Historic Dates
On August 28, 1963 more than 250,000 people gathered near the Lincoln Memorial, where MLK delivered this speech.
I Have a Dream
He is the only basketball player to have won four NBA championships with three franchises.
Lebron James
The first Black President of The United States.
Barrack Obama
She is the first Black woman to become the Mayor of Chicago.
Lori Lightfoot
One of his albums is named Certified Lover Boy
Drake
In January 2021, she became the first Black woman to serve as Vice President of the United States.
Kamala Harris
This tennis player has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles, the most by any player in the Open Era, and the second-most of all time behind Margaret Court
Serena Williams
She helped initiate the civil rights movement when she refused to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama bus in 1955.
Rosa Parks
This former Chicago Bulls basketball player retired after 13 seasons and six NBA championships.
Michael Jordan
She sang the song that goes "good day in my mind, safe to take a step out".
Sza
This hashtag first appeared on Twitter on July 13, 2013 and spread widely as high-profile cases involving deaths of Black Americans at the hands of police officers.
#BlackLivesMatter
He is the point guard/shooting guard for the Golden State Warriors.
Steph Curry
She was enslaved, escaped, and helped others gain their freedom as a “conductor" of the Underground Railroad.
Harriet Tubman
This Chicago rapper founded the organization SocialWorks- which aims to empower the youth through the arts, education and civic engagement.
Chance the Rapper
He plays Erik Killmonger in the Black Panther.
Michael B. Jordan
On September 8, 1986, she launched her own nationally syndicated talk show, which would go on to become the highest rated in TV history.
Oprah Winfrey
She is the most decorated U.S. women's gymnast ever with 32 World/Olympic medals. She is the GOAT.
Simone Biles
This Quarterback kneeled during the national anthem before the game against the Seattle Seahawks to draw attention to recent acts of police brutality.
Colin Kaepernick
The Obama Presidential Center is located in this Chicago Neighborhood.
Hyde Park
The woman who sang the hit song I Will Always Love You
Whitney Houston
In this U.S. Supreme Court deliver its verdict in Brown v. Board of Education.
1954
He played his first game with the Dodgers on April 15, 1947.
Jackie Robinson
He became a leader in the abolitionist movement, which sought to end the practice of slavery, before and during the Civil War.
Fredrick Douglass
He is regarded as the first permanent non-Indigenous settler and know as the founder of Chicago. Lake Shore drive was also renamed after him.
Jean Baptiste Point du Sable
He is the director of the movie Get Out.
Jordan Peele