WHO
In September 2004 she made history on TV by giving a brand new car to each member of her audience.
OPRAH WINFERY
This movement called for black pride, and for African Americans to take control of their political and economic lives.
BLACK POWER
This African-American athlete is the first man in history to set 3 Olympic records at the same game and holds the title for the “fastest man in the world”.
USAIN BOLT
In the 1920s and 1930s, this U.S. city had a literary and cultural renaissance, establishing it as a black cultural mecca.
HARLEM
In 2014, she made history as the first African-American ballerina to dance the role of Clara in the American Ballet Theatre’s production of The Nutcracker.
MISTY COPELAND
The first Black candidate to run for a major party’s presidential nomination and the first woman to ever run for the Democratic Party’s nomination.
SHIRLEY CHISLOM
This state is home to the National Civil Rights Museum
TENNESSEE
Jackie Robinson broke baseball’s color line in 1947 when he was signed by this team.
THE DOGDERS
This is the first black-led republic in the world that declared independence through slave revolt in 1804.
HAITI
In 1957 it became the USA’s first major city with a black majority.
WASHINGTON D.C
This Pulitzer and Nobel prize-winning author’s works “The Bluest Eye” and “Beloved” are banned from school-aged children in several states such as Virginia and Missouri.
TONI MORRISON
What was the name of the group of students who held the first sit-ins at Woolworth's to protest the store's segregationist policies?
THE GREENSBORO FOUR
This man is currently the only African American coach in the entire NFL.
MIKE TOMLIN
The bus boycott protesting segregation in this southern U.S. city lasted for more than a year.
MONTGOMERY
This breakthrough medical procedure was first performed successfully by Dr. Daniel Hale Williams in 1893.
OPEN HEART SURGERY
This musician holds the record for Grammy nominations in the most fields (15) and has won the most Grammy awards as a producer (28).
QUINCY JONES
This group’s Free Breakfast for School Children initiative inspired the USDA’s free breakfast programs.
THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY
Debi Thomas was the first black athlete to win a medal in which sporting event?
THE WINTER OLYMPICS
The U.S Supreme Court’s ruling in Brown Board of Education(1954) which made public school segregation unconstitutional took place in this city.
TOPEKA, KANSAS
In July 1881 this famous college opened in Alabama with Booker T. Washington as its first principal.
TUSKEGEE