Black History Month
An African American woman who helped hundreds of slaves in through the Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman
The most decorated sportsperson in gymnastics history, with 32 Olympic and World Championship medals
Simone Biles
The first African American to serve as President of the United States
Barack Obama
The star of Black Panther
Chadwick Boseman
An event happening at the Fayetteville Town Center on February 22nd
Black Business Expo
The Fayetteville site's theme for Black History Month
Heritage & Harmony
The first African American woman to headline Coachella
Beyonce
He made agricultural advancements and inventions pertaining to the use of peanuts and was one of the first African-Americans admitted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1990
George Washington Carver
A Black-owned production company, founded by Tyler Perry in 2006, produces films, TV shows, and stage plays
Tyler Perry Studios
The percentage of the US population that is African American or Black
14.4%
The national theme for Black History Month
African Americans & Labor
The first black woman to own a TV studio
Oprah Winfrey
The first President of South Africa to be elected in a fully representative democratic election, as well as the country's first black head of state
Nelson Mandela
The first Black woman to win an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (How to Get Away with Murder, 2015)
Viola Davis
The prolific writer, poet, and civil rights activist that Tiffany wants to have dinner with
Maya Angelou
The Supreme Court case/decision that decreed that public schools should be integrated
Brown v. Board of Education
A famous athlete who said, "Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong."
Muhammad Ali
The first Black woman to be elected to the U.S. Congress in 1968, representing New York’s 12th District
Shirley Chisholm
A popular TV show, which originally aired from 1990 to 1996, and starred Will Smith as a street-smart teenager from Philadelphia living with his wealthy relatives in Los Angeles
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
The trailblazing athlete, and first American woman to win 3 gold medals in a single Olympic Games, that Indigo wants to have dinner with
Wilma Rudolph
The year that Black History Month began
1976
The "queen of jazz"
Ella Fitzgerald
The Nation of Islam's most effective minister until he broke from the group in 1964 and formed his own group, the Organization of Afro-American Unity
Malcom X
This movie tells the true story of how the US Space Program got off the ground
Hidden Figures
The first African American female millionaire with her revolutionary black hair products
Madame CJ Walker