Activism & Social Justice
What law, signed in 2022, made lynching a federal crime?
The Emmett Till Act
In 1984, what Black American singer won eight Grammy Awards?
Michael Jackson
Who is the first Black head coach to win a Super Bowl?
Tony Dungy
Which Black woman invented hair care products and became a millionaire?
Madam C.J. Walker
Who was known for refusing to give up her seat on a bus?
Rosa Parks
Which landmark Supreme Court case declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional?
Brown v. Board of Education
Who directed the 2018 film Get Out?
Jordan Peele
Who holds the record for most Olympic medals by any athlete?
Michael Phelps
Charles Donaldson designed the sequence controller that was used for the landing system of what spacecraft?
Apollo
Who was the first Black astronaut to travel into space?
Guion Bluford
Who was the youngest person to win a Nobel Peace Prize in 1964?
Dr. Martin Luther King
Whose screenplay, Georgia, Georgia, was the first original script by a Black Woman to be produced?
Maya Angelou
Which NBA team drafted the first overall pick Victor Wembanyama in 2023?
San Antonio Spurs
Who invented the folding cabinet bed?
Sarah Goode
Who was the first Black woman elected to Congress?
Shirley Chisholm
Who was the lawyer for the NAACP that argued the Brown v. Board of Education case?
Thurgood Marshall
Who won an Emmy for Outstanding Host for a Game Show making her the first woman to win in 15 years?
KeKe Palmer
Who was the first Black athlete on the cover of Madden NFL?
Donovan McNabb
Which Black entrepreneur founded BET?
Robert Johnson
Who was the first Black woman CEO of a Fortune 500 company?
Ursula Burns
How many trips did Harriet Tubman make to the South to rescue slaves?
19
Who became the first Black woman to win an Oscar for Best Costume Design in 2019 for Black Panther?
Ruth E. Carter
Which African American athlete is known as the "Fastest Woman in the World"?
Florence Griffith-Joyner
Which Black-owned bank is the largest in the U.S.?
OneUnited Bank
Who wrote Beloved?
Toni Morrison