BLACK HISTORY 101
This person refused to give up a seat on the bus.
Who is Rosa Parks?
This person was the world heavyweight boxing champion from 1937-1949.
Who is Joe Louis?
This per invented a machine, called a "lasting machine," that stitched the leather of a shoe to its sole.
Who is Jan Metzeliger?
This person was the first black to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Who is Joseph Rainey?
This person attended the University of California on a tennis scholarship.
Who is Arthur Ashe?
This person started a newspaper called "The
North Star."
Who is Fredrick Douglas?
This person was a well known trumpet player known as "Satchmo."
Who is Louis Armstrong?
This person was 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?
Many consider this doctor to be the originator of the Blood Bank concept.
Who is Charles Drew?
This person's performance at the 1936 Summer
Olympic games made him famous.
Who is Jesse Owens?
This person, was known as the "king of ragtime."
Who was Scott Joplin?
This person graduated from Harvard and played a role in starting the NAACP.
Who is W.E.B. DuBois?
This person,the child of former slaves, invented the ironing board, the lawn sprinkler, and many other useful things.
Who is Elijah McCoy?
This person grew up to be a college president.
Who is Mary McLeod Bethune?
This person was the first African American to hold a seat on the Supreme Court.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
This This person worked as a TV news reporter after graduating from college.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
This person helped register black voters in Mississippi and led boycotts there.
Who is Medgar Evers?
This person was one of the first people killed in the cause of American independence.
Who is Crispus Attucks?
This person was given the nickname, "Moses."
Who is Harriet Tubman?
This person became the first black player inducted in the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
This person was appointed by President George Washington to survey land to become Washington D.C.
Who is Benjamin Banneker?
This person was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in making an Arab-Israeli peace in 1949,
Who is Ralph Bunche?
This former coal mine worker born to former slaves got a degree from Harvard and started what is calle today "Black History Month."
Who is Carter G. Woodson?
This person's given name was "Edward Kennedy."
Who is Duke Ellington?