Critically Acclaimed
This movie following an aspiring restaurant owner and prince-turned-frog in New Orleans, Louisiana stars Disney's first Black princess.
The Princess and the Frog (2009)
He is the first Black predisent of the United States
Barack Obama
He was was an American civil rights activist and Baptist minister who was a leader of the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968.
Martin Luther King Jr.
This music genre originated in early 1910s in New Orleans as a profound expression of the Black experience, merging African rhythms, blues, ragtime, and spirituals
Jazz
This 2025 film follows two twin brothers who return to their hometown in the Jim Crow South, where their new juke joint is confronted by vampires.
Sinners (2025)
He was the first African American baseball player to play in the modern MLB era.
Jackie Robinson
Rosa Parks
This cuisine originated during the transatlantic slave trade, evolving from a necessity for survival, using "leftover" meat cuts and readily available garden vegetables
Soul food
He made history as the first Black screenwriter to win an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay with his film Get Out.
Jordan Peele
This former NBA player is widely considered the GOAT, winning 6 NBA championships and revolutionizing sneaker culture with his shoes.
Michael Jordan
This organization founded in 1966 by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale sought social change through armed self-defense against police brutality, free breakfast programs, and free health clinics.
The Black Panther Party
Heiled as the "King of Pop" for hits like Thriller, this African American entertainer broke racial barriers in the 1980s music industry, becoming the first Black artist with consistent heavy rotation on MTV.
Michael Jackson
This film set in the 1950s and 1960s follows three African-American women who worked for NASA as "human computers" at the Langley Research Centre.
Hidden Figures (2016)
David Jones Peck became the first Black person to earn a medical degree from an American medical school in this decade.
1840s (1847)
They were the first nine Black students to integrate into a segregated, "white-only" high school in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Little Rock Nine
This art movement that emerged in the Bronx is characterized by the key elements of rapping, DJing and turntablism, and breakdancing
Hip-hop culture
This author famous for writing Beloved and The Bluest Eyes was the first Black woman to win a Noble Prize, awarded a Nobel Prize in literature.
Toni Morrison
This premier historically Black university (HBCU) was established in 1867 by Congress shortly after the Civil War to provide higher education for African Americans.
Howard University
In contrast with civil rights leaders such as Martin Luther King, Jr., he advocated self-defense and the liberation of African Americans “by any means necessary.”
Malcolm X
This African American musician and television trailblazer broke racial barriers in 1950s entertainment, becoming the first Black entertainer to host a national TV variety show and the first to host a national radio show.
Nat King Cole