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This court case ended legal segregation in public schools
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This music genre, founded in Black communities in the Bronx in the 1970s, is known for DJing, MCing, and breakdancing.
What is Hip Hop?
He broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier in 1947.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
He became the first African American president of the United States in 2009.
Who is Barak Obama?
This is the celebrated conductor of the Underground Railroad, a network of safe houses and secret routes that helped enslaved people escape to freedom.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
After the murder of George Floyd, this activist group led a worldwide protest of police brutality toward Black people.
Who is Black Lives Matter?
This company was the first Black-owned company to be traded on the New York Stock Exchange.
1. Telfar Clothing
2. BET (Black Entertainment Television)
3. Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN)
What is BET (Black Entertainment Television)?
She became the first Black woman to headline Coachella
Who is Beyoncé?
He is widely considered the greatest basketball player of all time, winning six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls.
Who is Michael Jordan?
This black hair entrepreneur invented the hot comb.
Who is Madame CJ Walker?
The ideas of this 1960s civil rights activist clashed with Dr. MLK Jr.'s philosophy of peaceful protest. His autobiography was titled "By Any Means Necessary."
Who is Malcolm X?
What group of Black pilots became legendary for their success in World War II?
Who are the Tuskegee Airmen?
In this year, Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I Have A Dream Speech"
What is 1963?
This performer was often referred to as the “Queen of Soul” and is known for hits like “Respect” and “Natural Woman."
Who is Aretha Franklin?
He won four gold medals in the 1936 Olympics held in Berlin, Germany.
Who is Jesse Owens?
First African American to hold a seat on the Supreme Court.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
The first black woman to own a TV studio.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
This activist declared, “If there is no struggle, there is no progress,” in his 1857 speech on abolition and self-determination.
Who was Frederick Douglass?
What day was Juneteenth started? INCLUDE YEAR
June 19, 1865
This Grammy‑winning rapper and singer from Tampa, Florida, whose real name is Jaylah Ji’mya Hickmon, rose to fame after viral TikTok hits and won Best Rap Album for Alligator Bites Never Heal.
Who is Doechii?
This gymnast became the most decorated American gymnast in history, with 32 Olympic and World Championship medals.
Who is Simone Biles?
The first African American actress to win an Academy Award for best actress.
Who is Halle Berry?
The first Black female writer to win a Nobel Peace Prize.
Who is Toni Morrison?
What does NAACP stand for?
What is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People?
What is the Anti-Lynching Law?
This R&B legend was killed by his father over a dispute about money.
Who is Marvin Gaye?
This boxer famously declared, “I am the greatest,” and became a global icon for sports and activism.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
The light bulb itself was perfected by Thomas Edison, but the innovation used to create longer-lasting light bulbs with a carbon filament came from this African American inventor in 1881. This made light bulbs more efficient and accessible.
Who is Lewis Latimer?
Who is the first African American woman Supreme Court Justice?
Who is Ketanji Brown Jackson?