What Frederick Douglass convinced Abraham Lincoln to do during the Civil War.
Accept black recruits into the Union army
Six year old who attended an all white elementary school
Ruby Bridges
Developed products from peanuts
George Washington Carver
First black winner of a major men's singles tennis championship
Arthur Ashe
This is what Ruby Bridges often did for the people who harassed her.
Pray for them
How long the Montgomery bus boycott lasted
381 days
Has a middle school in Kenosha named after her
Mary Lou Mahone
First African American astronaut in space
Guion Bluford
First black man to play in the MLB
Jackie Robinson
These are 4 things that G.W. Carver developed with peanuts.
Coffee, Butter, Shampoo, Face Powder, Ink, and Vinegar
Name two people who won a Nobel Peace Prize
Barack Obama and Martin Luther King Jr.
Refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on the bus
Rosa Parks
Performed the world's first successful heart operation
Daniel Hale Williams
Oprah Winfrey
Sojourner Truth
Harriet Tubman
Baptist minister born in Atlanta
Martin Luther King Jr.
Developed hair care products
Madame CJ Walker
Won 4 gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin.
Jesse Owens
Sailed around the world and became a skilled navigator, discovering the North Pole
Matthew Henson
This was located in Library Square in Kenosha
Underground Railroad station
First black U.S. Secretary of State
Colin Powell
Studied 4 types of human blood
Charles Richard Drew
Named "Sportsman of the Year"
Muhammad Ali
First black Supreme Court justice
Thurgood Marshall