The Old West
This was the mass migration led by Benjamin "Pap" Singleton.
What is the Exodus of 1879?
They were the four regiments of African American U.S. Army troops in the Old West.
Who are the Buffalo Soldiers?
These are accredited schools founded before 1964 "whose principal mission was, and is, the education of black Americans"?
What are HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
He was one of the most brilliant scientists of the early 1900s and a researcher at Tuskegee Institute.
Who was George Washington Carver?
She was the first black woman to become a millionaire.
Who was Madame C.J. Walker?
He was one of the best-known black cowboys of the 1880s.
Who was Nat Love?
The Buffalo Soldiers were based in these three areas.
What are Kansas, Montana, and Utah?
In this year, 24 percent of all bachelor's degrees obtained by African Americans were issued by HBCUs.
What is 1999?
He was an African American man who reached the North Pole on April 6, 1909.
Who was Matthew Henson?
She wrote a memoir about her years as dressmaker and confidante to Mary Todd Lincoln, the wife of Abraham Lincoln.
Who was Elizabeth Keckley?
He was an African American cowboy who invented the modern rodeo sport of steer wrestling.
Who was Bill Pickett?
The Buffalo Soldiers distinguished themselves in this war in 1898.
What is the Spanish-American War?
Black students at colleges across the countries banded together in these to support each other.
What are fraternities and sororities?
He devised a machine that automatically lubricated trains and factory equipment.
Who was Elijah McCoy?
He was a black Massachusetts shoemaker who was a pioneer in shoemaking technology.
Who was Jan Ernst Matzeliger?
She was a black woman who ran a stagecoach line through the treacherous Montana territory.
Who was Mary Fields?
They provided crucial backup for Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Riders at the decisive battle of San Juan Hill.
Who are the 9th and 10th Cavalry regiments?
This was the first fraternity for African American men.
What is Alpha Phi Alpha?
He invented an automatic air brake and a method of sending telegraph signals between trains.
Who was Granville T. Woods?
She was an African American woman who was the first American woman to become president of a bank.
Who was Maggie Lena Walker?
The largest and most successful black community in the Old West that was founded in 1877 by 6 black settlers and 2 white settlers.
What is Nicodemus, Kansas?
He was a black soldier who won the Medal of Honor for bringing many wounded soldiers to safety while under heavy fire during the Spanish-American War.
Who was Private George H. Wanton?
The first fraternity for African American men was founded at this university.
What is Cornell University?
In this year, several hundred African Americans had taken out patents for inventions of their own, and hundreds more contributed to the work of others.
What is 1913?
He was the first widely recognized African American poet.
Who was Paul Laurence Dunbar?