POLITICS
Who was the first African American president of the United States?
Barack Obama
Who broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier in 1947?
Jackie Robinson
Who wrote the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God?
Zora Neale Hurston
What movement in the 1950s and 1960s fought to end racial segregation and discrimination?
The Civil Rights Movement
Who is known as the “Queen of Soul”?
Aretha Franklin
Who became the first African American woman elected to Congress in 1968?
Shirley Chisholm
Who is the most decorated gymnast in U.S. history, known for her record-breaking world titles?
Simone Biles
Which poet wrote the famous line “What happens to a dream deferred?”
Langston Hughes
Who refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama, sparking a major boycott?
Rosa Parks
Who starred as T’Challa in the film Black Panther?
Chadwick Boseman
What landmark 1965 law outlawed discriminatory voting practices?
The Voting Rights Act
Which boxer was known as “The Greatest” and became a global icon for his activism?
Muhammad Ali
Who wrote the autobiography The Autobiography of Malcolm X?
Malcolm X and Alex Haley
What was the name of the all-Black military pilots who fought in World War II?
The Tuskegee Airmen
Which comedian and actor created and starred in the groundbreaking TV show The Cosby Show?
Bill Cosby
Who was the civil rights leader known for his philosophy of nonviolent protest?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Who became the first African American to win the Masters Tournament in golf?
Tiger Woods
Which author wrote Beloved, a novel that won the Pulitzer Prize?
Toni Morrison
What 1920s cultural movement celebrated Black art, music, and literature in New York City?
The Harlem Renaissance
Who became the first African American woman to win the Academy Award for Best Actress?
Halle Berry
Who was the first African American appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court?
Thurgood Marshall
Who was the first African American woman to win an Olympic gold medal?
Alice Coachman
Who was the first African American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
Toni Morrison
Who led the Underground Railroad and helped enslaved people escape to freedom?
Harriet Tubman
Who directed the influential film Do the Right Thing?
Spike Lee