Famous People
An activist and philosopher who spoke on Islam and Black nationalism, and who cast off his surname as a rejection of his "slave name."
Who is Malcolm X?
2018 Marvel movie in which Chadwick Boseman plays a newly anointed king who must fight a powerful enemy to save his kingdom.
What is Black Panther?
Author and philosopher who wrote The Souls of Black Folk and Black Reconstruction in America.
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?
In January 2021, this poem was delivered at the U.S. presidential inauguration by the National Youth Laureate Poet.
What is "The Hill We Climb" by Amanda Gorman?
The first artist to win eight GRAMMYs in one night. Famous for tracks like Billie Jean, Smooth Criminal, and many more.
Who is Michael Jackson?
Activist who refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus at fifteen years old in 1955, ultimately becoming one of the plaintiffs in Browder v Gayle.
Who is Claudette Colvin?
This movie tells the story of three Black women at NASA as they worked on the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit during the Space Race.
What is Hidden Figures?
20th century activist and poet who wrote "Montage of a Dream Deferred," "I Too," "The Weary Blues," "Open Letter to the South," and more!
Who is Langston Hughes?
Aug. 28, 1963, this famous speech was given during the March on Washington.
When was MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech?
Famous jazz singer who came to be known as the "First Lady of Song" and the "Queen of Jazz." (She was in the AM Slides!)
Who is Ella Fitzgerald?
Abolition advocate and author of "Ain't I a Woman?" who escaped slavery in 1826.
Who is Sojourner Truth?
After a police officer shoots and kills Starr’s best friend, Starr must decide what’s right and how to stand up for justice as a high school student in this movie.
What is The Hate U Give?
Author of Beloved, The Bluest Eye, Song of Solomon, Sula.
Who is Toni Morrison?
In 2013, following the shooting of Trayvon Martin, this political and social movement that protests against anti-Black violence was formed.
When was the Black Lives Matter movement started?
Singer who made "A Change is Gonna Come" in 1964 (hint: he was in the AM Slides!)
Who is Sam Cooke?
First Black woman in Congress, and first woman and Black American to seek the nomination for President of the United States.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
This film tells the story of a free African American man from New York who is kidnapped and sold into slavery in 1841 in the south, where he remains for 12 years.
What is 12 Years a Slave?
Contemporary activist and philosopher who wrote Are Prisons Obsolete?, Freedom is a Constant Struggle, Abolition Democracy, The Meaning of Freedom, If They Come in the Morning, The Prison-Industrial Complex
Who is Angela Davis?
In 1947, this person became the first Black Major League Baseball player when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Who was Jackie Robinson?
Rapper who made "Everythangs Corrupt" and "Death Certificate," and who created the Contract with Black America.
Who is Ice Cube?
First Black, openly transgender woman elected to public office in the United States.
Who is Andrea Jenkins?
In this movie, Denzel Washington plays a high school football coach who works to integrate the school’s football team in 1970s Virginia.
What is Remember the Titans?
Author of Between the World and Me, "The Case for Reparations," "The Water Dancer," "We Were Eight Years in Power," and more.
Who is Ta-Nehisi Coates?
In March 1965, this series of marches in Alabama demonstrated the right of Black people to vote without repression, and ultimately helped lead to the Voting Rights Act.
What were the Selma to Montgomery marches?
Jazz saxophone player who made A Love Supreme, Blue Train, My Favorite Things, Giant Steps, and others
Who is John Coltrane?