Musicians
This African American artist is the most awarded Grammy winner of all time.
Who is Beyoncé?
This comedian and actor starred in The Nutty Professor and Coming to America.
Who is Eddie Murphy?
This South African anti-apartheid revolutionary became the country’s first Black president in 1994.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
This scholar co-founded the NAACP and wrote The Souls of Black Folk.
Who is W. E. B. Du Bois?
This Jamaican sprinter holds the world record in the 100m and 200m.
Who is Usain Bolt?
This “Queen of Soul” became the first woman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Who is Aretha Franklin?
This Kenyan-Mexican actress won an Academy Award for 12 Years a Slave.
Who is Lupita Nyong'o?
This abolitionist published The North Star newspaper.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
This Haitian revolutionary leader helped lead the only successful slave revolt in history.
Who is Toussaint Louverture?
This Haitian-Japanese player won the U.S. Open in 2018, defeating Serena Williams in the final.
Who is Naomi Osaka?
This Jamaican reggae legend popularized songs like “No Woman, No Cry” and “One Love.”
Who is Bob Marley?
This filmmaker directed Do the Right Thing and Malcolm X.
Who is Spike Lee?
This co-founder of the Black Panther Party worked alongside Huey P. Newton in Oakland.
Who is Bobby Seale?
This first Black woman elected to the U.S. Congress declared she was “unbought and unbossed.”
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
This Nigerian-born Milwaukee Bucks star is nicknamed the “Greek Freak.”
Who is Giannis Antetokounmpo?
This Senegalese-American singer collaborated with Michael Jackson on “Hold My Hand.”
Who is Akon?
This director became the first Black person to win the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
Who is Jordan Peele?
This Pan-Africanist organized the Universal Negro Improvement Association in the early 20th century.
Who is Marcus Garvey?
This Nigerian novelist wrote Things Fall Apart.
Who is Chinua Achebe?
This French striker scored a hat trick in the 2022 World Cup final.
Who is Kylian Mbappé?
This classical composer and pianist from Saint-Georges, Guadeloupe, was known as the “Black Mozart” in 18th-century France.
Who is Joseph Bologne?
This Oscar-winning actor portrayed Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland.
Who is Forest Whitaker?
This Black feminist scholar coined the term “intersectionality” in 1989.
Who is Kimberlé Crenshaw?
This scholar from Timbuktu was a renowned 16th-century historian and author of Tarikh al-Sudan.
Who is Ahmad Baba?
This Liberian soccer star later became President of Liberia.
Who is George Weah?