U.S. History
Martin Luther King Jr.
Civil Rights Movement leader who gave the famous "I Have a Dream" speech and organized nonviolent protests.
Michael Jackson
Black singer and songwriter nicknamed the "King of Pop."
LeBron James
Basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers and one of the greatest basketball players of all time.
Chadwick Boseman
American actor and playwright famous for Black Panther. Died of cancer in 2020.
Black Lives Matter
A social and political movement protesting police brutality and violence against Black people.
Kamala Harris
Current Vice President of the Unites States and the first Black and first female VP.
Tupac Shakur
One of the most influential American rappers, a rap superstar in the 1990s and killed in 1996.
Muhammad Ali
American boxer and activist nicknamed "The Greatest" of all time.
Will Smith
One of the most famous actors in the world. He became famous for his TV series "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air" and has acted in many films.
Segregation
Separation of people based on their race.
Harriet Tubman
Former slave and conductor of the Underground Railroad. She helped slaves escape to freedom.
Kendrick Lamar
American rapper considered to be one of the greatest of all time, and the first rapper to win the Pulitzer Prize (a prestigious American prize for music, literature, etc. )
Serena and Venus Williams
American tennis champions and Olympic gold medal winners. Two of the most successful tennis players in history.
Oprah Winfrey
American talk show host, actress, author, and billionaire.
Civil Rights Movement
Protest movement against racism and segregation in the 1950s and 1960s.
Rosa Parks
Civil Rights activist who refused to give up her seat on a bus and started the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Jimi Hendrix
Famous rock and roll musician of the 1960s. He is most famous for playing the electric guitar.
Simone Biles
American gymnast and Olympian, one of the most decorated gymnasts in the world.
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Famous American graffiti artist (SAMO) and abstract painter. His most expensive painting sold for $110 million.
Jim Crow
Laws in the southern United States that segregated Black people and white people.
Malcolm X
Civil Rights activist who encouraged defeating racism "by any means necessary," minister for the Nation of Islam, leader of the Organization of Afro-American Unity.
Ella Fitzgerald
One of the most famous American jazz singers ever.
Jackie Robinson
The first African-American baseball player in the Major League Baseball.
Josephine Baker
American dancer and cabaret singer who moved to France and became a résistante in WWII.
The Black Panthers
A revolutionary, socialist, militant organization of Black Americans focused on Civil Rights and self-defense from police and racism that began in the 1960s.