Black History

Black Figures

100

This person gave a iconic speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. where more than 200,000 people were in attendance.

Martin Luther King Jr.

200

This boxer was nicknamed "The Greatest" and formally went by the name Cassius Marcellus Clay Sr.

Muhammad Ali

300

This American track and field athlete dominated and won four Olympic gold medals at the 1936 summer Olympic games in Berlin. 

Jesse Owens

400

This person was an American minister and human rights activist serving as a spokesman for the Nation of Islam until 1964.

Malcolm X

500

This Iconic African American woman and civil rights activists was known for her major role in in the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

Rosa Parks

Famous quotes

100

"Bye Felicia"

Friday

200

"All my life I had to fight"

The color Purple

Kendrick Lamar "alright"

300

"A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything"

Malcolm X

400

This famous Actor said this at his speech "Without Denzel Washington there is no Black Panther"

Chadwick Boseman

500

"Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave"

Fredrick Douglas

Music

100

"Very Superstitious, writings on the wall"

Stevie Wonder

200

This famous musical artist had hits such as "Respect", "Think", and "A Natural Woman".

Aretha Franklin

300

This famous musician rapped "You know, it's funny when it rains it pours, they got money for wars, but can't feed the poor"

Tupac

400

"I wanna rock with you (all night)
Dance you into day (sunlight)"

Michael Jackson

500

This Rapper has a songs called "10,000 bars" and "Go DJ"

Lil Wayne

Boycotts, Movements & Marches

100

This movement first started in 2012 after the murder of Treyvon Martin.

Black Lives Matter Movement

200

This movement started back in 1954 to 1968 to abolish institutional racial segregation, discrimination, and disenfranchisement through Jim Crow laws throughout the US.

Civil Rights Movement

300

This famous march took place on August 28, 1963 for jobs and freedoms in the nations capital pressuring a strong civil rights bill in congress.

March on Washington

400

This group of African American students were met with the national guard preventing them from entering an Arkansas high school to desegregate an all white school. They were called what?

The Little Rock Nine

500

This U.S. Supreme Court decision ruled that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality.

Brown Vs. The Board of Education

TV shows

100

"Did I do thaaat?"

Family Matters

200

This famous show in the 90's is where Alfonso Ribeiro plays the the cousin to a teen sent from his hometown of philly.

Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

300

In this show Spencer James was a student at Crenshaw high school where he transferred to Beverly Hills High and play for his coach Billy Baker.

All American

400

In this show Donald Glover AKA Childish Gambino Plays the struggling manager to the artist "Paper Boi"

Atlanta

500

In this show Jamie King writes Jingles for high value companies.

The Jamie Foxx show