Prominent Black Figures
Refused to give up their seat.
Who is Rosa Parks?
Who is Frederick Douglass?
Invented the hot comb and/or the first hair-straightening formula.
Who is Madam C.J. Walker?
One of the largest and most comprehensive historically black colleges or universities in the nation with nearly 10,000 students enrolled and over 100 academic programs. Megan thee Stallion graduated from here.
What is Texas Southern University?
Known as one of the founding fathers of Jazz and played the trumpet. Had hits like "What a Wonderful World," and "Hello Dolly,".
Who is Louis Armstrong?
Founder of the Niagara Movement and the NAACP. Had contrasting views to Booker T. Washington.
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?
What is Juneteenth?
Created over 300+ products from peanuts.
Who is George Washington Carver?
Their school colors are Red, Blue, and Grey. Chadwick Boseman spoke at their commencement ceremony in 2018.
What is Howard University?
A poet, novelist, fiction writer, and playwright known for his insightful, colorful portrayals of black life in America.
Who is Langston Hughes?
She became the first black woman to win such a case against a white man. Wrote the book, "Ain't I A Woman?".
Who was Sojourner Truth?
A civil rights activist, poet, and award-winning author known for her acclaimed 1969 memoir, 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,' and her numerous poetry and essay collections.
Who is Maya Angelou?
Created the three-light traffic signal.
Who is Garrett Morgan?
A women's liberal arts college and America's oldest private historically black liberal arts college for women. Its school colors are White and Marian Blue.
What is Spelman College?
An orator for the Black Nationalism and Pan-Africanism movements, to which he eventually founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League.
Who is Marcus Garvey?
African-American journalist and activist who led an anti-lynching crusade in the United States in the 1890s. She also fought for woman suffrage.
Who is Ida B. Wells?
The first African-American woman to be elected to Congress in 1968.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
Created Automatic elevator doors.
Who is Alexander Miles?
It is the third-largest historically black university in the United States by enrollment and the only public historically black university in its state. Their sports teams are known as the Rattlers and their school colors are Green and Orange.
What is FAMU?
A world-renowned writer and anthropologist. Her novels, short stories, and plays often depicted African American life in the South. Her work in anthropology examined black folklore.
Who is Zora Neale Hurston?
Was a passionate educator and presidential advisor. She was an educator, an organizer, and a political activist, and opened one of the first schools for African American girls.
**Hint: There is a middle in Dekalb named after her!**
Who is Mary McLeod Bethune?
The first African-American Nobel Peace Prize winner.
Who is Ralph Bunche?
Created the carbon light filament.
Who is Lewis Latimer?
Their school colors are Crimson and Gold. The university was home to scientist George Washington Carver and this is where the U.S. Army Air Corps established a training program for aspiring black aviators.
What is Tuskegee University?
The “Father of the Harlem Renaissance” for his publication in 1925 of The New Negro—an anthology of poetry, essays, plays, music, and portraiture by white and black artists. Best known as a theorist, critic, and interpreter of African-American literature and art.
Who is Alain LeRoy Locke?