Inventions/Inventors
He is known as the man famous for giving us peanut butter
George Washington Carver
He was the first African American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern era.
Who is Jackie Robinson
She was most known for being the "conductor" of the underground railroad
Who is Harriet Tubman
What was the revolutionary party, founded in 1966 in Oakland, California, by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale. Whos original purpose was to patrol African American neighborhoods to protect residents from acts of police brutality.
What is the black panther party
What were the songs used by African Americans during slavery as a form of communication called
What are Spirituals?
What was Garrett Morgan's Transporation related invention that most of us encounter every time we drive?
Stop light
He is a Five-Time World Record Holder in Track and often regarded as the greatest track and field athlete in history.
Jesse Owens
She led the Montgomery bus boycott by refusing to give up her seat and move to the back of the bus
Who is Rosa Parks
This holiday in june marks the day when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1865 to take control of the state and ensure that all enslaved people be freed a full two and a half years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation.
What is Juneteenth
Who cemented his legacy in Grammy history by becoming the first artist to pack home eight Grammy awards in one night.
Who is Michael Jackson?
Lonnie Johnson an engineer for NASA invented this water toy in his free time that kids use to "soak" each other
what is a super soaker gun
He was the first black coach in the NBA
Bill Russell
44th us President and first black president
Who is Barack Obama
This is the announcement made by President Lincoln during the Civil War on September 22, 1862, emancipating all slaves in states still engaged in rebellion against the Union.
what is the emancipation proclamation
Who was the sole artist in the Grammy Awards history to win Album Of The Year with three straight studio albums.
Who is Stevie Wonder ?
George Crum invented this Potatoe based snack by accident
What is Potatoe chips
The sport aurthor ashe played
What is Tennis
She was an American memoirist, popular poet, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years
Who is Maya Angelou
This movement was known was a struggle for justice and equality for African Americans in the United States that took place mainly in the 1950s and 1960s
What is the civil rights movment
Who was the first African American to record music commercially
Who is George Washington Johnson?
Mary Davidson invented this device that helps with mobility to help people with issues walking be more independent and mobile.
He made Black history by becoming the first African American NFL head coach to win the Super Bowl.
Tony Dungy
His adoption of nonviolent resistance to achieve equal rights for Black Americans earned him the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.
Martain Luther King JR
This movement was founded in 2013 in response to the acquittal of Trayvon Martin’s murderer.
What is the Black Lives matter movment.
Who was the first black female EGOT in 2002
Who is Whoopi Goldberg