Civil Rights Icons
This leader delivered the "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr?
Black History Month is celebrated during this month each year in the United States.
What is February?
He became the first Black president of the United States in 2008.
Who is Barack Obama?
This actress became Disney's first live action Black princess in 2023.
Who is Halle Bailey?
This scientist is often associated with peanut research and agricultural innovation.
Who is George Washington Carver?
She refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in 1955.
Who is Rosa Parks?
This amendment officially abolished slavery in the United States.
What is the 13th Amendment?
He broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball in 1947.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
This rapper became the first hip-hop billionaire.
Who is Jay-Z?
This boxer was known as "The Greatest" and later lit the Olympic torch in 1996.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
This abolitionist led enslaved people to freedom through the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
This 1963 event in Washington, D.C., is where Dr. King gave his most famous speech.
What is the March on Washington?
She became the first Black women elected Vice President of the United States.
Who is Kamala Harris?
Who is Beyonce?
This Supreme Court case ruled that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
At six years old, she integrated an all-white elementary school in New Orleans.
Who is Ruby Bridges?
Slavery officially ended in the United States in this year.
What is 1865?
He became the first Black billionaire athlete in American history.
Who is Michael Jordan?
This actor was the first Black superhero to headline a Marvel film in 2018.
Who is Chadwick Boseman?
This amendment granted Black men the right to vote after the Civil War.
What is the 15th Amendment?
This civil rights leader was assassinated in 1965 after becoming a prominent voice for Black empowerment.
Who is Malcolm X?
This executive order declared enslaved people in Confederate states to be free.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
He was the first Black Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
This NBA legend won six championships with the Chicago Bulls and is widely considered the greatest basketball player of all time?
Who is Michael Jordan?
This 1977 miniseries about slavery became one of the most watched TV events in U.S. history.
What is Roots?