Black Politics
First African American President of United States.
Barack Obama
This movie starred The late Chadwick Boseman and was Marvel's First majority African American cast.
Black Panther
An event where 200,000 people banned together for a peaceful march to push civil rights legislation. Martin Luther King also gave his “I have a dream” speech at this event.
March on Washington
What song is widely known as the Black national anthem?
Lift Every Voice and Sing
The first African American to play major league baseball.
Jackie Robinson
the First woman of African or Asian descent to become vice president.
Kamila Harris
This current female artist won the most Grammys in a night ever in 2010 and this Queen is from Texas.
Beyonce Knowles
State and local statutes that legalized racial segregation.
Jim Crow Laws
The African American female artist trained as a classical piano player who began creating music regarding racial injustice and black pride later in her career.
Nina Simone
The first black gymnast to win an individual all-around champion competition.
Gabby Douglas
The first African American female US representative. Also ran for President.
Shirley Chisholm
The founder of Motown Records and signed artists such as Temptations & Aretha franklin.
Berry Gordy
The court case that ended the racial segregation of children in public schools.
Brown vs. Board of Education
The title of Kendrick Lamar’s album that incorporated genres of spoken word, jazz, funk, rap, and soul while addressing black self-love and racial injustices we face in America.
To Pimp a Butterfly
The first African American basketball player in the NBA?
Charles Henry”Chuck” Cooper
What Famous speech given by an African American figure is actually believed to have been improvised by the speaker?
I have a dream MLK jr.
He founded BET and become the first African American male billionaire.
Robert Johnson
On March 7 1965 a peaceful protest turned violent when police and state armed forces attacked unarmed African American protesters for the death of Jimmie Lee Jackson by a white cop. What is the name of this event?
Bloody Sunday
The decade that the Sugarhill Gang released the “first” rap song Rapper’s Delight.
1970s
The first black women to participate in the Olympics.
Louise Stokes and Tidye Pickett.
The famous US government document was Thurgood Marshall forced to memorize as punishment growing up.
The U.S. constitution
this famous female singer was known for her songs “Strange Fruit” and Summertime in the 1940s. Hulu is also coming out with a film documentary about her...
Billie Holiday
The 15-year-old that refused to give up her seat nine months before Rosa Parks.
Claudette Colvin
The most common and well-known negro spiritual.
Sometimes I Feel Like
The first black woman to win the figure skating title in the year...
Debi Thomas in 1986