Creatives
This Afro-Latina Cuban-American salsa singer, is going to be on the new quarter.
Celia Cruz
This person wrote the famous speech, "I Have a Dream".
MLK Jr.
This famous basketball player founded the I Promise school in Akron, Ohio.
Lebron James
The first Black and Native American woman to hold a pilot's license.
Bessie Coleman
This famous poet wrote "I Know Where the Caged Bird Sings".
Maya Angelou
This day just became a national holiday and celebrates the emancipation of slaves.
Juneteenth
This person was the first black man to play in the major leagues.
Jackie Robinson
The first black woman to run for president.
Shirley Chisholm
This famous actor played on How to Get Away with Murder and received EGOT status in 2023.
Viola Davis
More than 200,000 people of all races traveled to Washington D.C. for this peaceful march.
March on Washington
This person floated like a butterfly and stung like a bee.
Muhammad Ali
This person was the first black supreme court justice.
Thurgood Marshall
This trumpeter's nick name was Satchmo and was one of the most influential figures in Jazz.
Louis Armstrong
In what city was the longest boycott in American history held?
Montgomery
This tennis player revolutionized tennis and retired after the 2022 Wimbledon.
Serena Williams
This person was the first black female television show host.
Opera Winfrey
This Houston native is the most awarded Grammy winner.
Beyonce
This group of activist took a bus tour across the south in 1961 to test the supreme courts decision declaring segregated interstate transportation facilities unconstitutional.
Freedom Riders
This famous black boxer has never lost a fight in his career and won 15 world championships across 5 weight classes.
Floyd Mayweather
This person was the first African American to win the pulitzer prize in poetry.
Gwendolyn Brooks