Athletes
Led Chicago Bulls to 6 championships
Michael Jordan
This leader delivered the famous “I Have a Dream” speech during the 1963 March on Washington.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Known as the “Queen of Soul,” she sang “Respect.”
Aretha Franklin
This month is celebrated each year to honor Black history and achievements.
February
This actor starred as T’Challa in Black Panther.
Chadwick Boseman
This tennis superstar has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles, the most in the Open Era.
Serena Williams
This woman refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama, sparking a major bus boycott.
Rosa Parks
This pop superstar from Houston released the album Lemonade in 2016.
Beyonce
This holiday honors the end of slavery in the United States and is celebrated on June 19.
Juneteenth
This actress starred in Hidden Figures and Empire and was nominated for an Oscar for her role in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
Taraji P. Henson
In 1947, this baseball player broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Jackie Robinson
This activist and minister promoted Black empowerment and was a leader in the Nation of Islam before his assassination in 1965.
Malcolm X
This “King of Pop” is known for songs like “Thriller” and “Billie Jean.”
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This first Black President of the United States was elected in 2008.
Barack Obama
This actor starred in Training Day and Remember the Titans.
Denzel Washington
Known for saying “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee,” this boxer became a three-time heavyweight champion.
Muhammad Ali
This former U.S. Senator from California made history in 2021 by becoming the first Black woman and first South Asian woman elected Vice President of the United States.
Kamala Harris
This rapper and entrepreneur founded Roc-A-Fella Records and is married to Beyoncé.
Jay-Z
This historically Black university in Atlanta is known for graduating Martin Luther King Jr.
Morehouse College
This comedian and actor starred in Coming to America and Beverly Hills Cop.
Eddie Murphy
This NFL quarterback led the Baltimore Ravens to a Super Bowl victory in 2013 and later became the first unanimous MVP in NFL history in 2019.
Lamar Jackson
This NAACP leader and attorney argued and won the landmark Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education.
Thurgood Marshall
This Detroit singer and songwriter is known for hits like “Superstition” and “Isn’t She Lovely.”
Stevie Wonder
This woman became the first Black Supreme Court Justice in U.S. history in 2022.
Kentaji Brown Jackson
This actor became the first Black man to win the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Lilies of the Field.
Sidney Poitier