Culture & Traditions
This holiday commemorates the end of slavery in the US.
Juneteenth
This rapper was the first non-classical and non-jazz artist to receive the prestigious "Pulitzer Prize" for distinguished musical composition.
Kendrick Lamar
The first African-American president of the United States.
Reggae music originated in this Caribbean country.
Jamacia
This baseball player was the first African-American man to play in the professional league.
Jackie Robinson
This food is eaten on New Year's Day for good luck.
Black-eyed Peas
This NBA star is the only player to have collected 10,000+ career points.
LeBron James
Said the quote: "The time is always right to do what is right."
Martin Luther King Jr.
This West African empire was one of the richest in history and was ruled by Mansa Musa.
Mali Empire
This Divine 9 Fraternity was founded by 10 Black students at Indiana University Bloomington in 1911.
Kappa Alpha Psi (ΚΑΨ)
This week-long, secular African-American holiday was created in 1966 to celebrate family, community, and culture.
Kwanzaa
This singer is the most awarded artist in Grammy history, with 35 wins and 99 nominations.
Beyoncé
Thurgood Marshall
Nelson Mandela was the first Black president of this country.
South Africa
This entrepreneur was the first female self-made millionaire.
Madam C.J. Walker
An intellectual and cultural movement of African-American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater, politics, and scholarship.
Harlem Renaissance
This American actress and film producer was the 18th person to have achieved EGOT status.
Viola Davis
This pair was the first African-American man and woman to graduate from Indiana University.
Marcellus Neal & Frances Marshall
This island nation became the first Black republic in 1804.
Haiti
This politician was the first African American woman elected to U.S. Congress in 1968.
An English dialect spoken among African-Americans with its own unique grammatical, vocabulary, and accent features.
African-American Vernacular English (AAVE)
This woman is the youngest poet to read at a presidential inauguration in United States history.
Amanda Gorman
This activist and scholar was a prominent member of the Black Panther Party and the Communist Party USA in the 1960s and 70s.
Angela Davis
This country has the largest Black population outside of Africa.
Brazil
This astronaut was the first Black woman to travel to space.
Mae Jemison