Music History
The Queen of all Queens that sings "Crazy in Love"
Who is Beyonce?
The first black MVP in the MLB in 1949, and the first African American Hall of Famer
Who is Jackie Robinson?
The first Black President in the United States
Who is President Barack Obama?
In 1964 an Act is signed, prohibiting discrimination of all kinds.
What is the Civil Rights Act?
Freed slaves in the South in 1863, it wasn't enforced in many places until after the end of the Civil War two years later
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This artist music video for "Billie Jean" was the first music video by a Black artist to appear on MTV
She became the first African American woman to win a Grand Slam singles title in the Open Era
Who is Serena Williams?
Led a number of peaceful protests as well as the famous March on Washington in 1963
Who was Martin Luther King Jr.?
In 1954 a case strikes down segregation as unconstitutional
What was Brown v. Board of Education?
The first Black Female pilot
Who was Bessie Coleman?
This artist became the first artist ever to have an album at number one on the billboard 200 while serving a prison sentence.
Who is Tupac Shakur?
The first man to win the heavyweight title three times
Who is Muhammad Ali?
She led hundreds of enslaved people to freedom along the route of the Underground Railroad
Who was Harriet Tubman?
This Amendment was ratified in 1870 giving African Americans the right to vote
What is the 15th Amendment?
The first African American actress to win Oscar
Who was Hattie McDaniel?
The Queen of Soul in the mid 1960s
Who is Aretha Franklin?
First Black Gymnast to Win Individual All-Around Champion
Who is Gabby Douglas?
A civil rights activist who refused to surrender her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama
Who was Rosa Parks?
This group was founded in 1909
What is the NAACP?
One of the most prominent black poets of the Harlem Renaissance. Most known for this poem "The Negro Speaks of Rivers"
Who was Langston Hughes?
The first Black artist to win a Grammy
Who is Ella Fitzgerald?
He was the first American track and field athlete to win four gold medals at a single Olympic Games
Who was Jesse Owens?
The first African American female astronaut. In 1992, she flew into space aboard the Endeavour, becoming the first African American woman in space
Who is Mae C. Jemison?
In 1967 he became the first African American to be confirmed as a Supreme Court justice.
Who was Thurgood Marshall?
Became the first African American Female Billionaire
Who is Oprah Winfrey?