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From his humble beginnings as a Fantastic Four sidekick to his place as one of earth's mightiest heroes, he was the first Black superhero to appear in mainstream American comics.
Who is the Black Panther?
Nominated by Lyndon B. Johnson in 1967, he was the first Black justice to serve on the Supreme Court.
Thurgood Marshall
In 2013, an organization of the same name was formed with a mission to "eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes.”
What is Black Lives Matter?
The first National Youth Poet Laureate, she gained nationwide attention when she read “The Hill We Climb” at President Joe Biden’s inauguration.
Who is Amanda Gorman?
The year that the Civil Rights Act was passed.
What is 1964?
Also known as the “Queen of Jazz,” she was the first Black woman to win a GRAMMY award in 1958.
Who is Ella Fitzgerald?
In January 2022, the U.S. Mint revealed that she would be the newest person featured on the U.S. quarter.
Who is Maya Angelou?
It gave birth to the Black Panther Party.
What is the Black Power Movement?
In August 1988, she became the first Black model to appear on the cover of French Vogue.
Who is Naomi Campbell?
The NAACP was founded on February 12, 1909, the centennial anniversary of the birth of this US President.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
His renowned reality competition show has won 11 Emmy awards, making him the most decorated person of color in the award show's history.
Who is RuPaul?
Nine months before Rosa Parks did it, this 15-year old girl refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus and was arrested for it.
Who is Claudette Colvin?
Also known as the new New Negro Movement, it gave rise to the likes of Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
Nearly a decade after her debut novel, "The Bluest Eye," this author penned the critically acclaimed "Song of Solomon," earning her national attention as well as the 1978 National Book Critics Circle Award.
Who is Toni Morrison?
The theme of Black History Month 2022.
What is Black Health and Wellness?
In 1998, this Black singer-songwriter became the first woman to win five or more GRAMMY awards in a single night thanks to her partially self-titled solo album.
Who is Lauryn Hill?
She revolutionized the hair care industry in the early 20th century to become the country's first self-made, Black woman millionaire.
Who is Madam C.J. Walker
This protest movement was popularized by college students in the 60s, and eventually culminated in the founding of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).
What is the sit-in movement?
Maya Angelou's first memoir, and arguably her most famous and critically acclaimed.
What is "I Know Why the Cage Bird Sings"?
The year Black History Month officially recognized by the U.S.
What is 1976?
In 2001, founder Robert L. Johnson sold it to the entertainment giant Viacom for some $3 billion, making him the first Black millionaire in U.S. history.
What is Black Entertainment Television (BET)?
Before she was the first female candidate for President, she was the first Black woman elected to U.S. congress.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
A forerunner to the NAACP, W.E.B. DuBois founded this movement in part as a protest to Booker T. Washington's policy of accommodation to white society.
What is the Niagara Movement?
Best known for The Pittsburgh Cycle, a series of 10 plays written between 1982 and 2005, he is often referred to as the "theater's poet of Black America."
Who is August Wilson?
The year Jackie Robinson played his first Major League Baseball game, later going on to earn the season's Rookie of the Year title.
What is 1947?