Black Trailblazers
She refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, sparking the modern Civil Rights Movement.
Who is Rosa Parks?
This music genre, created in the Bronx in the 1970s, is now one of the most popular styles in the world.
What is hip-hop?
Which inventor and entrepreneur co-founded FUBU and later became an investor on Shark Tank?
Who is Daymond John?
This month-long celebration recognizes the achievements and contributions of African Americans.
What is Black History Month?
Quinta Brunson became the youngest Black woman to win an Emmy for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series for what hit show?
What is Abbott Elementary?
He was the first African American president of the United States.
Who is Barack Obama?
This “Queen of TV Talk” built a media empire and runs her own network.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
This woman’s cell line, known as HeLa cells, changed modern medicine.
Who is Henrietta Lacks?
These PwC groups help foster belonging by offering community, mentorship, and development opportunities for employees with shared identities or interests.
What are Inclusion Networks?
This NBA player is known as “King James” and became the NBA’s all-time leading scorer.
Who is LeBron James?
She became the first African American woman elected to Congress in 1968.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
This singer is known as the “Queen of Soul” and sang classics like “Respect.”
Who is Aretha Franklin?
This NASA mathematician’s calculations were critical to the success of early U.S. space missions.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
This U.S. holiday in June commemorates the end of slavery in the United States.
What is Juneteenth?
This singer became the first Black woman to headline Coachella and later released the concert film “Homecoming.”
Who is Beyoncé?
This Supreme Court Justice was the first African American on the nation’s highest court.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
This poet wrote “Still I Rise” and is one of the most celebrated literary voices of the 20th century.
Who is Maya Angelou?
She pioneered haircare products for Black women and became one of the first female self-made millionaires.
Who is Madam C. J. Walker?
This PwC value encourages us to treat everyone with respect and recognize their strengths.
What is “Care”?
This trailblazing tennis player won 23 Grand Slam singles titles.
Who is Serena Williams?
She is the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Who is Toni Morrison?
This popular museum in Washington, DC is dedicated to African American history and culture.
What is the National Museum of African American History and Culture?
This scientist is famous for his research with peanuts and for helping farmers in the American South.
Who is George Washington Carver?
This term, coined by scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw, describes how overlapping identities—such as race, gender, and class—can shape an individual’s experience and access to opportunity.
What is intersectionality?
He became the youngest EGOT winner at age 39, earning an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony.
Who is John Legend?