BLACK LEADERS
Who was the first Black president of the United States?
Barack Obama
Who invented the traffic signal?
Garrett Morgan
Who was the first Black athlete to play Major League Baseball?
Jackie Robinson
Who is known as the “Queen of Soul”?
Aretha Franklin
Who was the first Black woman to serve as Vice President of the United States?
Kamala Harris
Who was a key leader of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Rosa Parks
Who was the first Black woman millionaire in the U.S.?
Madam C. J. Walker
legendary African American track-and-field athlete who famously won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games
Jesse Owens
What music genre originated in Black communities in the Bronx in the 1970s?
Hip-hop
Who is often called “The Greatest” boxer of all time?
Muhammad Ali
Who delivered the “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Who invented the refrigerated truck, helping transport food safely?
Frederick McKinley Jones
Who broke the color barrier in the NFL in 1946?
Kenny Washington
Who was the first Black actor to win an Academy Award?
Hattie McDaniel
What historically Black college or university (HBCU) is located in Florida?
Florida A&M University (FAMU)
Who was the first Black woman elected to Congress?
Shirley Chisholm
Who was the first Black woman in space?
Mae Jemison
Which NBA legend played for the Chicago Bulls and won six championships?
Michael Jordan
Which Black author wrote Beloved?
Toni Morrison
What month is recognized as Black History Month in the U.S.?
February
Who was the first Black Supreme Court Justice?
Thurgood Marshall
Who helped develop blood banks and plasma storage?
Charles Drew
Who was the first Black woman to win a Grand Slam tennis title?
Althea Gibson
What cultural movement celebrated Black art and literature in the 1920s?
Harlem Renaissance
What U.S. state has one of the largest Black populations?
Florida