Black History
(Athletes)
(Athletes)
Widely considered the greatest basketball player of all time winning 6 championships with the Chicago Bulls.
Who is Michael Jordan?
A civil rights protest during which African-Americans refused to ride buses in Alabama to protest segregated seating.
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
This African American seamstress refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white man in December of 1955.
Who is Rosa Parks?
A writer, producer, actress, model, musician, and cultural icon known for breaking the record for most wins by a singer in Grammy history.
Who is Beyonce Knowles?
The first woman to serve as US Vice President.
Who is Kamala Harris?
A free agent football quarterback and civil rights activist known for kneeling to draw attention to the oppression of minorities in the United States.
Who is Colin Kaepernick?
This day commemorates the day when enslaved Texans finally learned that slavery had been abolished two years prior.
What is Juneteenth or June 19, 1865?
This abolitionist was born into slavery but is known as the "Moses of her people". This person also served as a scout, spy, soldier and nurse for the Union Army during the Civil War.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
Labeled the Queen of Soul, this entertainer is remembered for her song "Respect" and for beng a frequent performer at civil rights protests.
Who is Aretha Franklin?
The first African-American female millionaire thanks to her revolutionary hair care products.
Who is Madam C.J. Walker?
The first African-American to play Major League Baseball.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
A movement and struggle for social justice that took place mainly during the 1950s and 1960s in the United States.
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
This amendment to the US constitution was responsible for giving women voting rights for the first time in US history.
What is the 19th amendment?
This woman is best known for her Chicago-broadcast talk show and for founding Harpo productions, home to shows like Iyanla: Fix My Life, Dr. Phil, and Dr. Oz.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
This woman co-founded the ACLU, was an American educator, and overcame the adversity of being blind and deaf to become one of the 20th century's leading humanitarians.
Who is Helen Keller?
A Jamaican sprinter that holds the world record of 9.58 seconds for the 100 meter dash.
Who is Usain Bolt?
The passing of this in the 1870s ensured that men were not denied the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
What is the Fifteenth Amendment?
This organization was founded out of necessity in 1922 surrounding dangerous occurrences involving the Ku Klux Klan in Indianapolis, Indiana.
What is Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Incorporated?
This "How to Get Away With Murder" star is the first and only African American to win Tony, Oscar and Emmy awards.
Who is Viola Davis?
A doctor, engineer, and astronaut that became the first African American woman to travel in space.
Who is Mae Jemison?
Born Cassius Clay, this fighter was the first to win the world heavyweight championship on three separate occasions and was known for his refusal to induct into the U.S. Army amidst the Vietnam War.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
This ruling stated that racial segregation in public schools is unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
The first African American congresswoman in 1968. Four years later, she became the first major-party Black candidate to make a bid for the U.S. presidency.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
Best known for her seven autobiographies, this successful poet is said to have written the "anthems of African-Americans" and wrote "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings".
Who is Dr. Maya Angelou?
An early American civil aviator to become the first African American woman and first Native American to hold a pilot license.
Who is Bessie Coleman?