Civil Rights & Justice
This term describes the separation of people based on race.
What is segregation?
This civil rights leader is often called the “Mother of the Civil Rights Movement.
Who is Rosa Parks?
This inventor improved the filament used in light bulbs.
Who is Lewis Latimer?
This cultural movement celebrated Black art and literature in the 1920s.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
This historian founded what became Black History Month.
Who is Carter G. Woodson?
This 1964 law ended segregation in public places.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
She was the first Black woman elected to the U.S. Congress.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
This mathematician helped NASA calculate space flight paths.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
This poet was a major voice of the Harlem Renaissance.
Who is Langston Hughes?
Black History Month expanded from one week to this.
What is one month?
This protest helped end segregation on public buses in Montgomery, Alabama.
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
This educator founded the Tuskegee Institute.
Who is Booker T. Washington?
This astronaut broke barriers as the first Black woman in space.
Who is Mae Jemison?
This is one reason music plays an important role in Black culture.
What is storytelling and expression?
This term means fairness based on individual needs.
What is equity?
This strategy of protest avoided violence to create social change.
What is nonviolent resistance?
This formerly enslaved man fought slavery through writing and public speaking.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
This is one way Black inventors continue to impact society today.
What is innovation and problem-solving?
This is how art can influence social change.
What is raising awareness or inspiring action?
This is why learning Black history is important for everyone.
What is understanding history and promoting justice?