Black History Foundations
This month-long observance was founded in 1926 as Negro History Week.
What is Black History Month?
She refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in 1955.
Who is Rosa Parks?
He improved the light bulb filament and held dozens of patents.
Who is Lewis Latimer?
This African nation defeated Italy in 1896 and was never colonized.
What is Ethiopia?
Harlem Renaissance poet who wrote 'If We Must Die.'
Who is Claude McKay?
This historian is known as the Father of Black History.
Who is Carter G. Woodson?
This Supreme Court case ended school segregation.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
First Black woman elected to the U.S. Congress.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
The first Black republic formed after a successful slave revolt.
What is Haiti?
Music genre rooted in Black communities of the Deep South.
What is the blues?
This 1863 document declared enslaved people free in Confederate states.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This 1963 event featured the 'I Have a Dream' speech.
What is the March on Washington?
She developed the first effective treatment for leprosy.
Who is Dr. Alice Ball?
Ghana’s first prime minister and independence leader.
Who is Kwame Nkrumah?
Author of 'Their Eyes Were Watching God.'
Who is Zora Neale Hurston?
This constitutional amendment granted citizenship to formerly enslaved people.
What is the 14th Amendment?
This organization emphasized self-defense and community empowerment in the 1960s.
What is the Black Panther Party?
Her mathematics were critical to early NASA space missions.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
This system of racial segregation existed in South Africa.
What is apartheid?
1960s movement centered Black pride and cultural affirmation.
What is the Black Arts Movement?
Founded in 1915, this organization challenged segregation through the courts.
What is the NAACP?
This 1968 campaign focused on economic justice and poverty.
What is the Poor People's Campaign?
Inventor of the Super Soaker water gun.
Who is Lonnie Johnson?
This 1955 conference united African and Asian nations against colonialism.
What is the Bandung Conference?
Academic framework examining race and law in society.
What is Critical Race Theory?