Sports
This NBA legend is widely considered the greatest basketball player of all time and won six championships with the Chicago Bulls.
Michael Jordan
This “King of Pop” released the best-selling album Thriller in 1982.
Michael Jackson
This month is celebrated annually in the U.S. to honor Black history and achievements.
Black History Month
This 90s sitcom starred Will Smith as a teenager who moves to Bel-Air.
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
This athlete broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier in 1947 while playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Jackie Robinson
This “Single Ladies” singer is one of the most awarded artists in Grammy history.
Beyonce
This woman refused to give up her seat on a bus in 1955, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Rosa Parks
This Marvel film introduced audiences to Wakanda and became a cultural phenomenon in 2018.
Black Panther
This popular dance move from the early 2010s involves leaning back and “teaching” others how to dance.
Dougie
(DOUBLE JEOPARDY)This track and field star won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, disproving Nazi claims of racial superiority.
Jesse Owens
This rapper released the 2015 album To Pimp a Butterfly, widely considered one of the greatest hip-hop albums ever.
Kendrick Lamar
This historically Black university in Washington, D.C. is often called “The Mecca.”
Howard University
This 1995 movie features the iconic line “Bye, Felicia.”
Friday
This quarterback became the first Black QB to win a Super Bowl in 1988 with Washington.
Doug Williams
This musician known as “The Purple One” starred in and released the soundtrack for Purple Rain.
Prince
These nine Black students integrated Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957.
The Little Rock Nine
This actor played the title role in Training Day and won an Oscar for his performance.
Denzel Washington
This Olympic sprinter became the first American woman to win the 100m, 200m, and 4×100 relay in the same Olympics (1988).
Florence Griffith-Joyner
This rapper and producer founded Aftermath Entertainment and discovered Eminem and 50 Cent.
Dr. Dre
This civil rights activist refused induction into the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War.
Muhammad Ali
This 2017 film won the Academy Award for Best Picture and tells the story of a young Black man growing up in Miami.
Moonlight