Education
Institutions of higher education in the United States that were established before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with the intention of primarily serving the African-American community.
Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs)
Also known as Freedom day, this is a holiday celebrating the emancipation of those who had been enslaved in the United States.
Juneteenth or Juneteenth Independence Day
This famous poet penned "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"
Maya Angelou
The first African American Major League Baseball player
Jackie Robinson
Which black singer is well known for hits like "Isn't She Lovely" and "Superstition"?
Stevie Wonder
A landmark 1954 Supreme Court case in which the justices ruled unanimously that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional.
Brown v Board of Education
Civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States in 1961 and subsequent years to challenge the non-enforcement of the United States Supreme Court decisions which ruled that segregated public buses were unconstitutional
Freedom Riders
What historic Harlem theatre has been and still is a showcase for African-American talent?
The Apollo
In November 2018, she made history as the first American to win a medal in every event at the World Gymnastics Championship.
Simone Biles
This legendary African-American music producer has garnered 80 Grammy Award nominations and scored over 30 movies.
Quincy Jones
The first group of students that integrated a high school located in Arkansas in 1957.
Little Rick Nine
Civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans by a group including W. E. B. Du Bois, Mary White Ovington, Moorfield Storey and Ida B. Wells.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Who was the first African American actress to win an Academy Award for best actress?
Halle Berry
Which television producer is known for shows like 'Grey's Anatomy' and 'How to Get Away with Murder'?
Shonda Rhimes
This woman won season three of American Idol.
Fantasia Barrino
In 1996, Oakland School Board recognized this as a primary language and resolved its use in teaching standard academic English.
Ebonics
An American lawyer and civil rights activist who was the court's first African-American justice
Thurgood Marshall
This African-American artist rose to success during the 1980s as part of the Neo-expressionism movement.
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Who was the first African-American chosen as Miss America?
Vanessa Williams
This rapper turned actress released her debut album "All Hail the Queen" in 1988
Queen Latifah
Graduating from Harvard in 1907, he was the first Black Rhodes Scholar.
Alain Locke
She was the first African-American woman elected to the U.S. Congress and the first African American woman to make a bid to be President of the United States when she ran for the Democratic nomination in 1972
Shirley Chisholm
Who was the first African American woman to be promoted to principal dancer for the American Ballet?
Misty Copeland
This actor was the first black actor to headline an Marvel Comic film and also portrayed James Brown and Thurgood Marshall in their respective bio-pics.
Chadwick Boseman
Which black singer was the first to win a Grammy Award?
Ella Fitzgerald