Trailblazers
Who was the first African American President of the United States?
Who is Barack Obama?
This African American minister and activist was born Malcolm Little.
Who is Malcolm X?
The 1920s and 1930s ushered in a cultural revival centered in Harlem, New York.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
This movement of millions of African Americans from the South to the North during the 20th century reshaped Black culture and demographics.
What is The Great Migration?
This gymnast is the most decorated in history, with over 30 Olympic and World Championship medals.
Who is Simone Biles?
This agricultural scientist and inventor promoted alternative crops to cotton and was the most prominent Black scientist of the early 20th century.
Who is George Washington Carver?
This abolitionist escaped slavery and led about 19 missions to free enslaved people through the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman
This 2018 Marvel superhero film starring Chadwick Boseman became a cultural milestone.
What is Black Panther?
This nickname was given to African American U.S. Army regiments formed after the Civil War.
What are Buffalo Soldiers?
He broke the Major League Baseball's color barrier in 1947.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
This lawyer and civil rights activist was the first African American justice to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
In 1955, this Supreme Court case declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional.
What is Brown v Board of Education?
This jazz trumpeter, nicknamed “Satchmo” and “Pops,” became one of the most influential figures in music during the 20th century.
Who is Louis Armstrong?
Because of isolation in the Sea Islands, this group developed a Creole culture preserving African traditions.
Who are the Gullah people?
This tennis player won 23 Grand Slam singles titles, the most of any player in the Open Era.
Who is Serena Williams?
This African American woman is recorded as the first Black self-made millionaire in the U.S.
Who is Madam C.J. Walker?
n 1960, four Black college students in Greensboro, North Carolina, began a protest at a Woolworth’s lunch counter. What were these demonstrations called?
What are the Sit-Ins?
This 2016 film told the story of Black women mathematicians who worked at NASA.
What is Hidden Figures?
his 1857 Supreme Court case ruled that African Americans, free or enslaved, could not be citizens of the United States.
What is the Dred Scott decision?
Muhammad Ali's birth name.
Who is Cassius Clay?
Who was the first Black woman to travel in space?
Who is Dr. Mae Jemison?
This 14-year-old boy’s murder in Mississippi in 1955 further sparked the Civil Rights Movement.
Who is Emmett Till?
This African American blues singer, nicknamed the “Empress of the Blues,” was popular in the 1920s and 1930s.
Who is Bessie Smith?
This 1896 Supreme Court case upheld racial segregation under the doctrine of “separate but equal.”
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
This sprinter is the most decorated U.S track and field Olympian with 11 medals.
Who is Allyson Felix?