Black History Trailblazers
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
Who was the first Black woman elected Vice President of the U.S.?
Kamala Harris
This proclamation declared enslaved people free in Confederate states.
The Emancipation Proclamation
She refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in 1955
Rosa Parks
This Missouri city is known for its deep roots in blues music and is the hometown of Chuck Berry
What is St. Louis?
This tennis legend has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles.
Serena Williams
This inventor created an improved traffic signal and gas mask.
Garrett Morgan
The Montgomery Bus Boycott lasted how many days?
381 days
This civil rights leader delivered the “I Have a Dream” speech
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
This global superstar released the albums Lemonade and Renaissance and headlined Coachella in 2018
Who is Beyoncé?
This Los Angeles Lakers legend won five NBA championships and was nicknamed the “Black Mamba.”
Who is Kobe Bryant
She was the first Black woman astronaut in space
Mae Jemison
This 1964 law outlawed segregation and discrimination
The Civil Rights Act
He was the first Black Supreme Court Justice
Thurgood Marshall
This singer asked the question "What's Love Got To Do with it?" four times in her 1984 hit song.
Tina Turner
He was known as “The Greatest” and changed boxing forever.
Muhammad Ali
She was the first African American actress to win an Academy Award for Best Actress.
Who is Halle Berry
This march took place in 1963 and featured MLK’s famous speech.
The March on Washington
She was the first Black woman to run for President of the United States
Shirley Chisholm
She became the first Black woman to headline Coachella in 2018
Beyoncé
She became the first Black woman to win Olympic gold in gymnastics all-around
Simone Biles
She was the first Black woman to win a Nobel Prize
Toni Morrison
This Supreme Court case ended legal segregation in public schools.
Brown v. Board of Education