civil rights movement
This activist delivered the famous “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Who was the first Black president of the United States?
Barack Obama
Who is known as the “Queen of Soul”?
Aretha Franklin
Who broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier?
Jackie Robinson
What does HBCU stand for?
Historically Black Colleges and Universities
What Supreme Court case ended school segregation in 1954?
Brown v. Board of Education
Who was the first Black woman in space?
Mae Jemison
who directed Do the Right Thing?
Spike Lee
Who has won 23 Grand Slam tennis titles?
Serena Williams
What cultural movement celebrated Black art in the 1920s?
The Harlem Renaissance
Who refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus?
Rosa Parks
Who was the first Black U.S. Supreme Court justice?
Thurgood Marshall
Who wrote I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings?
Maya Angelou
Who said, “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee”?
Muhammad Ali
What month is Black History Month celebrated in the U.S.?
February
What organization helped lead the Selma to Montgomery marches?
SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee)
Who was the first Black woman to win a Nobel Prize?
Toni Morrison
Which rapper won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2018?
Kendrick Lamar
Who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics?
Jesse Owens
Which HBCU is located in Washington, D.C.?
Which HBCU is located in Washington, D.C.?
What 1964 law banned racial discrimination?
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
Who was the first Black woman to own a major business empire?
Madam C. J. Walker
Who was the first Black person to win an Academy Award?
Hattie McDaniel
Who was the first Black woman to coach in the NBA?
Becky Hammon
What tradition includes stepping and call-and-response?
Black Greek life / stepping culture