Literature
Boston Black History
Arts and Sciences
Civil Rights
Ath-Leaders
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This prolific author wrote more than a hundred works of literature, including Monster and Fallen Angels.
100
This educator was the first Black President of the Boston School Committee.
Who is John D. O'Bryant?
100
This influential journalist was the first Black woman to anchor a local television news show in Nashville, TN. She went on to build a global media empire that includes television, film, and publishing with an estimated personal net worth of $2.6 billion.
100
The brutal murder of this 14 year-old Chicago boy while he visited his family in Mississippi helped spark the modern Civil Rights Movement.
Who was Emmett Till?
100
This "greatest" professional boxer was banned from the sport for 3 1/2 years for conscientiously objecting to the Vietnam War. He went on to fight not only in the ring but for civil rights.
200
A poet whose world-wide stage includes number 46 and number LV.
Who is Amanda Gorman?
200
This founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and leader of the August 1963 March on Washington earned his Ph.D. from Boston University.
Who is the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?
200
This mathematician could calculate the orbital trajectories of objects in space, helping NASA launch crewed spaceflights. President Obama awarded her the National Medal of Freedom in 2015.
200
As Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, this 17-term U.S. Representative urged activists seeking change to get into "good trouble."
Who was John Lewis?
200
His number, 42, is or will be retired at all Major League Baseball parks, commemorating this barrier-breaking athlete's achievements.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
300
This “beloved” writer was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature, the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
300
From 1962-64, this “First Lady of Roxbury” served as the president of the Boston branch of the NAACP. Her activism helped "pave the way" for school desegregation in Boston.
300
The first panel of this painter's series, The Great Migration (1941), appears below:
300
This influential civil rights leader lived for periods of his life at 27 Dale Street in Roxbury. Today, he is honored with a boulevard bearing his name which runs through the same neighborhood.
300
This basketball star's off-court teamwork includes philanthropic activities such as founding a school and community center in his home town of Akron, OH, and donating $2.5 million for the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.
Who is LeBron James?
400
The author of the 1974 novel on which this film is based, was a prolific essayist and major intellectual whose influence is felt today.
Who is James Baldwin?
400
This revolutionary and abolitionist who fought for the education of Boston's Black children, also founded Boston's African Mason Lodge in 1775, establishing Black Freemasonry.
Who is Prince Hall?400
Nicknamed, "Queen Bey," this singer, songwriter, producer and actor is an icon of American culture, and one of the highest paid celebrities.
Who is Beyoncé Knowles?
400
This politician was the first Black woman elected to the U.S Congress, where she represented New York's 12th Congressional District for 7 terms. She fought for racial and economic justice, and in 1972 she ran for President with the slogan "unbossed and unbought."
Who was Shirley Chisholm?
400
This tennis champion has won 23 Grand Slam (major) titles, and ranks number one in prize earnings.
Who is Serena Williams?
seen here working out with daughter Olympia
500
With a building at UMass Boston named in her honor, this enslaved woman published Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, in 1773.
Who is Phillis Wheatley?
500
This scholar, businessman and abolitionist represented Boston in the Massachusetts State Legislature from 1872-1873.
500
This actor portrayed many Black icons on film, starring as Jackie Robinson in 42, James Brown in Get on Up, and T'Challa in The Black Panther.
Who is Chadwick Boseman?
500
This unanimous (9-0) Supreme Court decision (1954) handed down on May 17, 1954, stated that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal", and therefore violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
What is Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_v._Board_of_Education
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She is the only NCAA basketball player to score 2,000 points and block 500 shots. Today, she plays center for the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA.
Who is Brittney Griner?
