Months of the Year
Often considered one of the two greatest basketball players of all time, Michael Jordan was born on the 17th of this month
What is February?
The first African-American to be elected Vice President of the United States of America
Who is Kamala Harris?
Her followers call her the "Queen B" for a reason; she holds the most Grammy Award wins of any person
Who is Beyonce?
Reggae legend Bob Marley was born in this country (at the time a colony of England) in 1945
What is Jamaica?
This agricultural scientist is known for having discovered over 100 usages for peanuts
Who is George Washington Carver?
In 1978, Earth, Wind & Fire asked their fans "Do you remember, the twenty-first night" of this month
What is September?
The first female self-made millionaire in America
Who is Madam C.J. Walker?
Released in 1982, this album is still the best-selling album of all time
What is Thriller?
This prominent general was one of the most well-respected in all of Haiti, although he died one year before the revolution was complete on January 1, 1804
Who is Toussaint Loverture?
This woman, with her husband, invented the basis for the modern-day home security system
Who is Marie Van Brittan Brown?
In 1968, leaders of the civil rights movement organized a protest of over 200,000 called the "___" on Washington to fight for better job opportunities and equal treatment under the law
What is the March?
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee - some have called this former heavyweight boxing champion the first rapper
Who is Muhammad Ali?
This rapper broke the record for most Grammy awards in one night by a female artist for her album exploring her own "miseducation"
Who is Lauryn Hill?
Though he never actually visited the continent, this pan-Africanist was a driving force in the 'Back-to-Africa' movement and declared himself the "Provisional President of Africa"
Who is Marcus Garvey?
This famous contemporary science commentator has appeared on many talk shows, tv shows, and podcasts; in 2014, he hosted the television series Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey
Who is Neil deGrasse Tyson?
The newest United States federal holiday - celebrating the emancipation of American slaves - is observed in this month
What is June?
This was the first Black woman to travel to space
Who is Mae Jemison?
When this Chicago rapper told future US president Barack Obama about his plans to be a rapper, Obama responded "word"
Who is Chance the Rapper?
This Antilles nation was formerly a Spanish colony and makes up half of the Hispaniola island
What is the Dominican Republic?
He is known as an African-American inventor who both invented automatic elevator doors and created an insurance company
Who is Alexander Miles?
In Haitian rapper Wyclef Jean's 1997 single, he said he would be gone until this month
What is November?
He was responsible for leading the largest mass conversion of people to Islam in American history in 1975
Who is Imam Warith Deen Muhammad?
This American singer pioneered new forms of music and made them popular throughout all of the states - but he always kept Georgia, in particular, on his mind
Who is Ray Charles?
This was the first modern country to (legally) permanently abolish slavery in 1804
What is Haiti?
This woman had her cells used and preserved without her consent and made into the first immortalized human cell line (HeLa)
Who is Henrietta Lacks?