BLACK HISTORY IN NEW YORK
This neighborhood became a cultural hub during the Harlem Renaissance.
What is Harlem?
Known as the "Father of Hip-Hop."
Who is DJ Kool Herc?
He broke MajorLeague Baseball's color barrier in 1947.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
She was the first Black woman elected as a district attorney in New York State.
Who is Letitia James?
He helped develop treatments using blood plasma during WW2.
Who is Charles Drew?
This is a historic theater on 125th Street.
What is the Apollo Theater?
This female rapper from Brooklyn is know for hits like U.N.I.T.Y.
Who is Queen Latifah?
This tennis star won 23 Grand Slam singles titles.
Who is Serena Williams?
This civil rights attorney argued and won Brown v. Board of Education.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
This NASA mathematician's work helped launch John Glenn into orbit.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
She was a journalist, and activist who investigated racial injustice, and lived in Brooklyn.
Who is Ida B. Wells?
This Harlem born rapper and fashion icon helped shape 90s hip-hop style.
Who is Lil' Kim?
This NBA legend famously played for the NY Knicks and became a cultural icon.
Who is Patrick Ewing?
This amendment granted equal protection under the law.
What is the 14th Amendment?
He invented the modern traffic signal.
Who is Garrett Morgan?
This NY-based movement helped fuel Black art, literature, and music in the 1920s.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
This rap group from Queens includes Jam Master Jay.
Who is Run DMC?
This Olympic sprinter is known as the fastest man in history.
Who is Usain Bolt?
What is Loving v. Virginia?
She became the first Black woman to earn a Ph.D. in engineering from MIT.
Who is Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson?
This African burial ground in Lower Manhattan was rediscovered in the 1990s.
What is the African Burial Ground National Monument?
This Queensbridge rapper released the classic album Illmatic in 1994.
Who is Nas?
She became the first Black woman to coach a team to an NCAA basketball championship.
Who is Dawn Staley?
This civil rights organization has argued numerous landmark cases before the Supreme Court.
What is the NAACP Legal Defense Fund?
This scientist revolutionized agriculture with crop rotation methods.
Who is George Washington Carver?