The Civil Rights Movement
He is known as the leader of the Civil Rights Movement and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and he "had a dream".
Who is Martin Luther King Jr?
He was known to "float like a butterfly" in the ring.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
He is a Grammy-winning piano player/singer who has sung about superstition and the sunshine of his life.
Who is Stevie Wonder?
She refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery Alabama to a white passenger and started the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Who is Rosa Parks?
He is the first African American President elected in The United States.
Who is Barack Obama?
It is the Supreme Court case that ruled it unconstitutional for public schools to be segregated in 1954.
What is Brown v. The Board of Education?
Who is Michael Jordon?
He is both the first African American AND the youngest performer to win an EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony award).
Who is John Legend?
She is the first female African American billionaire. She got her start with a daytime talk show and has since expanded to magazines, books and movies.
Who is Oprah?
He is the Democratic Senator of New Jersey who recently dropped out of the 2020 Presidential Electoral Race.
Who is Cory Booker?
This nonviolent act of resistance involved four men who sat at a whites-only lunch counter in North Carolina and when they were refused service they continued to show up for four days straight.
What is The Greensboro Sit-In?
He was the first African American to play in the MLB and played for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
She is a poet, activist, playwright and dancer whose most famous work is "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings".
Who is Maya Angelou?
She was a famous abolitionist and women's right activist who delivered a speech called "Ain't I a Woman?"
Who is Sojourner Truth?
He is the only currently sitting African American Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Chief Justice Clarence Thomas?
Founded in 1909 this organization's mission is to "secure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights in order to eliminate race-based discrimination and ensure the health and well-being of all persons".
She is one of the most decorated tennis players and THE most decorated female tennis player of all time.
Who is Serena Williams?
He is known as one of the Founding Fathers of Jazz and is remembered for his trumpet-playing and singing.
Who is Louis Armstrong?
In 2005 she became the first African American woman appointed as Secretary of State in the U.S.
Who is Condoleezza Rice?
He was the first major-party African American candidate to run nationwide primary campaigns in 1984 then again in 1988.
Who is Jesse Jackson?
This was the largest political rally for human rights ever in the United States. It was on the Mall in Washington, D.C. in 1963, to protest for jobs and freedom for African Americans. One of the most iconic speeches of all time was given and it is credited with helping pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
What is The March on Washington?
He just became the youngest player in NBA history to achieve 30,000 points in his career. He has three championship wins and two Olympic gold medals. He played for the Cleveland Cavaliers and is currently on the Los Angeles Lakers.
Who is LeBron James?
She had one of the greatest musical voices of all time and is known for her role and famous song in the movie The Bodyguard.
Who is Whitney Houston?
In 2002 she became the first—and still only—Black woman to be named Best Actress at the Oscars for her leading role in the movie Monster's Ball.
Who is Halle Berry?
He was the first black member of the US Congress.
Who is Hiram Rhodes Revels?