Sports
The greatest American Boxer who "Floats like a Butterfly and stings like a bee"
Mohammed Ali
1st Rap duo to win a Grammy award in 1989
Dj Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince
The time is always right to do what is right
Martin Luther King Jr
This transgender woman started the gay liberation movement in 1969
Marsha P. Johnson
She was the first African American astronaut
Dr. Mae Jemison
This Hartford High graduate played for the NY Knicks
Marcus Camby
Her smooth sound has classified her as the "Queen of Soul"
Aretha Franklin
Bringing my gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise I rise I rise.
Maya Angelou
What was the name of the organization founded by Martin Luther King Jr
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Black History Month began in 1926 as
Negro History Week
She has won 23 Grand Slams and shares 4 Olympic medals with her sister
Serena Williams
Murder Inc labeled her as the "Princess of R&B"
Ashanti
Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating, its just plain WRONG!
Mohammad Ali
She was the Co-Founder and Vice-chair of the Freedom Democratic Party
Fannie Lou Hamer
"ER" star and "Coming to America" actor graduated from Weaver High School
Eric LaSalle
First African American gymnast to win the all-around gold medal in gymnastics
Gabrielle Douglas
1st African American to win a Grammy in 1939
Ella Fitzgerald
I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American History
Morgan Freeman
On Sept. 3rd, 1957, this group of black students arrived at Central High School to begin classes but were instead met by the Arkansas National Guard and a screaming, threatening mob.
Little Rock Nine
The voice of Princess Tiana was a graduate of Bloomfield High School
Anika Noni Rose
This NFL athlete who demonstrated his activism on the field by kneeling during the national anthem
Colin Kaepernick
As a Resident of Danbury, Connecticut, she was the 1st black person to perform with the Metropolitan Opera
Marian Anderson
I never run my train off track and never lost a passenger.
Harriet Tubman
In 1954 the civil rights movement gained momentum when the United States Supreme Court made segregation illegal in public schools in this case
Brown vs Board of Education
He was the Creator of the cartoon "Fat Albert".
Bill Cosby