Events
The "Silent' Protest
What is when on a Saturday, July 28, 1917, at 1 pm a group of between 8,000 and 10,000 African American men, women and children began marching through the streets of midtown Manhattan in what became one of the first civil rights protests in American history
Second African-American to ever be on the U.S. Supreme Court
Who is Clarence Thomas.
The Green Book
What is a guide to help African Americans indulge in travel without fear.
NAACP
What is National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Red Summer of 1919
What is when a 17 year old Eugene Williams had stones thrown at him and he drowned, because he crossed the 'unofficial barrier' (located at 29th Street) between the city’s “white” and “black” beaches.
First African American to win an Oscar in 1940, for her supporting role as Mammy in 'Gone With the Wind'
Who is Hattie McDaniel.
Sarah Boone invented this
What is the ironing board?
SNCC
What is Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
The Greensboro Sit-In
What is a civil rights protest that started in 1960, when young African American students staged a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, and refused to leave after being denied service.
This lady became the first Black Poet Laureate of the United States in 1995.
Who is Rita Dove?
Mary Van Brittan Brown helped co-invent this
What is the Home Security System
This person has a royal stage name, but was born with the name Dana Owens.
Who is Queen Latifah
CORE
What is Congress of Racial Equality
Freedom Summer, or the Mississippi Summer Project
What is a 1964 voter registration drive aimed at increasing the number of registered black voters in Mississippi.
This Civil Rights Activist organized boycotts and demonstrations and helped to investigate crimes committed against African-Americans.
Who is Medgar Evers.
Garrett Morgan invented this everyday item
What is the Three Light Traffic Light
This is one of Ray Charles’ most requested songs. This song was first introduced at his stage show at Carnegie Hall with the unfurling of a giant American flag.
What is America the Beautiful.
COFO
What is Council of Federated Organizations
In the original Freedom Riders they left Washington, D.C., on a Greyhound bus on May 4, 1961. Their plan was to reach where by what date? What was the reason why they were going?
What is New Orleans, Louisiana, on May 17 to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education decision.
First African-American woman to star in her own TV series
Who is Diahann Carroll.
The light bulb itself was invented by Thomas Edison, but Lewis Latimer created
What is the Carbon Light Bulb Filament
This famous song was written by Nat King Cole.
What is Nature Boy.
SCLC
What is Southern Christian Leadership Conference