Black Inventors
Garret Morgan developed this commonly obeyed three- light street traffic device.
What is the traffic (stop) light?
This civil activist is best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott.
Who is Rosa Parks?
This professional baseball player became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
This man was the first African American president of the United States.
Who is Barack Obama?
Said the phrase "I have a Dream" during his famous Dream speech.
Who is Dr.Martin Luther King Jr.?
George Washington Carver came up with more than a hundred ways to use this particular food item.
What is the peanut?
This civil rights activist encouraged black liberation and equality by "any means necessary."
Who is Malcom X?
This African-American musician was the first pioneer of modern rock and roll music.
Who is Chuck Berry?
These 3 amendments to the U.S. constitution gave African Americans freedom from slavery, citizenship, and the right to vote.
What are the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the U.S. constitution?
Said the Phrase "Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek."
Who is Barack Obama?
Madam C.J. Walker became the first African-American millionaire for this self-care product.
What is textured hair products?
Politician, educator, and author; this person was the first African-American women elected to congress. She was also the first Black candidate for a major party's nomination for President of the US in 1972.
Who is Malcolm X?
Who is Shirley Chisholm ?
This professional boxer was nicknamed "the greatest" for his career as an athlete and activist.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
Tommie Smith and John Carlos each raised a black-gloved fist during the playing of this song at the 1968 Olympics.
What is the Star-Spangled Banner?
Said the Phrase "If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude."
Who is Maya Angelou?
Marie and Albert Brown invented this particular surveillance system for individual/family use.
What is the home security system?
This civil rights activists cofounded the Black Panther Party of the late 1960s.
Who is Huey P. Newton?
This female musician was certified as the most awarded female artist of all time by Guinness World Records and is one of the best-selling recording artists of all time.
Who is Whitney Huston?
This event was a cultural and arts movement in the Northern U.S. during the 1920s.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
Said the Phrase "Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen."
Who is Michael Jordan?
Lisa Gelobter invented this modern looped video/image format shared on social media platforms.
What is the gif?
This civil rights activist advocated for LGBTQ rights and was a prominent figure during the Stonewall Riots.
Who is Marsha P. Johnson?
This female African-American poet and activist published several books and essays and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Who is Maya Angelou?
This woman was the first female African American that was a licensed pilot.
Who is Bessie Coleman?
Said the Phrase "We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society."
Who is Angela Davis?