History
The famous conductor of the underground railroad who helped others to escape slavery?
WHO IS?
Harriet Tubman
Jackie Robinson was the first African American to professionally play in this sport.
WHAT IS
Baseball
FUBU clothing line founder Daymond John stars on this entrepreneurial TV show.
WHAT IS:
Shark Tank
This "Who Are" Book is about the two sisters that dominated the tennis courts for decades.
WHO ARE
Who Are Serena and Venus Williams
This author has written over 35 books including the Newbery Award Winner of a book in verse
called Crossover.
Kwame Alexander
The city where Dr. Martin Luther King made his "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963.
WHERE IS
Washington DC
The first Black woman to win an Emmy Award for lead actress in a TV drama series in 2015.
WHO IS
Viola Davis
The African American talk show host who started her own media TV channel.
WHO IS
Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) and in 2013, President Barack Obama awarded her the nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. A passionate entrepreneur, Winfrey is the first African American woman billionaire.
Enter the hilarious world of 10-year-old Kenny and his family, the Weird Watsons of Flint, Michigan. There's Momma, Dad, little sister Joetta, Kenny, and Byron, who's 13 and an official "juvenile delinquent. " When Momma and Dad decide it's time for a visit to Grandma, Dad comes home with the amazing Ultra Glide, and the Watsons set out on a trip like no other. They're heading south. They're going to Birmingham, Alabama, toward one of the darkest moments in American history.
Watson's Go to Birmingham
This author has written top-seller novels such as:
Towers Falling
Ghost Boys
Black Brother Black Brother
Treasure Island
Jewel Parker Rhodes
The woman who is known as the "Mother of Modern Day Civil Rights Movement"
WHO IS
Rosa Parks
The first African American to serve as the United States Secretary of State. (4 star General)
WHO WAS
Colin Powell
This singer started her own beauty line called "Fenty Beauty"
WHO IS
Rihanna launched her own line, Fenty Beauty, in 2017.
Kwame Mbalia's epic fantasy full of action-adventure rooted in rich African American history. This book has been called "a gift to the world" by Nic Stone.
Tristan Strong Series
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky
This author wrote the New York Times best-selling Track series—Ghost (2016), Patina (2017), Sunny (2018), Lu (2018
Ghost was a National Book Award Finalist for Young People's Literature
His book As Brave as You won the Kirkus Prize, the NAACP Image Award, and the Schneider Family Book Award.
He also wrote a Marvel Comics novel called Miles Morales: Spider-Man and Suspended.
Jason Reynolds
The six-year-old who was the first African American to attend a desegregated school in 1960.
WHO WAS
Ruby Bridges
The first African American to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
WHO WAS
Ralph Bunche received the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize for his late 1940s work as a United Nations mediator in the Palestine conflict. He called himself 'an incurable optimist'. Bunche was the first African American and person of color to be so honored in the history of the prize
This boxing champion endorsed a grill for healthy eating.
WHO IS
George Foreman
This story brought fame to author Jason Reynolds.
It takes place in a span of one minute.
Sixty seconds.
It is set in an elevator, in which a young, angry boy gets on and begins his long journey down.
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A moment.
An instant. That is all it takes. An elevator ride down, seven floors.
In one minute, Jason Reynolds changes your perception of everything.
In that one minute, you are blindsided.
In that one minute, he leaves you reeling.
In a single minute, the book outlines the life of this young man, Will, the day after his brother, Shawn, was found shot dead. Will knows the rules. He lives by the rules.
1. You don’t cry
2. You don’t snitch
3. You seek revenge
Long Way Down
Who is the African American activist and poet known for her memoir "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"
Maya Angelo
The minister and activist who founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
WHO IS
Martin Luther King Jr
Known by the nickname "Mr. Civil Rights," he was the first Black justice on the Supreme Court.
WHO WAS
Honorable Thurgood Marshall
The co-founder of the Black Entertainment Network (BET)
WHO IS
Robert Johnson Net worth: $550 Million
This popular record book holds the fact that
Florence Griffith-Joyner holds the World Record for the Woman's 100 sprint at 10.49 seconds.
The Guinness Book of World Records
She is famous for her quote (that inspired the prequel to her famous book The Hate You Give)
"Your voices matter, your dreams matter, your lives matter. Be the roses that grow in the concrete. When you fight, you put yourself out there, not caring who you hurt or if you'll get hurt."
Angie Thomas