Education
This 6-year-old became the first Black child to integrate an all-white elementary school in New Orleans.
Who is Ruby Bridges?
What music genre, characterized by its use of turntables and sampling, was founded in Black American communities in the Bronx, New York, in the 1970s?
What is Hip Hop
Who's autobiography was titled " By Any Means Necessary? "
Who is Malcolm X?
The inventor of peanut butter.
Who is George Washington Carver?
First Black President of the United States
Who is Barack Obama?
This gymnast became the first Black woman to win Olympic all-around gold in 2012.
Who is Gabby Douglas?
This Supreme Court case allowed segregation before being overturned in 1954.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
This “King of Pop” released Thriller, the best-selling album of all time.
Who is Michael Jackson?
When did Martin Luther King Jr. give his “I Have A Dream Speech”
Sept. 9, 1965
This black hair entrepreneur invented the hot comb.
Who is Madame CJ Walker?
This woman became the first Black woman elected to the U.S. Congress in 1968.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
The first African American to play in the MLB.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
This court case ended legal segregation in public schools
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
The first African American actress to win an Academy Award for best actress.
Who is Halle Berry?
What group of Black pilots became legendary for their success in World War II?
The Tuskegee Airmen.
This early 1900s Black business district in Tulsa became a symbol of Black wealth.
What is Black Wall Street (Greenwood)?
This abolitionist and diplomat served as U.S. minister to Haiti.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
This boxer known as “The Greatest” won the heavyweight title three times.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
These schools were established after the Civil War to educate formerly enslaved people.
What are Freedmen’s Schools?
Who is often referred to as the “Queen of Soul” and is known for hits like “Respect” and “Natural Woman”?
Aretha Franklin
These nine students integrated Central High School in Arkansas in 1957.
Who are the Little Rock Nine?
This annual BET event highlights Black excellence in film and television.
What are the BET Awards / BET Honors?
First African American to hold a seat on the Surpreme Court.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
This golfer became the first Black man to win the Masters in 1997.
Who is Tiger Woods?
This educator founded the National Council of Negro Women and a school for Black girls.
Who is Mary McLeod Bethune?
This jazz pianist and bandleader was a key figure of the Harlem Renaissance and played at the Cotton Club.
Who is Duke Ellington?
What activist declared, “If there is no struggle, there is no progress,” in his 1857 speech on abolition and self-determination?
Frederick Douglass
This BET co-founder became the first Black female billionaire in the U.S.
Who is Sheila Johnson?
This woman became the first Black woman elected to the U.S. Congress in 1968.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
He won four gold medals in the 1936 Olympics held in Berlin, Germany.
Who is Jesse Owens?