Icons and Musicians
This superstar began her career as the lead singer of Destiny’s Child before becoming one of the best-selling artists of all time.
Who is Beyoncé?
This individual was the 44th President of the United States.
Who is Barack Obama?
The Memorial to Enslaved Laborers is specifically located here on the grounds of the University of Virginia.
What is the east side of the Lawn/Rotunda?
This individual is the first Black woman to serve on the United States Supreme Court.
Who is Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson?
This movement sought to end racial segregation and discrimination in the United States through nonviolent protest.
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
Before launching his solo career, this artist was a child star in The Jackson 5, where he sang lead on hits like "I Want You Back".
Who is Michael Jackson?
This civil rights lawyer became the first black man to become a Supreme Court justice in 1967.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
This individual was the first African American to attend the University of Virginia.
Who is Gregory Hayes Swanson?
This individual was just recently elected into office, becoming the first Black woman to hold statewide office in Maryland and Maryland’s first Black senator.
Who is Senator Angela Alsobrooks?
This 2013 movement, started by Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi, began as a hashtag in response to the acquittal of Trayvon Martin’s killer and became a global call to end systemic racism and police brutality.
What is Black Lives Matter?
Born blind, this musical genius wrote hits like "Superstition" and "Isn’t She Lovely", winning 25 Grammy awards.
Who is Stevie Wonder?
This Black woman entrepreneur became the first self-made female millionaire in the United States by building a beauty and haircare products empire.
Who is Madam C.J. Walker?
This is the year that the Office of African American Affairs was established.
What is 1976?
This individual was the first Black woman elected to the House of Representatives in 1968 and became the first Black woman and person to run for president through a major political party in 1972.
Who is Shirley Chisolm?
Founded in 1966 by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale, this Black revolutionary organization advocated for self-defense and community programs like free breakfast for children.
What is the Black Panther Party?
This multi-talented artist has choreographed for television, broadway, and even directed episodes of Grey’s Anatomy.
Who is Debbie Allen?
This man is credited for the creation of Black History Month. He was a historian and scholar who dedicated his work to celebrating the contributions of Black people.
Who is Carter G. Woodson?
This is the year that Black undergraduate students were admitted for the first time.
What is 1955?
This individual became the first African American to be elected to Congress in 1870, representing Mississippi as a U.S. Senator during Reconstruction.
Who is Hiram Revels?
This historic 1963 event in Washington, D.C. brought over 250,000 people together, where Dr. King delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech.
What is the March on Washington?
His powerful spoken-word poetry and music tackled social issues, including his famous work "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised".
Who is Gil Scott-Heron?
The first Black woman to earn a pilot's license.
Who is Bessie Coleman?
This is the first Black graduate to receive an academic doctoral degree from a traditional Southern white college or university.
What is Walter Nathaniel Ridley?
This individual was the first elected African American governor of Virginia from 1990-1994.
Who is Douglas Wilder?
A key leader in the Freedom Summer movement, this activist co-founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and famously declared, “I am sick and tired of being sick and tired.”
Who is Fannie Lou Hamer?