 5 are a few of the acts that came from this record label.
What is Motown Records?
This Civil Rights Activist penned "Lift Every Voice and Sing" known as the Negro National Anthem.
Who is James Weldon Johnson?
This influential civil rights activist was pivotal in organizaing the 1936 Southern Christian Leadership Conference and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in 1960.
Who is Ella Baker?
He was a 19th-century Virginia slave who escaped to freedom at the age of 33 by arranging to have himself mailed in a wooden crate in 1849 to abolitionists in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Who is Henry Box Brown?
Nicknamed "Sweetness", this NFL Hall of Famer and Mississippi native alumni of Jackson State University was also a NFL nine-time Pro Bowl selectee and his legacy lives on through the annual "Man of the Year" Award
Who is Walter Payton
For almost 35 years, Don Cornelius hosted this dance show that premiered the hottest musical talent in the nation and the hottest new dances.
What is Soul Train?
Established in 1837, this institution is the first Historically Black College/University in America.
What is Cheney University of Pennsylvania?