Black Hollywood
This groundbreaking 2018 Marvel film, directed by Ryan Coogler, became a cultural phenomenon and won 3 Academy Awards.
What is Black Panther?
In 1955, this woman refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama, sparking a boycott.
Who is Rosa Parks?
This boxing legend, born Cassius Clay, famously said 'I am the greatest' and refused to serve in the Vietnam War.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
This Supreme Court case ended legal segregation in public schools in 1954.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This author wrote 'Beloved', winning the Pulitzer Prize and later the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Who is Toni Morrison?
In 2024, Beyonce became the first Black woman to ever reach #1 on the Billboard Country Songs with this song.
What is "Texas Hold 'Em"?
Known as the "Moses of her people," she never lost a "passenger" while leading dozens of enslaved people to freedom.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
In 1947, this Brooklyn Dodger broke baseball's color barrier, wearing number 42.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
He was the first Black justice appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1967.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
This author wrote 'Their Eyes Were Watching God', a masterpiece of the Harlem Renaissance.
Who is Zora
This director of Get Out and Us became the first African American to win the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
Who is Jordan Peele?
This activist and author wrote 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings' and recited her poem at President Clinton's inauguration in 1993.
Who is Maya Angelou?
This gymnast became the most decorated American gymnast in Olympic history with 7 Olympic medals.
Who is Simone Biles?
She became the first Black woman to serve as a justice on the U.S. Supreme Court in 2022.
Who is Ketanji Brown Jackson?
Who was the first Black American to win a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction?
Who is Alice Walker?
She made history as the first Black woman to win an Oscar for Best Actress for her role in 'Monster's Ball' (2001).
Who is Halle Berry?
This political party, founded by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale in Oakland, California focused on community self-defense and free breakfast programs.
What is the Black Panther Party?
These tennis sisters have combined to win 30 Grand Slam singles titles and revolutionized women's tennis
Who are Venus and Serena Williams?
In 1972, this New York representative became the first Black candidate for a major party's nomination for President of the United States.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
A prolific writer and activist, his 1953 semi-autobiographical novel Go Tell It on the Mountain explored the complexities of race and religion.
Who is James Baldwin?
This legendary actress holds the record for most Emmy nominations by a Black performer and won an Oscar for 'Fences'
Who is Viola Davis?
This 19th-century journalist and activist led an anti-lynching crusade and was a founding member of the NAACP.
Who is Ida B. Wells?
This track and field star won 4 gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, defying Hitler's ideology.
Who is Jesse Owens?
This modern civil rights lawyer founded the Equal Justice Initiative and wrote Just Mercy, focusing on mass incarceration and wrongful convictions.
Who is Bryan Stevenson?
This Harlem Renaissance poet wrote 'The Negro Speaks of Rivers' and asked 'What happens to a dream deferred?'
Who is Langston Hughes?