You Should Know
In 2013, this movement began after the acquittal of George Zimmerman and became a global call against racial injustice.
What is Black Lives Matter?
This scientist developed hundreds of new uses for peanuts and sweet potatoes.
Who is George Washington Carver?
This field of science studies chemicals, reactions, and matter, and is the field many of these pioneers worked in
What is Chemistry?
In 1947, this athlete broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier by playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
This famous neurosurgeon later became U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
Who is Ben Carson?
In 2023, this Grammy-winning artist made history by becoming the most-awarded artist in Grammy history.
Who is Beyoncé?
She was the first African American woman to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry.
Who is Marie Maynard Daly?
Marie Maynard Daly’s work helped scientists understand how diet affects this body system.
What is the cardiovascular system?
At the 1968 Olympics, these two U.S. track athletes raised their fists on the podium in a powerful Black Power salute.
Who are Tommie Smith and John Carlos?
The HeLa cell line used in medical research is named after the first two letters of this woman’s first and last name.
Who is Henrietta Lacks?
In 2023, this LSU basketball star went viral for her “You Can’t See Me” gesture during the NCAA championship game.
Who is Angel Reese?
This NASA mathematician helped calculate the flight path that sent astronauts to the moon.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
I won CIAA Women’s Basketball Player of the Year in 2025
Who is Nya Morris?
This NBA legend scored 100 points in a single game in 1962, a record that still stands today.
Who is Wilt Chamberlain?
This surgeon founded Provident Hospital in Chicago and performed one of the first successful open-heart surgeries in 1893.
Who is Daniel Hale Williams?
This 2018 Marvel film became the first superhero movie nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards.
What is Black Panther?
This chemist created important medicines from plants and helped make steroid treatments more affordable.
Who is Percy Lavon Juliano
George Washington Carver focused much of his research on helping farmers improve this type of science.
What is agricultural science?
At just 22 years old, this boxer declared “I am the greatest” after defeating Sonny Liston to become heavyweight champion in 1964.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
This “Father of the Blood Bank” developed improved techniques for storing blood plasma during World War II.
Who is Charles R. Drew?
In 2021, this Howard University graduate became the first Black and South Asian woman elected Vice President of the United States
Who is Kamala Harris?
Marie Maynard Daly’s research helped prove the connection between this fatty substance in the blood and heart disease.
What is the cholesterol?
This type of medication, produced more affordably by Percy Julian, is commonly used to reduce inflammation.
What are steroid medication?
In 1996, this WNBA star led the U.S. women’s basketball team to Olympic gold and later became a global icon for women’s sports.
Who is Lisa Leslie?
This immunologist played a major role in developing the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine and became a national advocate for vaccine equity.
Who is Kizzmekia Corbett?