BLACK HISTORY 101
Refused to give up a seat on the bus.
Who is Rosa Parks?
Was the world heavyweight boxing champion from 1937-1949.
Who is Joe Louis?
Invented the "lasting machine" that stitched the leather of a shoe to its sole.
Who is Jan Metzeliger?
The first black to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Who is Joseph Rainey?
Attended the University of California on a tennis scholarship.
Who is Arthur Ashe?
Started a newspaper called "The
North Star."
Who is Fredrick Douglas?
Well known trumpet player known as "Satchmo."
Who is Louis Armstrong?
The first Black congresswoman to be elected from the Deep South.
Who is Barbara Jordan?
This person, the child of ex-slaves, developed a hair product and died a millionaire.
Who is Madame C.J. Walker?
Said "I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired"
Who is Fannie Lou Hamer
Made famous by the performance at the 1936 Summer
Olympic games.
Who is Jesse Owens?
Was known as the "King of Ragtime."
Who was Scott Joplin?
Graduated from Harvard and played a role in starting the NAACP.
Who is W.E.B. DuBois?
The child of former slaves, invented the ironing board, the lawn sprinkler, and many other useful things.
Who is Elijah McCoy?
Grew up to be a college president.
Who is Mary McLeod Bethune?
The first African American to hold a seat on the Supreme Court.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
Became a TV news reporter and television host after graduating from Tennessee State University.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
Helped register black voters in Jackson, Mississippi and led boycotts there.
Who is Medgar Evers?
One of the first people killed in the American Revolution.
Who is Crispus Attucks?
Given the nickname, "Moses."
Who is Harriet Tubman?
Became the first Black player inducted in the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
Appointed by President George Washington to survey land that became Washington D.C.
Who is Benjamin Banneker?
Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in making an Arab-Israeli peace treaty in 1949
Who is Ralph Bunche?
A former coal mine worker, born to former slaves, got a degree from Harvard and started "Black History Month."
Who is Carter G. Woodson?
Given name was "Edward Kennedy."
Who is Duke Ellington?