Juneteenth
Juneteenth is also known as this
What is Emancipation Day
This is the name of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s father's church
What is Ebenezer Baptist
This group launched the Freedom Rides in 1961
What is the CORE-Congress of Racial Equality
44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017
Who is Barack Obama
His innovations in refrigeration brought great improvement to the long-haul transportation of perishable goods
Who is Frederick McKinley Jones
Juneteenth is observed on this date in the United States
What is June 19th
The Freedom Riders were attacked by a local mob at this bus station
What is the Montgomery Greyhound Bus Station
This department store seamstress was arrested Dec. 1, 1955, after refusing to surrender her seat to a white passenger
Who is Rosa Parkers
African American talk show host, actress, television producer, media executive, and philanthropist with over 2 billion
Who is Oprah Winfrey
She is known for the invention of a durable hair brush
Who is Lyda D. Newman
This president issued the Emancipation Proclamation
Who is President Abraham Lincoln
This church served as a starting point for the Selma to Montgomery marches in 1965, and it played a major role in events that led to the adoption of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
What is Brown Chapel AME Church
She wrote the bestselling memoir "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"
Who is Maya Angelou
Born February 1, 1902, this man was an African American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright
Who is Langston Hughes
He introduced two improvements to the automatic railroad car coupler in 1897 and 1899
Who is Andrew Jackson Beard
In 1863, more than three million slaves living in these areas had to be declared free
What are Confederate states
This is the former residence of Dillard, who spent most of his life improving the education of blacks in the U.S.
What is the James H. Dillard Home
He changed his name after joining the Nation of Islam in 1964
Who is Cassius Clay/Muhammad Ali
The founder of the National Action Network
Who is Al Sharpton
She was the inventor who on April 26, 1892, obtained United States patent rights for her improvements to the ironing board
Who is Sarah Boone
It was not until this group arrived in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865, that the state’s residents finally learned that slavery had been abolished.
What is Union soldiers
In 1817,Thomas Freeman became the first African-American man to own property in Livingston Parish
What is the Carter Plantation
This is a civil-rights organization focused on the economic empowerment of under-served urban communities
What is The National Urban League
African American, former professional basketball & baseball player and the principal owner of the Charlotte Hornets
Who is Michael Jordan
His most notable invention was the three position traffic signal
Who is Garrett Augustus Morgan, Sr.