Arts and Literature
This period of time is known being rich with cross-disciplinary artistic and cultural activity among Black Americans between the end of WWl and the onset of the Great Depression. Artist associated with the movement include, Langston Hughes, Aaron Douglas, and Augusta Savage.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
He was the first African American to play Major League Baseball when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
This teacher and internationally famous botantist was known for his many inventions, including more than 500 uses for the peanut and sweet potato.
Who is George Washington Carver?
This attorney, nicknamed "Mr. Civil Rights" was the first Black justice to serve on the US Supreme Court.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
This actor and director was the first Black American to win the Academy Award for Best Actor
Who is Sidney Poitier
This record, produced by Sylvia Robinson, was the first commercially successful rap record.
What is Rapper's Delight by Sugar Hill Gang?
Ultimately employing over 40,000 Black women and men in the US, Central America, and the Caribbean, she is known at the first Black female self-made millionaire after launching her own line of hair products and straighteners.
Who is Madam C.J. Walker?
In 1867, this was the first university founded to provide education for Black Americans
What is Howard University?
Black History Month became a nationally recognized annual event in this year.
What is 1976?
Considered one of the great contemporary American novelists, in 1993 she became the first Black female writer to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature
Who is Toni Morrison?
In 1908, he was the first Black athlete to win a gold medal at the Olympics.
Who is John Taylor?
This scientist and mathematician is credited with helping design the blueprints for Washington DC
Who is Benjamin Banneker?
This Supreme Court case in 1954 declared that segregation in schools is unconstitutional.
What is Brown vs. Board of Education?
Known as the "Father of Black History", this man's work led to the establishment of the celebration that would become Black History Month
Who is Carter J Woodson?
She wrote "Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral" in 1773, which was the first published book of poetry by a Black author.
This jazz pianist and singer was the first Black American to host a TV show.
Who is Nat King Cole?
Who is Lisa Gelobter?
She was the first Black woman to win a seat in Congress and the first woman and African American to seek the nomination for President of the US.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
This was created by Black leaders in 1909, in response to racial violence, as a permanent civil rights organization.
What is the NAACP or National Association for the Advancement of Colored People?
This novel was published in 1853 and was the first published novel by a Black author
What is "Clotel: or, The President's Daughter"?
Who is Veronica Webb?
This was the name for the group of African American women, which included Katherine Johnson, who manually performed complex mathematical calculations that were essential to the success of the early US Space Program
What is "West Computers"?
After graduating from Oberlin College in 1850 with a literary degree, she became the first Black woman in American to earn a four-year college degree
Who is Lucy Stanton?