Music
Who is the King of Pop?
Michael Jackson
Who was the first African American golf champion to tour on the Professional Golf Association (PGA) circuit?
Tiger Woods
She was a child actress on the Cosby Show and later on a show that included her own name in the title. In the show she had psychic powers.
Raven Symone
Who said "float like a butterfly, and sting like a bee"
Muhamad Ali
This basketball player is a 6 time NBA champion and played for the Chicago Bulls. HINT: He has a very popular sneaker named after him,
Michael Jordan
She is a rapper from the Bronx known for her famous hit "Bodak Yellow
Cardi B
Who was the first African American to have his likeness portrayed on a U.S postage stamp?
Booker T. Washington
He is an actor best known for his starring role in "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air." He also has a famous wife and two famous kids.
Will Smith
Who said "I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history."
Morgan Freeman
She is an American professional tennis player who has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles and several Olympic gold medals. She has another sister who is a professional tennis player named Venus.
Serena Williams
Which late pop, funk, folk and rock musical legend had a pantone color created for him in 2017, about a year after his passing? Hint: it is a royal shade of purple.
Prince
Who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball?
Jackie Robinson
She is a famous talk show host, even going on to "OWN" her own network. She was known for giving away lots of items to audience members on her show!
Oprah Winfrey
Who said “Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.”
Coretta Scott King
He is known for skipping college to join the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers. He led the Miami Heat to NBA titles in 2012 and 2013, and won a third championship with Cleveland in 2016.
Lebron James
Who is ranked as the second best-selling female artist of the 21st century with record sales of over 37 million dollars?
Beyonce
Who was the first-ever African American to win an Oscar?
Hattie McDaniel
She was the first and currently is the only African American woman to have won a Best Actress Academy Award.
Halle Berry
Who said” A man who stands for nothing, will fall for anything”
Malcom X
She is an Olympic gymnast best known as the first African American to win the individual all-around event. She also won gold medals for the U.S. in the team competitions at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics.
Gabby Douglas
Who is the "Queen of Soul"
Aretha Franklin
Who was the first African American Supreme Court Justice?
Thurgood Marshall
The producer of the hit TV show “Greys Anatomy”
Shonda Rhimes
Who said, "Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek."
Nicknamed the "Galveston Giant" he was the first African American world heavyweight boxing champion.
Jack Johnson