Who Invented That?
This inventor created the traffic signal after witnessing a dangerous carriage accident in the early 1900s.
Garrett Morgan
This amendment officially abolished slavery in the United States.
The 13th Amendment
Who was considered the "King of Pop"
Micheal Jackson
This NBA legend won 6 championships with the Chicago Bulls.
Micheal Jordan
Who said "a man who stands for nothing falls for anything"
Malcom X
Your home security camera system — like Ring — can be traced back to this woman who invented the first home surveillance system in 1966.
Marie Van Brittan Brown
This 1955 protest began after Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat.
Montgomery Bus Boycott
This Marvel movie featuring the fictional country of Wakanda was nominated for Best Picture in 2019.
Black Panther
This tennis player has won more Grand Slam singles titles than any woman in the Open Era.
Serena Williams
Who said: “The time is always right to do what is right.”
This inventor helped make long-distance food shipping possible by creating refrigeration units for trucks.
Frederick McKinley Jones
This court case made segregation legal by establishing the idea of “separate but equal.”
Plessy v. Ferguson?
This singer released the hit song “Single Ladies” and headlined Coachella in 2018.
Beyoncé
This Olympic sprinter won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Muhammad Ali
Who said: “Power concedes nothing without a demand
Frederick Douglass
Pacemakers rely on electrical resistors that were improved by this inventor to make them more reliable and affordable
Otis Boykin
This mathematician helped survey the land that would become Washington, D.C. in the 1790s.
Benjamin Banneker
This rapper founded the Beats headphone company.
Dr. Dre
This Olympic sprinter won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Jesse Owens
Who said: “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.”
Fredrick Douglass
Most microphones in smartphones and laptops today are based on technology co-invented by this engineer at Bell Labs.
James E. West
This surgeon helped develop modern blood banks by discovering how to store plasma separately from whole blood
Charles R. Drew
This director created the 2017 horror film Get Out.
Jordan Peele
This quarterback became the first Black starting QB to win a Super Bowl in 1988.
Doug Williams
Who said: “If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.”
Shirley Chisholm