People
This person was head of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States during the 50's and 60's
Martin Luther King Jr.
This social movement from 1954 to 1968 sought to end racial segregation and discrimination in the United States.
The Civil Rights Movement
Who was the famous athlete that broke the color barrier in the MLB?
Jackie Robinson
This artist has the bestselling album of all time, with claimed sales of 70-100 million and 5.2 billion streams on Spotify.
Michael Jackson
This person was the first African American President of the United States.
Barack Obama
This person was the face of the Montgomery Bus Boycott when she refused to give up her bus seat to a white man.
Rosa Parks
This network of activists helped enslaved people escape to freedom during the late 18th century to the end of the Civil War.
The Underground Railroad
What twin sisters dominated women's tennis for most of the 2000's and 2010's?
Venus & Serena Williams
This Hip Hop artist won the Pulitzer Prize in 2018. (Hint: Be Humble)
Kendrick Lamar
This document issued on January 1st, 1863 declared all enslaved people in Confederate States free.
The Emancipation Proclamation
This person assisted in freeing over 300+ enslaved people between 1850 and 1860.
Harriet Tubman
This Amendment in the Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude in the United States.
The 13th Amendment
This athlete's most famous quote is "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee". Who is it?
Muhammad Ali
This actor/comedian was known for his roles in "Dr. Dolittle", "Coming 2 America", and "The Nutty Professor".
Eddie Murphy
This person was one of the most prominent African American scientists in the 20th century and known for finding many uses of various crops. (Hint: Shares a name with a U.S. President)
George Washington Carver
This person was credited with creating Black History Month.
Carter G. Woodson
This 2 day long white supremacist terrorist massacre in 1921 resulted in the burning of the entire Greenwood District of which major city in Oklahoma?
Tulsa
This basketball player was a prominent Civil Right's activist and is considered one of the greatest NBA players of all time.
Bill Russell
This person revolutionized jazz music and is considered one of the most influential jazz musicians of all time (Hint: His most famous song is "What a Wonderful World")
Louis Armstrong
This group was the first African American airmen in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II (Hint: Their planes had red tails and red noses).
Tuskegee Airmen
This person was the first African American justice in the Supreme Court, serving from 1967 until 1991.
Thurgood Marshall
Martin Luther King Jr. led a march of peaceful protests in 1965 across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, which is located in which city in Alabama?
Selma
This athlete won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics in track and field, the first American to do so.
Jesse Owens
This actress was the first African American to win an Academy Award in 1939. (Hint: Gone With the Wind)
Hattie McDaniel
What does the NAACP stand for?
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People