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Before he became a United States Senator, this man led the march for civil and voting rights across the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
John Robert Lewis
Before Frederick Douglass was an activist for ending slavery, what did he escape?
Being enslaved
Charley Pride was the first African-American to really break into what musical genre?
Country music
This boxer "floated like a butterfly and stung like a bee".
Muhammad Ali
This basketball player isn't just one of the best, he's also a philanthropist.
LeBron James
Without this woman, we might not have been able to send humans to the moon.
Kathryn Johnson
Augusta Savage was an important artist of the Harlem Renaissance. What type of art did she create?
Sculpture
This world famous basketball player had the "mamba mentality" to try to be the best version of one's self.
Kobe Bryant
This 15 year-old girl was actually the one who inspired Rosa Parks because she was the first one to refuse to move to the back of the bus for a White person.
Claudette Colvin
George Washington Carver is often known for his knowledge of farming and for his innovations with what food?
Peanuts
This future astronaut graduated high school at 16 and speaks 4 different languages.
Mae Jemison.
What is Lewis Hamilton known for?
Being a champion Formula 1 race car driver.
This former first lady created an organization called "Let's Move" to help make our nation healthier.
Michelle Obama
Who was the first African American president of the United States?
Barack Obama
What were the Freedom Rides in 1961?
Groups of diverse people traveling together on busses to protest the segregation of transportation.
What was being done at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama in the 1940's?
They began the first pilot training program for African Americans.
Who said, "People always say that I didn’t give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn’t true. I was not tired physically… No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.”
Rosa Parks
What were the Greensboro Four protesting?
Segregation
This famous athlete made varsity and lettered in four different sports before he went pro.
Jackie Robinson
Malcom X was originally part of this group of Black activists in the US?
the Nation of Islam
This musician sang the popular song "What a Wonderful World".
Louis Armstrong
Who said, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere,"?
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Who is the person who began her career as a journalist, then had a successful talk show, then created her own network, and continues to do many important things today?
Oprah Winfrey
What does BLM stand for?
Black Lives Matter
What is the name of this famous trumpeter who started the band the Hot 5?
Louis Armstrong
This leader of the Civil Rights Movement said they must overcome White supremacy "by any means necessary".
Malcom X
This singer is considered by many to be the king of Rock and Roll!
Chuck Berry
What was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. known for: angry speeches or practice of non-violence?
Practice of non-violence
Was the Peekskill Riot, when White rioters attacked Black and Jewish concert goers, an example of good policing or White Privilege?
White Privilege
Who was the singer of such popular songs: "Billie Jean", "Thriller", "Bad", and many, many more?
Michael Jackson
Who were the Greensboro Four and what did they do?
They were four young Black men who sat at a "White's Only" lunch counter to say they should be allowed to sit there and that segregation was wrong.
What did the Little Rock Nine do?
They integrated Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, taking it from White's only to a school for everyone.
Which person refused to move to the back of the bus and helped inspire the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Rosa Parks
Who is this barrier breaking tennis champion?
Althea Gibson
Jackie Robinson was the first Black person to integrate the sport of _____.
Baseball
This basketball player was a member of the Lakers and won 5 championships with them!
Magic Johnson
This person is considered by many to be the greatest basketball player of all time.
Michael Jordan
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