Notables
The first Black President of the United States of America.
Who is Barack Obama?
This man had a dream that one day all people will be equal.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
She sings the most popular holiday recording of all time, "All I Want for Christmas is You".
Who is Mariah Carey?
The inventor known as the Peanut Man.
Who is George Washington Carver?
This civil rights organization is represented by the acronym NAACP.
What is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People?
In 1955, this woman refused to give her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama.
Who is Rosa Parks?
The Emancipation Proclamation was signed in this year.
What is 1863?
This actor played T’Challa in the film Black Panther.
Who was Chadwick Boseman?
A mathematician and scientist, she was the main character in the 2016 film Hidden Figures.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
The first Black Vice-President of the United States.
Who is Kamala Harris?
The first Black woman to become a billionaire.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
This national holiday celebrates the end of slavery in the United States after the Civil War.
What is Juneteenth?
This music artist has won the most Grammys (32 total).
Who is Beyonce?
This American astrophysicist, author, and science communicator hosted the television show, Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey and currently hosts the podcast, Startalk.
Who is Neil deGrasse Tyson?
The first Black sisters to win Wimbledon.
Who are Serena and Venus Williams?
The first Black major league baseball player.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
This Constitutional Amendment granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to Black people.
What is the 14th amendment?
Known for his signature moonwalk, he is the King of Pop.
Who is Michael Jackson?
The first Black woman astronaut to go into space.
Who is Mae C. Jemison?
The first Black man to win the Masters golf tournament.
Who is Tiger Woods?
The greatest female gymnast of all time.
Who is Simone Biles?
This court case ended legal segregation in public schools.
What is Brown vs. Board of Education?
The first Black woman to win a leading actress Oscar.
Who is Halle Berry?
He performed the first open heart surgery in 1893.
Who is Daniel Hale Williams?
The four colors that represent Black History Month.
What are black, red, yellow and green?