Entertainers
This singer released the best selling album of all time including the song "The Girl is Mine."
Michael Jackson
This woman was a civil-right activist, poet and most famous for her autobiography, "I Know Why the Cage Bird Sings"
Maya Angelou
This song released by Whitney Huston in 1992 would go on to be her greatest-selling hit of all time
I Will Always Love You
This basketball player has played against 35% of all NBA players
Lebron James
This black superhero film has won 87 awards since its release in 2018
Black Panther
This actress rose to stardom with her self-produced skit "Girl Who Has Never Been on a Nice Date" and is best known for co-producing, writing, and staring in the hit tv series "Abbot Elementary"
Quinta Brunson
This U.S. representative was the first African-American woman to be elected into the US House of Representatives
Shirley Chisholm
This person famously contributed to invention of the lightbulb before his work was stolen and popularized by Thomas Eddison.
What is Lewis Latimer?
This athlete won her first U.S Open at age 17, and is one of the most decorated athletes of all time with a total of 82 titles
Serena Williams
This movie is a modern adaptation of a classic fairytale, staring Michael Jackson and Diana Ross
The Wiz
This person is considered the best electric guitarist of all time and is famous for his cover of "The Star Spangled Banner"
Jimi Hendrix
This man is the first black member of SCOTUS and a civil rights lawyer who used the courts to fight Jim Crow and dismantle segregation in the U.S
Thurgood Marshall
This Swahili word means "first fruits" and is an African-American holiday, celebrated December 26-Jan 1st.
Kwanza
This Track and Field athlete won four consecutive gold medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.
Jesse Owens
Released in 1989, this Civil War film was about the United States first, all black regiment
Glory
This HipHop group was formed in NYC on Staten Island in 1992, and was composed of 9 official members at the time of debut.
Wu-Tang Clan
This 16-year-old activist, philanthropist, and “future president”, is best known for raising awareness about Flint, Michigan water crisis
Amariyanna "Mari" Copeny, AKA known as Little Miss Flint
This WWI regiment consisted of Black Americans (Many from Harlem) fighting under the French flag, and they were revered as some of the finest soldiers on the Western Front
Harlem Hellfighters
This athlete's professional career began after a win in 1945 with the Negro Leagues, Kanas City Monarchs
Jackie Robinson
Released in 2000, this movie adressed cultural appropriation, femenism, and systematic inequality through cheerleading
Bring it On
This actress has reached E.G.O.T (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony) status over the course of her 42 year career. Famous for movies like Sister Act and The Color Purple
Whoopi Goldberg
This US Senator was the first African American man elected into the Senate
Hiram Rhodes Revels
This relief fund was created to aid victims of the deadliest massacre on Black people in sovereign American History (1783-).
Tulsa Relief and Defense Fund
This event in 1968 was considered one of the most overt displays of protest in modern-day Olympic history
1968 Olympics Black Power salute
This 1993 movie starring Janet Jackson and Tupac Shakur, won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
Poetic Justice