Historic Moments
This was the year the Civil War ended.
When is 1865?
He was the first Black President of the U.S.
Who is Barack Obama?
She was the first Black woman to travel to space.
Who is Mae Jemison?
Look under your seats! This producer was the first Black woman to become a billionaire.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
I know why the caged bird sings. This poet was active in the Civil Rights Movement.
Who is Maya Angelou?
He was the first Black Player in the MLB.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
He was the first Black Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
This hidden figure worked for NASA and figured out the paths for the spacecraft to orbit Earth and land on the Moon.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
Tethered to you, this actor and filmmaker is now shifting his attention to horror movies and has produced award winners like Us and Get Out.
Who is Jordan Peele?
I got royalty inside my DNA. This rapper's pulitzer prize is special because he was the first to win one for a rap album.
Who is Kendrick Lamar?
The Voting Rights Act was signed in 1965 by which president?
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
This former slave was an abolitionist that captured an audience with his oratory skills and wrote the autobiography My Bondage and My Freedom.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
This scientist and inventor had found more than 300 uses for peanuts.
Who is George Washington Carver?
Stealthy like a cat, this singer and actress is famous for the original "Santa Baby".
Who is Eartha Kitt?
This Pulitzer winning author is known tackling controversial topics in her novel The Bluest Eye.
Who is Toni Morrison?
Known as "Bloody Sunday", these three civil rights marchs took place to protest the death of Jimmie Lee Jackson.
What is the Selma to Montgomery marches?
(Selma Marches also acceptable answer).
She was the first Black woman to be a congresswoman.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
One of the first self-made millionaires, this chemist was an entrepreneur who had developed products tailored towards African skin and hair.
Who is Madame C. J. Walker?
This acclaimed grammy winning songstress was known for her musical rendition of the poem "Strange Fruit".
Who is Billie Holiday.
Born again in the Harlem Renaissance! This jazz poet and columnist is famous for works such as "The Weary Poet" and “I, Too, Sing America”.
Who is Langston Hughes?
You might not expect this person, but she was the first woman to lead a U.S. military operation.
Who was Harriet Tubman?
He was the congressman for Georgia who helped organize the March on Washington and leader in the march in Selma.
He was the first Black man to go on the moon.
Who is Bernard Anthony Harris Jr.?
This suede is not so blue. Elvis Presley "borrowed" the song "Hound Dog" from this blues singer.
Who is Big Mama Thornton?
Anthropologist and filmmaker, this author is famous for the influential Their Eyes Were Watching God.
Who is Zora Neale Hurston?