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This American abolitionist escaped slavery, then made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people using the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
An organized network of secret routes and safe houses used by freedom seekers before the Emancipation Proclamation was signed in 1863.
What is the Underground Railroad?
Frederick Douglass wrote this many autobiographies, describing his experiences as an enslaved person.
What are three (3) autobiographies?
This American professional boxer and social activist is a global cultural icon, widely known by the epithet “The Greatest”, and is frequently cited as the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
This American trumpeter and vocalist’s best known songs include “What a Wonderful World”, “Hello, Dolly!”, and “Dream a Little Dream of Me”.
Who is Louis Armstrong?
This church leader participated in and led marches for the right to vote, desegregation, labor rights, and other civil rights.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
This war left an estimated 698,000 soldiers dead, along with an undetermined number of civilian casualties, making it the deadliest military conflict in American history.
What is the American Civil War?
This author’s 1st autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings tells of her life up to the age of 17 and brought her international recognition and acclaim.
Who is Maya Angelou?
Jesse Owens set this many world records and tied another, all in less than an hour, at the 1935 Big Ten track meet in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
What are three (3) world records?
This American singer, songwriter, and composer is sometimes referred to as the “First Lady of Song” and “Queen of Jazz”.
Who is Ella Fitzgerald?
This human rights activist joined the Nation of Islam while in prison and quickly became one of the organization's most influential leaders after making bail in 1952.
Who is Malcom X?
This political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system in a city in Alabama became a foundational event in the Civil Rights Movement.
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
This novel written by Ralph Waldo Ellison was his first and best known work, winning him the National Book Award in 1953.
What is the Invisible Man?
In this year, Jackie Robinson was eligible and inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
What is 1962?
In 2024, half of Michael Jackson’s music catalogue sold to Sony for this many millions, making it the largest music acquisition for a single artist in history.
What is $600 million dollars?
This anti-apartheid activist and politician served 27 years in prison, split between Robben Island, Pollsmoor Prison, and Victor Verster Prison.
Who is Nelson Mendela?
This movement of intellectual and cultural revival of African-American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater, politics, and scholarship centered in this neighborhood in Manhattan, New York City.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
This collection of essays written by W.E.B. Du Bois is a seminal work in African-American literature.
What is The Souls of Black Folk?
Serena Williams is the only tennis player to accomplish this type of Golden Slam in both Singles and Doubles.
What is the Career Golden Slam?
Stevie Wonder was this age when his single “Fingertips” was a No. 1 hit on Billboard Hot 100 in 1963.
What is thirteen (13) years old?
This woman is an American Marxist and feminist political activist, philosopher, academic, and author.
Who is Angela Davis?
Mae Jemison became the first African-American woman to travel into space when she served as a mission specialist aboard this space shuttle.
What is the Endeavour?
This book, written by Christopher Paul Curtis, is the first book to receive both the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children’s literature and the Coretta Scott King award, which is given to outstanding African-American authors.
What is Bud, Not Buddy?
This American artistic gymnast is the eleventh most decorated U.S. female gymnast of all time.
Who is Gabby Douglas?
This American singer, songwriter and pianist was twice named by Rolling Stone magazine as the greatest singer of all time.
Who is Aretha Franklin?