BLACK LEADERS & THINKERS
He gave the famous “I Have a Dream” speech.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
This boycott began after Rosa Parks was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama.
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
She refused to give up her seat on a bus in 1955.
Who is Rosa Parks?
When was the NAACP founded?
Feburary 12th, 1909
This TV show is a spin-off of Black-ish and follows students at a fictional HBCU called CalU.
What is Grown-ish?
He wrote The Souls of Black Folk.
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?
This 1963 march took place in Washington, D.C.
What is the March on Washington?
She helped enslaved people escape through the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
ONLY Cathlic HBCU ?
What is Xavier University of Lousiana
This Atlanta-based TV show blends comedy, social commentary, and surreal storytelling and was created by Donald Glover.
What is Atlanta?
He believed Black people should defend themselves “by any means necessary.”
Who is Malcolm X?
This Supreme Court case ended legal segregation in public schools.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
She founded the National Council of Negro Women.
Who is Mary McLeod Bethune?
This is the oldest HBCU in the United States, founded in 1837.
What is Cheyney University?
This famous Movie director creater productions such as Black Panther & Sinner
Ryan Coogler
She created the idea of “intersectionality,” explaining how race and gender overlap.
Who is Kimberlé Crenshaw?
This 1964 law made segregation in public places illegal.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
She wrote Still I Rise.
Who is Maya Angelou?
This NAACP lawyer argued Brown v. Board of Education and became the first Black Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
This 1997 film starring Janet Jackson, Tupac, and Regina King centered Black love and justice.
What is Poetic Justice?
He described racism, poverty, and war as the “triple evils” in his later work.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
This organization provided armed protection for Black communities and free breakfast programs.
What is the Black Panther Party?
She was a civil rights activist who later became a professor and prison abolition scholar.
Who is Angela Davis?
This HBCU president helped create the UNCF and said, “A mind is a terrible thing to waste.”
Who is Frederick D. Patterson?
This film director created Get Out, Us, and Nope, blending horror with Black social commentary.
Who is Jordan Peele?