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This movie is about three brilliant African-American women at NASA -- Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson.
What is Hidden Figures?
Refusing to stand up during the National Anthem on the football field in 2016, this man has been consistently fighting for racial justice both on the field and through his media presence. In 2020 as black and Latino communities were affected, his nonprofit Know Your Rights committed $1 million to fund the release of incarcerated people who were vulnerable to the coronavirus and unable to afford bail.
Who is Colin Kaepernick?
One of his songs became the unofficial anthem to the BLM movement, and he has made multiple albums that criticize both racism towards but also harmful aspects of black communities.
Who is Kendrick Lamar?
He won four gold medals in the 1936 Olympic Games held in Berlin, Germany
Who is Jesse Owen’s
This group of five young men who were wrongly accused in 1989 of raping a jogger, and had a series made about them called “When They See Us”
Who are the Central Park Five?
The first black woman appointed to the Supreme Court (2021).
Kentaji Brown Jackson
Her album Alligator Biters Never Heal just won Best Rap Album at the Grammy’s making her the third women to win this category.
Who is Doechii?
He was the first black player in the MLB
Who was Jackie Robinson
This civil rights and gay liberation activist was also a speaker and influential writer alive from 1925 to 1987. He was close friends with Maya Angelou, MLK Jr, Malcolm X, and Nina Simone. Many of his works were adapted into movies likes “I am Not You Negro” and “If Beale Street Could Talk”
Who is James Baldwin?
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis slid a new law in 2020 requiring people with felony convictions to satisfy all fines and fees related to their charges before their voting rights were restored. The move kept key residents disenfranchised and unable to cast a ballot in that year's upcoming election, when Black votes would absolutely matter. This Los Angeles Lakers superstar responded by launching More Than a Vote, a voting rights group that includes other NBA and WNBA superstars, like Draymond Green and Skylar Diggins-Smith, and works to help formerly incarcerated people get financially cleared, increase African-American voter education and turnout, and convert NBA arenas into mega polling sites on Nov. 3
Who is LeBron James?
Arguably the great musician of all time, this world famous artist was dubbed “The King of Pop”
Who is Michael Jackson
At one point widely regarded as the best female tennis player in the world
Who is Serena Williams
These women won the congressional gold medal (2021) for their outstanding service in sorting millions of letters for delivery to U.S. soldiers in the European Theatre in record time. These women worked basically all day and night and because of segregation had to run their own facilities.
What is the 6888th Battalion?
This actress starred in the famous series “Pose” as Candy. She also hosted The 2020 Presidential Candidate Forum on LGBTQ Issues, making her the first openly transgender person to host an American presidential forum.
Who is Angelica Ross?
This influential singer produced songs that highlighted the problems in the black community in songs like “Strange Fruit” and ”I put a spell on you”
Who is Nina Simone?
This gymnast became the most decorated in American history with 32 Olympic and world championship medals
Who is Simone Biles
He was an American civil rights lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1967 until 1991. Prior to his judicial service, he was an attorney who fought for civil rights, leading the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. He was a prominent figure in the movement to end racial segregation in American public schools. He won 29 of the 32 civil rights cases he argued before the Supreme Court, culminating in the Court's landmark 1954 decision in Brown v. Board of Education.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
African-American poet and civil rights activist who famously wrote “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings”
Who is Maya Angelou
Born in New Orleans in 1904, this Black artist most famously sang “What a wonderful world”.
Who is Louis Armstrong
He was the first African American to win the Golf Master‘s tournament
Who is Tiger Woods