History
Although the story is that this woman refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus because she was tired, she in fact did it on purpose in order to challenge segregation laws in the city.
Who is Rosa Parks?
This was the first African American to play major league baseball in the modern era.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
This black singer won 6 Grammy awards in 2010, the most wins in a single night by a female in the history of the awards show.
Who is Beyonce?
This theme song is from this 1990s television show.
What is Fresh Prince of Bel Air?
The famous speech, I Have A Dream, was delivered by this notable leader in the Civil Rights Movement.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr. ?
This movement in the 1950s and 1960s led by Dr. King was designed to fight for equality and an end to segregation.
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
This basketball player has won four NBA championships and went to 8 straight NBA Finals.
Who is Lebron James?
Songs like “One Love” and “Jammin’” were performed by this legendary reggae artist.
Who is Bob Marley?
This famous Black woman was the first to host her own daytime talk show in the 1980s.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
Barack Obama was the first Black president in American history. What number order was he?
What is 44th?
This woman, nicknamed the “Moses of her people,” helped over 70 enslaved people escape through a secret passage known as the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
This is one of the best golfers in history, with 15 major tournament wins, second most in history.
Who is Tiger Woods?
Before becoming one of the greatest pop artists of all time, Michael Jackson was the youngest member of this family group in the 1960s and 1970s.
What is the Jackson 5?
The 1990s show Family Matters starred the world’s biggest nerd. This is his name.
Who is Steve Urkel?
This Congressman who recently died spent years fighting for civil rights and voting rights for all Americans.
Who is John Lewis?
This was the nickname of the segregation laws that took place in the South from the end of the 1800s to the middle of the 1900s.
What are Jim Crow Laws?
This person broke Babe Ruth’s all-time home run record in Major League Baseball in 1974.
Who is Hank Aaron?
The infamous “East Coast/West Coast” feud of the 1990s led to the deaths of these two popular rappers at the time.
Who are Tupac and Biggie?
This Black television show starring the Huxtable family became the highest-ranking sitcom for 5 years in a row.
What is the Cosby Show?
Formerly known as the Nation of Islam’s most effective minister, this African American man formed his own group, the Organization of Afro-American Unity before his assassination in 1965.
Who is Malcolm X?
Although this group is often seen as militant, they actually believed in protecting the Black community, feeding all children, and providing free health care to those who couldn’t afford it.
Who are the Black Panthers?
This gymnast holds the record for the most World and Olympic medals at 30.
Who is Simone Biles?
Duke Ellington, Count Basie, James Brown, Louis Armstrong: which of these was NOT a famous jazz artist in the 1920s and 1930s?
Who is James Brown?
This 1970s sitcom starring characters like Thelma, J.J., and Florida Evans was the first African American family show in television history.
What is Good Times?
Originally named Cassius Marcellus Clay, this man who claimed himself as the “greatest boxer of all time” changed his name to what after converting to Islam.
What is Muhammad Ali?