Foundations & Firsts
The cultural movement celebrating Black art and literature in the 1920s
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
The 1963 event where Dr. King delivered his famous dream speech.
What is the March on Washington?
Colleges and universities founded to educate Black students.
What are HBCUs?
The Marvel film celebrating Afro-futurism.
What is Black Panther?
The first Black woman Vice President of the U.S.
Who is Kamala Harris?
The historian known as the Father of Black History.
Who is Carter G. Woodson?
The protest sparked by Rosa Parks’ arrest in 1955.
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
The belief that education leads to liberation.
What is freedom through knowledge?
The first Black actor to win Best Actor at the Oscars.
What is Sidney Poitier?
The first Black woman elected to the U.S. Congress.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
The 1964 law banning segregation in public spaces.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
The founder of Motown Records.
What is Berry Gordy?
The first Black woman president of an Ivy League university.
What is Ruth Simmons?
A fast-paced dance style originating in Chicago.
What is Chicago Footwork?
The first Black woman astronaut.
What is Mae Jemison?
The founders of the Black Panther The Black Panther Party
Who are Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale?