Civil Rights Leader
He was the first African American president of the United States
Who is Barack Obama?
This is the month Black History Month is celebrated in the U.S.?
What is February?
She is known as the "Queen of Soul!"
Who is Aretha Franklin?
She was the first African American woman to fly into space.
Who is Mae Jemison?
He broke Major League Baseball's color barrier.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
He is best known for the "I Have a Dream" speech.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr?
This was the year was slavery abolished in the United States.
What is 1865?
This music genre originated in Black American communities in New Orleans.
What is Jazz?
He was the first Black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
This boxer was known as "The Greatest".
Who is Muhammad Ali?
He was a civil rights leader who advocated for Black empowerment and self-defense.
Who is Malcolm X?
This amendment abolished slavery.
What is the 13th Amendment?
She wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God
Who is Zora Neale Hurston?
She was the first African American woman elected to Congress.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
She is the most decorated Black Olympian.
Who is Simone Biles?
He was the NAACP lawyer who argued Brown v. Board of Education?
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
This was the movement of African Americans from the South to the North for better opportunities
What was the Great Migration?
She was the first black woman artist to headline Coachella.
Who is Beyonce?
She was the first Black woman to win an Academy Award.
Who is Hattie McDaniel?
These tennis sisters changed age sport and won multiple Grand Slams.
Who is Serena and Venus Williams?
He organized the Montgomery Bus Boycott after Rosa Parks' arrest.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
He founded Black History Week, which later becomes Black History Month.
Who is Carter G. Woodson?
This cultural movement celebrated Black art, literature, and music in the 1920s
What is The Harlem Renaissance?
He was the first African American to earn a PhD from Harvard University.
Who is W.E.B. Bois?
He was the first Black head coach to win a Super Bowl.
Who is Tony Dungy?