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This man became the first Black Major League Baseball player in 1947.
This city was the site of the 1955 bus boycott.
What is Montgomery, Alabama?
This artist is known as the “Queen of Soul.”
Who is Aretha Franklin?
This Amendment guarantees equal protection under the law.
All praises be
To the king of kings
And the Lord, Our God...
He is wonderful!
This formerly enslaved woman led hundreds to freedom through the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman
This activist organized the Montgomery Bus Boycott and later helped found the Highlander Folk School training programs.
Who is Rosa Parks?
This movement in the 1920s centered in New York City reshaped Black literature, music, and art.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
This 1966 slogan became associated with Stokely Carmichael.
What is Black Power?
Yes, Lord!
For The Rest Of Our Days
And...
We will praise you for the rest of our days!
He was the first Black Supreme Court Justice.
This 1964 campaign in Mississippi focused on registering Black voters and included volunteers from across the country.
What is Freedom Summer?
This filmmaker directed Black Panther.
Who is Ryan Coogler?
This ideology promoted global unity among people of African descent.
What is Pan-Africanism?
Take me to the king
I don't have much to bring
My heart is torn in pieces...
It's my offering
She was the first Black woman elected to Congress.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
Before Rosa Parks, this 15-year-old was arrested in Montgomery for refusing to give up her bus seat.
Who is Claudette Colvin?
This author became the first Black woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Who is Toni Morrison?
This 1994 crime bill is often debated for its impact on incarceration rates.
What is the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act?
You are the source of my strength
You are the strength of my life...
I lift my hands in Total Praise to you
This educator founded Tuskegee Institute in 1881.
Who is Booker T. Washington?
This Supreme Court case in 1967 struck down laws banning interracial marriage.
What is Loving v. Virginia?
This jazz musician revolutionized bebop and was nicknamed “Bird.”
Who is Charlie Parker?
This Supreme Court case weakened parts of the Voting Rights Act in 2013.
What is Shelby County v. Holder?
Late in the midnight hour...
He's gonna work in your favor