Civil Rights Leaders
Who led the bus boycott?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Who was an American agricultural scientist and inventor who promoted alternative crops?
George Washington Carver
Who was the first black president?
Barack Obama
What date were all the slaves freed?
June 19, 1865
What was the group of four African American students from the Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina called?
Greensboro Four
Who created the traffic light?
Garrett Morgan, Daniel Hale Williams, Alexander Miles
Garrett Morgan
Who was the first person to boycott the bus?
Claudette Colvin
What year was MLK jr. arrested and sent to jail in Birmingham, Alabama?
1963
Who was a founding member of NAACP?
W.E.B Du Bois
Who created the folding chair?
George T. Sampson, Lloyd Ray, Nathaniel Alexander
Nathaniel Alexander
Who was the first person to integrate schools?
Ruby Bridges
How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?
1 year from 1955-1956
Was a civil rights leader, devotee of nonviolent participation working alongside MLK.
John Lewis
Who created the hot comb?
Christina Jenkins, Madam C.J. Walker, Marjorie Joyner
Madam C.J. Walker
Who was the first black woman to run for president?
Shirley Chisholm
What year was the Emancipation Proclamation issued by President Lincoln?
1863
Who was a pivotal civil rights leader, the NAACP's first field secretary in Mississippi?
Medgar Evers
Who created refrigerated trucks?
Alfred L. Cralle, George Crum, Frederick McKinley Jones
Frederick McKinley Jones
Who was the first black man to win an Oscar for best actor?
Sidney Poitier
What riverfront brawl in Alabama that happened back in 2023?
Montgomery Brawl