Historical Figures and Dates
He was the first African American to win the Nobel Peace Prize, famous for his iconic "I have a dream speech"
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Which basketball legend is known as “His Airness”
Michael Jordan
Who is known as the “Queen of Jazz”?
Ella Fitzgerald
Who was the first African American U.S. president?
Barack Obama
Who became the first African American woman billionaire?
Oprah Winfrey
Which legendary boxer was known as "The Greatest"?
Muhammad Ali
Who was the first African American to play Major League Baseball
Jackie Robinson
Which African American author wrote “Beloved” and won a Pulitzer Prize?
Toni Morrison
Who was the first African American U.S. Supreme Court Justice?
Thurgood Marshall
Who was the first African American to win an Oscar for Best Actor?
Sidney Poitier
Which amendment officially abolished slavery in the United States?
The 13th Amendment
Who became the first African American woman to win Olympic gold in gymnastics?
Gabby Douglas
Which musician was nicknamed the “Godfather of Soul”?
James Brown
Who co-founded the NAACP in 1909?
W.E.B. Du Bois
Which filmmaker became the first African American woman to direct a film nominated for a Best Picture Oscar?
Ava DuVernay
Which abolitionist helped lead enslaved people to freedom through the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman
Which tennis player was the first African American man to win Wimbledon
Arthur Ashe
Who created the iconic “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” often called the Black national anthem?
James Weldon Johnson
Which African American woman became U.S. Vice President in 2021?
Kamala Harris
Who is the youngest African American poet to perform at a U.S. presidential inauguration?
Amanda Gorman
In what year was Black History Month first recognized nationally in the US?
1976
Who holds the record for most Olympic gold medals by a female track and field athlete?
Florence Griffith Joyner, known as Flo-Jo
Who is the most awarded and nominated musician in Grammy History?
Beyoncé
Who was the first African American U.S. Secretary of State?
Colin Powell
Who became the first African American president of Harvard University in 2023?
Claudine Gay