The economic crisis and period of low business activity in the U.S. and other countries, roughly beginning with the stock-market crash in October, 1929, and continuing through most of the 1930s.
the Great Depression
100
All African American fighter pilots who fought in WWII.
Tuskegee Airmen
100
9 African Americans who were falsely accused of rape and sentenced to death.
Scottsboro Boys
100
Taught at Tuskegee Institute; discovered hundreds of uses for the peanut and other agricultural items that helped the southern economy
George Washington Carver
100
A religious and cultural organization founded in 1931 in the United States, espousing Islamic principles and favoring political, social, and economic independence for African Americans.
Nation of Islam
200
African Americans living in the South moved North seeking jobs, education and freedom.
the Great Migration
200
This is the place that Japan sneak attacked the United States and forced it to enter WWII.
Pearl Harbor
200
This man was the first African American heavyweight champion of the world.
Jack Johnson
200
African American businessperson who became a millionaire by creating and selling hair products
Madam CJ Walker
200
The first major African-American feature filmmaker, and the most successful African-American filmmaker of the first half of the twentieth century.
Oscar Micheaux
300
Race riots occurred across the country during 1919
the Red Summer
300
A production method were goods are made piece by piece as they pass through a factory.
Assembly Line
300
This singer, actor, lawyer, and professional football player was accused of Communism and banned from acting in Hollywood.
Paul Robeson
300
Ex-slave; worked hard to go to school; became the head of a normal and industrial school at Tuskegee, Alabama in a really crappy shack; taught useful trades (in order to gain self-respect and economic security); believed that one should make themselves useful in order to go against white supremacy
Booker T. Washington
300
Labor and civil rights leaders in the 1940s who led the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters; he demanded that FDR create a Fair Employment Commission to investigate job discrimination in war industries. FDR agreed only after he threatened a march on Washington by African Americans.
Philip Randolph
400
A renewal and flourishing of black literary and musical culture during the years after World War I
the Harlem Renaissance
400
A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
Imperialism
400
This Rastafarian prophet founded the United Negro Improvement Association and the "Back to Africa Movement."
Marcus Garvey
400
Invented a machine that automatically lubricated moving part with oil
Elijah McCoy
400
A twentieth-century African-American author known for his poems about the black experience in the United States. He was a leading figure of the Harlem Renaissance.
Langston Hughes
500
What was the name of the night spot in Harlem where famous African American musicians would perform for an all-white crowd.
the Cotton Club
500
What type of plane did the Tuskegee Airmen fly?
P-51 Mustang
500
Why was Jack Johnson put into jail?
Bring his white wife across state lines.
500
How many rounds did Jack Johnson go in the heavyweight championship fight were he beat Tommy Burns?