Entertainers/Sports
Most decorated gymnast of all time
Simone Biles
This Amendment abolished slavery in the US
13th Amendment
First Black man to serve as President of the United States AND First Black woman to serve as Vice President of the United States
Barak Obama
Kamala Harris
Iconic civil rights leader known for his “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
These historically Black fraternities and sororities are commonly known as what?
The Divine Nine (or The National Pan-Hellenic Council, Inc. (NPHC))
Baseball player that broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball in 1947
Jackie Robinson
1965 landmark legislation aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote
The Voting Rights Act
First Black person to become Franklin County Prosecutor AND year appointed
Shayla D. Favor in 2025
Oldest civil rights organization co-founded by W.E.B. Du Bois, still operating today
The National Association of Advancement for Colored People (NAACP)
This Black network hosts an award show every year to celebrate Black entertainers and performers in Music, Film, Sports and Philanthropy.
BET
Formerly named Cassius Clay, this heavyweight fighter is considered the best of all time
Muhammed Ali
1954 Supreme Court case that unanimously ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional... and overturned what case?
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
Overturned Plessy v Ferguson
First Black Justice appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court... in what year
Thurgood Marshall in 1967
This woman became the first African American to win the Nobel Prize for literature in 1993.
Toni Morrison
He is the first African-American to own a major movie studio in the United States.
Tyler Perry
First Black woman to become Miss America.
Vanessa Williams
This Amendment granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to African Americans and slaves who had been emancipated after the American Civil War... AND year adopted
14th Amendment in 1868
Bar Association in Central Ohio named after the first black attorney in the state of Ohio
The John Mercer Langston Bar Association
NFL player that initiated the "take a knee" movement in 2016 by kneeling during the national anthem to protest police brutality and racial injustice
Colin Kaepernick
First Black woman elected to Congress.
Shirley Chisholm
Whoopi Goldberg
2022 Federal Act that finally made lynching a federal hate crime
The Emmett Till Antilynching Act
First Black attorney licensed to practice in Columbus, Ohio and first Black person to graduate Capital University Law School... in what year
David D. White in 1931
Before Rosa Parks, she was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a crowded, segregated bus.
Claudette Colvin
As an inventor of revolutionary hair-care products, this woman became the first Black millionaire in the United States.
Madame CJ Walker