Civil Rights/Activism
She refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in 1955.
Rosa Parks
This 2016 film highlights three Black women mathematicians at NASA.
Hidden Figures
She is known as the “Queen of Soul.”
Aretha Franklin
This Tallahassee HBCU is home of the Rattlers.
Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University
He became the first Black President of the United States in 2008.
Barack Obama
He delivered the “I Have a Dream” speech during the 1963 March on Washington
Martin Luther King Jr.
This 2018 Marvel film featured the fictional African nation of Wakanda.
Black Panther
He was known as the “King of Pop.”
Michael Jackson
This Washington, D.C. HBCU is known as “The Mecca.”
Howard University
She was the first Black woman to win an Academy Award for Best Actress (2002).
Halle Berry
This organization, founded in 1966 by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale, focused on community defense and empowerment.
The Black Panther Party
This 2017 horror film written and directed by Jordan Peele explored racism through psychological thriller elements.
Get Out
She became the first Black woman to headline Coachella in 2018.
Beyonce
This HBCU is home to the “Sonic Boom of the South” marching band.
Jackson State University
He broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier in 1947.
Jackie Robinson
She was the first Black woman elected to the U.S. Congress in 1968.
Shirley Chisholm
She starred as Celie in the 1985 film adaptation of The Color Purple.
Whoopie Goldberg
This rapper became the first hip-hop billionaire and founded Roc Nation.
Jay-Z
This HBCU was founded by Booker T. Washington in 1881.
Tuskegee University
She became the first Black woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court in 2022.
Ketanji Brown Jackson
He escaped slavery and became a leading abolitionist and powerful orator.
Frederick Douglass
This director became the first Black filmmaker to win an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for BlacKkKlansman.
Spike Lee
This Motown legend wrote and performed “Superstition” and “Isn’t She Lovely.”
Stevie Wonder
This HBCU is known for producing Oprah Winfrey and hosting the Aristocrat of Bands.
Tennessee State University
She was the first Black woman to travel into space in 1992.
Mae Jemison