Who am I?
I helped lead slaves to freedom using the Underground Railroad.
Harriet Tubman
I was the first African American baseball player in Major League Baseball and I wore the number 42.
Jackie Robinson
I was the first African American President in history.
Barack Obama
DOUBLE POINTS: What is Segregation?
The law that White people and People of Color had separate areas designated for them. (Drinking fountains, grocery stores, schools, etc.)
What was the name of Chaka Khan's first band?
Rufus
I was the first African American child to desegregate schools. I was 6 years old.
Ruby Bridges
I am considered one of the greatest boxers of all-time.
Muhammad Ali
I was a famous singer and was part of the Black Panthers.
Chaka Khan
What is the Underground Railroad?
A series of safe houses that acted as a passage for slaves to escape to the north for Freedom.
What team did Jackie Robinson play for?
Dodgers
I refused to move out of my seat when the bus driver told me to move for a White man.
Rosa Parks
I was a "regal" jazz orchestra composer that performed at the Cotton Club and gave a new meaning to jazz music.
Duke Ellington
I won 4 gold medals during the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany.
Jesse Owens
What are Jim Crow laws?
Who gave a speech titled "I have a dream"?
Martin Luther King Jr.
I helped African Americans learn how to read and write during a time where it was not allowed.
Frederick Douglass
I was the first African American woman to travel into space.
Dr. Mae Jemison
I am known as the Human Computer and did work for NASA during the first launches into space.
Katherine Johnson
What is a Sit-in?
A form of protesting where African Americans would sit down in a White people only section.
Who helped organize the capture of Osama Bin Laden?
Barack Obama
I was a poet, jazz musician, and part of the Harlem Renaissance where I used my influence to encourage African Americans to embrace their "Blackness"
Langston Hughes
I led sit-ins in restaurants, gave a speech at the March on Washington, and organized the march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama where we were met by state troopers.
John Lewis
DOUBLE POINTS: I worked with the U.S. Government in order to give 62 million girls worldwide the access to education
Michelle Obama
What is the March On Washington?
When leaders like Martin Luther King, John Lewis, and others gave speeches in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on civil rights for African Americans.
TRIPLE POINTS: What was Muhammad Ali's real name?
Cassius Clay