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The first Black character in Peanuts and the first minority character in a major mainstream American comic strip.
Who is Franklin (Armstrong)
NOTE: His creation followed a suggestion from a schoolteacher, Harriet Glickman, in the wake of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination, aiming to foster racial understanding.
This professor, and historian’s research contributed to Thurgood Marshall and the NAACP’s legal victory in the landmark Brown vs Board of Education case.
Who is Dr. John Hope Franklin?
The first female, first African American, and first Asian American U.S. Vice President, and the highest-ranking female and Asian American official in U.S. history.
Who is Kamala Harris
The founder of Black History Month
Who is Carter G. Woodson?
Question: This person is a multi-talented, Tony- nominated, actress, ballerina, choreographer, and director who had a breakout performance in the hit film and TV-series “Fame”.
Who is Debbie Allen?
These 19th‑century organizations supported newly freed African Americans by cultivating reading skills and knowledge.
What are Black literary societies?
Question: A prominent scholar and inventor, this person invented a truly universal voting system that any user can access regardless of mobility, vision, or hearing impairment using open-source technology.
Who is Dr. Juan E. Gilbert?
As the first African American female doctor to receive a US patent for a medical invention, her device continues to impact the sight of millions and counting.
Who is Dr. Patricia Bath?
Question: The cartoon character inspired by Harlem jazz singer Esther “Baby Esther” Jones, known for her baby-style vocals and scat performances in the 1920s
Who is Betty Boop?
Question: The civil rights activist who refused to give up her seat on a segregated Montgomery bus in 1955—nine months before Rosa Parks—and later became a plaintiff in Browder v. Gayle, the case that ended bus segregation
Who is Claudette Colvin?
While in France, James Hemming learned to prepare this cheesy pasta dish now beloved across America.
What is macaroni and cheese?
The educator Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called “the architect of the civil rights movement,” known for training activists such as Rosa Parks, Diane Nash, and Fannie Lou Hamer
Who is Septima Clark?
He was an African American statistician and mathematician who made significant contributions to game theory, probability theory, information theory, and statistics. He is also known as the Father of AI.
Who is Dr. David Harold Blackman?
Question: The two brothers who wrote and composed the music, respectively, for the Black National Anthem: “Lift Every Voice and Sing”
Who are James Weldon Johnson and J. Rosamond Johnson
Gholdy Muhammad argues that the absence of identity, criticality, and joy in curriculum has contributed to disparities in this academic area among African Americans.
What is literacy?
A man of African and French descent, known for founding the city of Chicago in the late 1780’s.
Who is Jean Baptiste Point du Sable?