Movies and TV
She was the first African American to win an Academy Award.
Hattie McDaniel
She won Best Supporting Actress in 1940 for "Gone With the Wind"
He was the first black entertainer to sleep in the White House.
Sammy Davis, Jr.
He gained a high profile within the civil rights movement, and became one of the principal organizers of the March on Washington in 1963.
John Lewis
This was established in 1909 and is America's oldest and largest civil rights organization. It was formed in New York City by white and Black activists, partially in response to the ongoing violence against Black Americans around the country
The NAACP or National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
This player won 11 championships with the Celtics, including eight in a row from 1959 to 1966.
Bill Russell
The name of Oprah Winfrey‟s TV production company.
Harpo Productions
This rap group hit the popular music charts in 1987 with “My Mike Sounds Nice".
Salt-N-Pepa
She made history by being the first Black woman elected to Congress in 1968.
Shirley Chisholm
On August 28, 1963, some 250,000 people—both Black and white—participated in this movement calling for voting rights, equal employment opportunities for Black Americans and an end to racial segregation.
March on Washington
She has won the most Grand Slam titles of all time during her career, with a total of 23 Grand Slam tournament victories.
Serena Williams
He is the famous Black American was a reporter on the CBS television program 60 Minutes.
Ed Bradley
Boasting twelve number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, this female singing group was the most successful American vocal group of all time.
The Supremes
This president met Frederick Douglass with the words, "Here comes my friend Douglass" at a reception in the White House.
Abraham Lincoln
In what year did the U.S. Supreme Court order school integration?
1955
In 1992, Dominique Dawes and Elizabeth Okino became the first Black athletes to compete in this Olympic sport.
Gymnastics
She was the first African American to become an EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony) winner.
Whoopi Goldberg
Ella Fitzgerald started her singing career by winning an amateur contest in New York City. Name the venue.
The Apollo Theater
In 1992, she became the first Black woman to fly to space on the space shuttle Endeavour. She was also the first Black woman admitted to the astronaut training program, in 1987.
Mae Jemison
On February 21, 1965, after this person's death, his bestselling book laid the foundation for the Black Power movement of the late 1960s and 1970s.
Malcom X
The integration of Major League Baseball occurred when this player stepped onto the field for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947.
Jackie Robinson
This was the first late night television program to be hosted by an African American.
The Arsenio Hall Show
This famous musician is also known as "Lady Day", was one of the greatest jazz musicians of the 20th century. She is best known for the song "God Bless the Child" and also "Strange Fruit".
Billie Holiday
He was the first African American to serve as the United States Secretary of States.
Colin Powell
This African American cultural movement that flourished in the 1920s had Harlem in New York City as its symbolic capital. It was a time of great creativity in musical, theatrical, and visual arts but was perhaps most associated with literature; it is considered the most influential period in African American literary history.
The Harlem Renaissance
Which famous boxer grew up in Prince George's County?
Sugar Ray Leonard