All That Jazz
They call him Satchmo.
Who is Louis Armstrong?
These laws were passed in the South to segregate black people from the white population.
What were Jim Crow laws?
He is the first Black president of the United States of America.
Who is Barack Obama?
This woman's refusal to give up her seat on a bus for a white passenger and her subsequent arrest triggered the NAACP to begin the Montgomery bus boycott.
Who is Rosa Parks?
This Black Power political organization was founded by two college students in 1966.
What is the Black Panther Party?
He wrote his first composition, "Soda Fountain Rag" at age 15 and went on to become one of the most famous jazz composers of all time.
Who is Duke Ellington?
This amendment gave African American men the right to vote.
What is the Fifteen Amendment?
He served in the U.S. House of Representatives for 33 years and became known for his penchant for getting into "good trouble."
Who is John Lewis?
A famous 'conductor' on the Underground Railroad, this woman fled slavery but subsequently returned to the South many times to free hundreds of slaves.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968 in this city and state.
What is Memphis, Tennessee?
This song recorded by Billie Holiday in 1939 was written as a protest against the lynching of Black Americans in the South.
What is Strange Fruit?
This is an imaginary line that separated the Northern states from the Southern slave states.
What is the Mason Dixon Line?
Known for his historic presidential bids in 1983-84 and 1987-88, he was unsuccessful in both bids.
Who is Jesse Jackson?
In 2006, this popular politician and attorney was awarded the Outstanding Alumni Award for "extraordinary work in the fields of law and public service" from her alma matter Howard University.
Who is Kamala Harris?
This federal agency, abbreviated as EEOC was formed in 1965.
What is the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission?
Known as well for her distinctive vocal style as her civil rights activism, her first album featured, "I Loves You, Porgy."
Who is Nina Simone?
This woman gave speeches about freedom, gave money and food to soldiers, and traveled around the country speaking the truth. Her most famous speech was, "Ain't I A Woman."
Who is Sojourner Truth?
She is the first Black woman elected to the U.S. Congress.
Who is Shirley Chisolm?
This famed writer and activist has been awarded over 50 honorary degrees, 3 Grammy's, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Barack Obama among many other awards and honors.
Who is Maya Angelou?
Included in the Civil Rights Act of 1968 was this act, which banned certain types of housing discrimination, including that based on race.
What is the Fair Housing Act?
He is known for a percussive sound and being one of the first creators of Modern jazz and bebop.
Who is Thelonious Monk?
This amendment gave slaves their freedom.
What is Amendment 13?
He was the first Black Republican governor of a U.S. state - the governor of Louisiana from 12/9/1872 until 01/13/1873.
Who was Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback aka PBS Pinchback?
This teenage girl was a precursor to the Montgomery bus boycott movement, but her story isn't as well known.
Nine months before Rosa Parks' arrest, this girl was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman on a crowded, segregated bus. She was a plaintiff in the case Browder v. Gayle, a case which eventually led to the U.S. Supreme Court affirming that bus segregation is unconstitutional.
Who is Claudette Colvin?
This act, signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965 eliminated common barriers to voting that were responsible for the disenfranchisement of African Americans.
What was the Voting Rights Act?