Say it With Your Chest
What live awards show confrontation in 2022 ignited widespread debate about humor and public boundaries?
The Will Smith–Chris Rock Oscars incident
What was the name of the first black us army pilot group in WWII?
The Tuskegee Airman
Before modern beauty brands and influencers, this entrepreneur built a hair care empire in the early 1900s and became one of America's first self-made female millionaires.
Madam C.J. Walker
This Supreme Court case ended legal segregation in public schools in 1954.
Brown v. Board of Education
This civil rights leader emphasized grassroots organizing and helped mentor younger activists.
Which Southern city is widely viewed as a modern capital of Black influence, yet often debated for how commercialization shapes its cultural legacy?
Atlanta
What was the name of the black mathematician who helped NASA calculate flight paths for astronauts?
Katherine Johnson
This scientist promoted crop rotation and found hundreds of uses for peanuts to help Southern farmers.
George Washington Carver
This movement encouraged Black Americans to support Black-owned businesses.
Buy Black Movement
This Black inventor improved the traffic signal and created an early version of the gas mask.
Garrett Morgan
Which entertainment mogul built a self-owned production empire outside the traditional Hollywood system, becoming a cultural lightning rod for debates about authorship, audience, and representation?
Tyler Perry
What was the first black Greek lettered fraternity to be founded on an HBCU campus?
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc.
Before the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 60s, this scholar co-founded the NAACP in 1909 and argued for higher education and political activism.
W.E.B. Du Bois
This 1965 law eliminated literacy tests and other barriers that suppressed Black voter participation.
Voting Rights Act of 1965
This Harlem Renaissance writer is best known for Their Eyes Were Watching God.
Zora Neale Hurston
Which legal case involving a platinum-selling rapper became a flashpoint for conversations about misogyny, credibility, and public perception of Black women?
The Megan Thee Stallion vs. Tory Lanez shooting trial
Who was the first black women to earn a pilot license in the US?
Bessie Coleman (1921)
Before Rosa Parks' famous bus protest, this 15-year-old girl refused to give up her seat in Montgomery, Alabama, but civil rights leaders chose not to publicize her case.
Claudette Colvin
This group, founded in 1971, was created to increase Black political power in Congress.
Congressional Black Caucus
This Black architect helped design Washington, D.C.’s layout but rarely receives credit in U.S. history.
Benjamin Banneker
What deeper conversation is happening when people critique how Black trauma becomes viral content?
The commodification/exploitation of Black trauma and how pain is consumed as entertainment rather than addressed as a real social issue.
What was the name of the all Black female WWII battalion that sorted millions of pieces of mail?
6888th central postal directory battalion
In 1972, this congresswoman became the first Black woman to run for President of the United States.
Shirley Chisholm
This Supreme Court case ruled that segregation on Montgomery buses was unconstitutional, ending the bus boycott.
Browder v. Gayle
This civil rights leader and organizer helped plan the March on Washington but was rarely allowed to speak publicly.
Bayard Rustin