Arts
This Harlem theater is a showcase for Black talent.
What is The Apollo?
This was the name of the first Black American radio network.
What is National Negro Network?
This black female inventor patented a home security system.
Who is Marie Brown?
This civil rights leader was co-founder of the NAACP and the Pan-African Movement.
Who is W.E.B Du Bois?
This woman was the first Black woman to win the prestigious Wimbledon singles title.
Who is Althea Gibson?
This lady was the first Black American singer to be admitted to the Metropolitan Opera Company in New York.
Who is Marian Anderson?
This man founded the magazine Ebony.
Who is John H. Johnson?
This scientist used sweet potatoes to develop postage stamp glue.
Who is George Washington Carver?
This female Black American sparked the “Montgomery Bus Boycott".
Who is Rosa Parks?
This person was the first Black American to play in the National Hockey League.
Who is Val James?
This person was the first Black American to win a Pulitzer Prize.
Who is Gwendolyn Brooks?
This lady was the first Black American to appear on the cover of Vogue magazine.
Who is Beverly Johnson?
In 1909 this black explorer accompanied Admiral Robert Peary to the North Pole.
Who is Matthew Henson?
This woman is recognized as the “First Lady of Civil Rights”.
Who is Fannie Lou Hamer?
This man was the first Black American elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
This Negro League professional baseball player, turned-artist created collages on the lifestyles of blacks in the 1960s.
Who is Romare Bearden?
This institute that was founded by Booker T. Washington in 1881.
What is Tuskegee Institute?
This black man is credited with inventing the burglar alarm.
Who is Louis Alexander?
In 1961 these groups of black and white volunteers traveled together on bus trips in the South to test desegregation of buses and restaurants.
Who are the Freedom Riders?
At the 1960 Olympics in Rome, this sprinter was the first American woman to win three Gold Medals.
Whos is Wilma Rudolph?