If you’re looking to learn about Black leaders, creators, and icons, you’ve come to the right place! Below, you’ll find Wonders of the Day about Black history and culture. We’ve organized them to make this page easier to navigate. Have fun exploring and learning with these Wonders and the included activities.
Civil Rights
- Wonder #1377: What Was the Sit-In Movement?
- Wonder #1756: Who Was Malcolm X?
- Wonder #2647: Who Was John Lewis?
- Wonder #106: Who Was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?
- Wonder #2432: Who Were the Freedom Riders?
- Wonder #2859: Who Is Claudette Colvin?
- Wonder #2857: Who Was Thurgood Marshall?
Culture
- Wonder #1703: When Was the Harlem Renaissance?
- Wonder #2707: Do You Need Water to Make Hair Waves?
- Wonder #2152: Do You Give Dap?
- Wonder #2844: How Do People Celebrate Kwanzaa?
- Wonder #2634: How Do You Make Pralines?
- Wonder #2911: What Is Black History Month?
Dance
- Wonder #2674: Who Is Misty Copeland?
- Wonder #524: Do Jitterbugs Bite?
- Wonder #234: Do You Need Special Shoes to Tap Dance?
History
- Wonder #2575: Who Was the One-Eyed Queen Who Defeated Caesar?
- Wonder #2568: Who Was Sojourner Truth?
- Wonder #2631: Who Was Wangari Mathai?
- Wonder #138: What Was the Underground Railroad?
- Wonder #1957: Who Was Frederick Douglass?
- Wonder #2689: Who Was the Black Samurai?
- Wonder #2583: What Was the Green Book?
- Wonder #2527: Can You Put Secret Messages in a Song?
- Wonder #2385: What Does Juneteenth Celebrate?
- Wonder #2873: Who Was Queen Nzinga?
- Wonder #2911: What Is Black History Month?
Inventors
- Wonder #726: Who Invented Potato Chips?
- Wonder #143: Who Was George Washington Carver?
- Wonder #561: Who Invented the High Five?
- Wonder #2415: Who Invented Fried Chicken?
- Wonder #2861: Who Invented the Super Soaker?
Literature
- Wonder #2825: Who Was James Baldwin?
- Wonder #1997: Who Was Langston Hughes?
- Wonder #2732: Who Was Maya Angelou?
Mathematicians
Monumental Firsts
- Wonder #2729: Who Is Dr. Mae Jemison?
- Wonder #2836: Who Was Shirley Chisholm?
- Wonder #2536: Who Was the First Casualty of the American Revolution?
- Wonder #2822: Who Was Pauli Murray?
- Wonder #536: Who Were the Tuskegee Airmen?
- Wonder #2380: Who Is Ruby Bridges?
- Wonder #2862: Who Is Barack Obama?
Music
- Wonder #612: Where Is Motown?
- Wonder #2305: What Happened to Robert Johnson at the Crossroads?
- Wonder #717: Can You Beatbox?
- Wonder #637: What Is Zydeco?
- Wonder #156: What Is Jazz?
- Wonder #2735: Who Was Duke Ellington?
Science
Sports
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