People to Know
He helped pass the first racial profiling law in Illinios.
Who is Barack Obama?
Hw wrote the song "Happy Birthday" to push congress to create a national holiday for a famous black leader.
Who is Stevie Wonder?
He raced and won gold in the 1936 Olympics when Germany (& Hitler) was hosting the games.
Who is Jessie Owens?
She was born on a plantation and became fluent in 5 languages, sand in 7 languages and recorded "Santa Baby" in 1953.
Who is Eartha Kitt?
He selected February for black history month because of the many meaningful events related to black people in this month.
Who is Dr. Carter G. Woodson?
Oscar Micheaux was the first African American to do this.
Produce films in the 1920s
She initially created fashion to help others and used all black models.
Bessie Coleman was the first African American & Native American woman and United States citizen to earn this.
What is an international pilot license?
Onesimus (enslaved black man in Massachusetts colony in 1706) brought this idea to the United States.
What is inoculation?
MLK won this in 1971 for a speech (Why I oppose the war in Vietnam).
What is a Grammy?
Touissant L'ouverture, former enslaved person, led the most successful slave revolution in this place.
Where is Haiti?
Queer black woman who invented rock and roll in the 40s. Famous artists such as Elvis, Johnny Cash, and Little Richie used her music style.
Who is Rosetta Tharpe?
Marsha P Johnson, known as "drag mother" for LGBTQ+ youth in the 60's was one of the main instigators of this Uprising.
What is Stonewall?
This group started the free school meal programs in California, which eventually expanded throughout the country.
Who are the Black Panthers?
She was the first woman to lead an armed military force in the Unites States and approximately 700 enslaved people were freed with her.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
A drag queen in the 70’s that ran for Mayor of Chicago in 1991 and for president against Bill Clinton in the Queer Nation Party Platform.
Who is Joan Jett Black?
She danced her way out of poverty in the United States to Paris and was active in the civil rights movement.
Who is Josephine Baker?
The originator of the linebacker position in football who played for Ohio State and the AAFC
Who is Bill Willis?
A travel guide that listed safe cities/towns, gas station, restaurants, and hotels for African Americans to travel to during the Jim Crow era.
What is The Motorist green book?
This statue's original design was of a Black woman and the artist designed it to symbolize the end of slavery.
What is the Statue of Liberty?
The richest man in history His values included generosity & learning.
Who is Mansu Musa?
An actor who started as a model and when she started taking acting roles, she only took roles portraying black women in a positive light. She very recently passed away.
Who is Cicely Tyson?
He trounced his opponents on the football field for years and was the first Black player signed to the NFL.
Who is Kenny Washington?
Dr. Gladys West used her math skills to help invent this common technology we all use today.
What is GPS?
The following items have something in common: peanut butter, soap and electric lamp.
What are items in your house created by Blacks?