Trailblazing Writers – Influential Black writers and their works:
Who wrote the book Their Eyes Were Watching God?
Zora Neale Hurston
This journalist wrote about the unfair treatment of Black people in newspapers.
Ida B. Wells
George Washington Carver found many uses for which crop?
Peanuts
Who was the first Black woman elected to Congress?
Shirley Chisholm
What U.S. state was Thurgood Marshall born in?
Maryland
What kind of books did Octavia Butler write?
Science fiction
What organization did Ida B. Wells help start that still fights for civil rights today?
NAACP
Who helped improve the light bulb by making it last longer?
Lewis Latimer
Who was the first Black Supreme Court Justice?
Thurgood Marshall
What group did W.E.B. Du Bois help start to fight for Black rights?
NAACP
What is the title of ONE Octavia Butler book (or series)?
Kindred, The Parable of the Sower, The Parable of the Talents, The Patternist Series
Shirley Chisholm was the first Black woman to run for what?
President of the United States
What did Garrett Morgan invent that helps control traffic?
The traffic light
Who was the first Black woman to become a doctor in the U.S.?
Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler
Booker T. Washington wanted Black people to focus on what to be successful?
Education and jobs
Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler wrote a book about which subject?
Medicine
Thurgood Marshall helped end school segregation with what famous court case?
Brown v. Board of Education
Gerald Lawson created something that helped people play video games at home. What was it?
The home video game console
This African American girl became the first to refuse to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, sparking the Civil Rights Movement. Who was she?
Claudette Colvin
This African American civil rights activist and journalist co-founded the NAACP. She is known for her influential work in advocating for racial justice. Who is she?
Ida B. Wells
Zora Neale Hurston grew up in a town in Florida that was the first all-Black incorporated town in the U.S. What is the name of this town?
Eatonville
What did Ida B. Wells write about in her newspaper?
Lynching and racial violence
Which Black inventor made improvements to the refrigerator?
Thomas Elkins
Booker T. Washington helped start what famous school for Black students?
Tuskegee Institute
This African American inventor and educator is famous for his work at Tuskegee Institute and his advocacy for African American education and agricultural innovation.
George Washington Carver