Civil Rights Leaders
This leader delivered the famous “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.
This 1963 march took place in Washington, D.C.
What is the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
This poet was a leading figure of the Harlem Renaissance.
Who is Langston Hughes
He was the first Black President of the United States.
Who is Barack Obama
He broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier in 1947
Who is Jackie Robinson
She refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama.
Who is Rosa Parks
The 1954 Supreme Court case that ended school segregation.
What is Brown v. Board of Education
She became the first Black woman to win an Academy Award (Best Supporting Actress, 1939).
Who is Hattie McDaniel
She was the first Black woman elected to Congress.
She was the first Black woman to win a Grand Slam tennis title.
This activist founded the Tuskegee Institute.
This 1965 act outlawed racial discrimination in voting.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965
This musician is known as the “Queen of Soul.”
Who is Aretha Franklin
She was the first Black Vice President of the United States.
Who is Kamala Harris
This boxer was known as “The Greatest.”
Who is Muhammed Ali
He was a leader of the Nation of Islam and later founded the Organization of Afro-American Unity.
Who is Malcolm X
This 1921 racial massacre destroyed a prosperous Black community in Oklahoma.
What is the Tulsa Race Massacre
This author wrote Beloved.
Who is Toni Morrison
This woman became the first Black woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court in 2022.
She became the most decorated gymnast in World Championship history.
Who is Simone Biles
This Supreme Court Justice was the first African American appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Who is Thurgood Marshall
This amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
What is the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution
This 1960s–70s cultural movement celebrated Black pride and identity.
What is the Black Power Movement
He founded the NAACP in 1909 alongside other activists.
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois
He won four Olympic gold medals in Berlin in 1936.