Literature & Education
Who wrote the famous book I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings?
Who is Maya Angelou?
Which African American basketball player became the youngest to score 30,000 points in NBA history?
Who is Lebron James?
Which event is considered the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement in the U.S.?
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Who invented the traffic light?
Who is Garrett Morgan?
Who was the first African American president of the United States?
Who is Barack Obama?
Which African American educator is known for founding the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama?
Who is Booker T. Washington?
Who is the first African American woman to win an Olympic gold medal in gymnastics?
Who is Simone Biles?
Which 1963 march, led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., drew over 250,000 people in Washington, D.C.?
What is the March on Washington?
Which African American inventor created the home security system?
Who is Marie Van Brittan Brown?
Who was the first African American woman to refuse to give up her seat on a bus, leading to the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Who is Rosa Parks?
Who wrote The Souls of Black Folk and was a leader in the early civil rights movement?
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?
Who was the first African American to play Major League Baseball in the modern era?
Who is Jackie Robinson?
What year did the Civil Rights Act, which banned discrimination, become law?
What is 1964?
Who invented the modern-day ironing board?
Who is Sarah Boone?
Which African American man was known for his "I Have a Dream" speech and for leading peaceful protests for civil rights?
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
Who is the author of Their Eyes Were Watching God, which is considered a classic in African American literature?
Who is Zora Neale Hurston?
Who was the first African American heavyweight boxing champion?
Who is Jack Johnson?
Which African American leader and activist delivered the "The Ballot or the Bullet" speech?
Who is Malcolm X?
Who is credited with creating the first patented automatic oiling machine for sewing machines?
Who is Elijah McCoy?
Which African American woman became the first African American to win an Olympic gold medal in 1932?
Who is DeHart Hubbard?
Who became the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993?
Who is Toni Morrison?
Which African American tennis player became the first to win a Grand Slam title in the Open Era?
Who is Arthur Ashe?
What was the name of the landmark Supreme Court case that declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional?
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
Which inventor created the invention for a modern typewriter?
Who is George Carruthers?
Which famous abolitionist escaped slavery and went on to become a prominent writer and speaker advocating for freedom and equality?
Who is Frederick Douglass?