Civil Rights & Activism
This holiday marks the announcement of freedom to enslaved people in Galveston, Texas.
What is Juneteenth?
She won an Oscar for her role in Gone With the Wind.
Who is Hattie McDaniel?
This rap group was the first to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Who is Run-DMC?
This playwright wrote A Raisin in the Sun.
Who is Lorraine Hansberry?
This athlete broke the NBA color barrier by being drafted to the Washington Capitols in 1950.
Who is Earl Lloyd?
She is known for refusing to give up her seat.
Who is Rosa Parks?
He played Major League Baseball for the LA Dodgers in 1942.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
This Marvel film became a global, cultural phenomenon in 2018.
What is Black Panther?
She wrote I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
Who is Maya Angelou?
She is the highest rated Black talk show host.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
This amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
What is the 13th Amendment?
The first Black woman to travel to space.
Who is Mae Jemison?
This TV series, created by a singer and a comedian, is set in what is known as “Black Hollywood.”
What is Atlanta?
This female author founded the 1926 magazine Fire!! with Langston Hughes which had only one issue.
Who is Zora Neale Hurston?
He held the MLB home run record for more than three decades.
Who is Hank Aaron?
This 1963 event featured Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech.
What is the March on Washington?
The first Black woman on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Who is Ketanji Brown Jackson?
She is known as the “Queen of Soul.”
Who is Aretha Franklin?
The cultural movement in 1920s New York.
What is The Harlem Renaissance?
This legend has one 23 Grand Slam titles.
Who is Serena Williams?
This educator founded Negro History Week (which later became Black History Month) in 1926.
Who is Carter G. Woodson?
The first Black President of the United States.
Who is Barack Obama?
She became the most awarded artist in Grammy history in 2023.
Who is Beyoncé?
Nobel Peace Prize winning author of Beloved and The Bluest Eye.
This actor starred in Training Day and Malcolm X.
Who is Denzel Washington?