Birmingham, AL Education
The first public charter school in Birmingham, AL
What is Legacy Prep?
A set of laws that made it legal for places to have whites only and blacks only sections (segregated)
What are Jim Crow Laws?
This man was the first Black American pitcher in the American League
Who is Leroy "Satchel" Paige?
This person became the first African American female billionaire in 2004
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
The acronym NAACP stands for this
What is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People?
The year Legacy Prep was founded
What is 2019?
This political and social protest/campaign resulted in the U.S Supreme Court ruling that it was unconstitutional for buses to be segregated
What was the Montgomery Boycott?
The first Black American woman chosen as Miss America
Who is Vanessa Williams?
These black soldiers were trained to become pilots in World War II. They were mostly assigned to Italy where they destroyed enemy planes.
Who are the Tuskegee Airmen?
This civil rights leader was co-founder of the NAACP and the Pan-African Movement
Who is W.E.B Du Bois?
The first public high school for black students in Birmingham, AL
What is A.H Parker High School?
The year the Montgomery Boycott begin
What is 1955?
This person holds the record for most points scored in a single basketball game (100)
Who is Wilt Chamberlain?
In 1991 this became the first black-controlled company to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange
What is BET?
This Black American sparked the “Montgomery Bus Boycott”
The first integrated elementary school in Birmingham
What is Graymont Elementary?
This law was enacted to stop state and local governments from keeping African Americans from voting
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
The name of the first successful TV variety show starring a Black American
What is Nat King Cole Show?
This Black American inventor received a patent for the guitar
Who is R.F. Fleming?
In 1961 these groups of black and white volunteers traveled together on bus trips in the South to test desegregation of buses and restaurants
Who are the Freedom Riders?
The first two black children to integrate Graymont Elementary
Who are Dwight and Floyd Armstrong?
This political campaign/protest led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
What is the Selma to Montgomery Marches?
This term refers generally to the artistic and socio-cultural awakening among black people in the 1920s and early 1930s
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
This person invented the pencil sharpener
Who is J.L. Love?
This woman was recognized as the “First Lady of Civil Rights”
Who is Fannie Lou Hamer?