For the Culture
This period was an intellectual and cultural revival of African American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theatre and politics centered in New York City spanning the 1920s and 1930s
What is the Harlem Renaissance
This famous dancer known for her banana dance also doubled as a spy when Germany invaded France during WWII.
Who is Josephine Baker
Who was the first person to deny giving up their seat, thus sparking the Montgomery bus boycott?
What Supreme Court decision decreed that public schools should be integrated?
What is Brown v. Board of Education
This "conductor" usually carried a gun, not a whistle
Who is Harriet Tubman
This widely celebrated, and now federally recognized, Holiday marks the day a Union General road to Galveston, Texas to announce that the Civil War had ended, and slaves had been freed
What is Juneteenth
This medical practice was brough to America by a slav enamed Onesimus in 1706, and was used to combat smallpox
What is inoculation
What United States president signed the Civil Rights act of 1964?
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson
Which Supreme Court case decreed a slave was his master's property and African Americans were not citizens?
What is Dred Scott v. Sandford
This person broke baseball's color line in 1947 when he was signed by the Dodger's
Who is Jackie Robinson
Approximately, how long did Sophia have to fight?
What is all her life
This African American surgeon pioneered methods of storing blood plasma for transfusion and organized the first large-scale blood bank in the U.S.
Who is Dr. Charles Drew
Who was known as the Nation of Islam's most effective minister until he broke from the group in 1964 and formed his own group, the Organization of Afro-American Unity?
Who is Malcolm X
Which Supreme Court case stated that segregation was legal and constitutional as long as "facilities were equal"?
What is Plessy v. Ferguson
This man is responsible for leading the first sucessful slave revolt
Who is Nat Turner
This artist became the first female rapper to certify as diamond for her album which contained the hits" Doo Wop (that thing)", and "Ex-Factor"
Who is Lauryn Hill
Who was the first African American woman to attend Yale Law school
Who is Jane Bolin
Which racially motivated attack on a church caused the death of four girls in Alabama
Who was the first African American woman to be on the ballot as a candidate for President?
Who is Shirley Chisolm
In July 1881 this famous college opened in Alabama with Booker T. Washington as its first president
What is the Tuskegee University
Who said "Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise I rise I rise."?
Who is Maya Angelou
This African American author served as a drama teacher at the North Carolina College for Negros at Durham not North Carolina Central University. (Her most popular work is their eyes were watching God)
Who is Zora Neale Hurston
The brutal murder of this young buy for allegedly whistling at a white woman, was the spark of the civil rights movement after his mother insisted on an open casket and a picture of his body was nationally circulated
Who is Emmitt Till
Who was the first African American to have his likeness potrayed on a U.S postage stamp? (He was also the first African American to dine in the white house)
Who is Booker T. Washington
The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King improvised the most important part of this master speech after singer Mahalia Jackson yelled to him.
What is the "I have a Dream" speech