African American Awards
He was the first Black man to win an Academy Award (Oscar) for Best Actor.
Who is Sidney Poitier?
This politician started his political career right here in Chicago; he was elected as an Illinois senator, then was elected to the United States Senate before being elected as the first Black President of the United States.
Who is Barack Obama?
This Black woman wrote "Their Eyes Are Watching God", a book you all have read in Mr. Bounds class before...
Who is Zora Neale Hurston?
This organization, identified by 5 letters, played a significant role in organizing nonviolent protests during the Civil Rights Movement.
What is the NAACP?
This historian is considered "The Father of Black History"; He created "Negro History Week", which then became "Black History Month" in February 1926
Who is Carter G. Woodson?
This Civil Rights Leader was the youngest Black person to win a Nobel Prize. I bet he didn't dream of that!
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr?
This HBCU graduate and member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. started her political career in California; she is now the first woman, and first Black person to be elected Vice President of the United States of America
Who is Kamala Harris?
In the 1920s and 1930s, this literary and artistic movement was led by amazing Black entertainers and poets like Langston Hughes and Countee Cullen; it was centered in a city in New York.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
The term "Black Power" came from this man, who was an organizer and spokesperson for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
Who is Stokely Carmichael?
This holiday celebrates the emancipation of Black people from slavery; it became a federal holiday in 2021
What is Juneteenth?
Did you know that dry-cleaning was invented by a Black man? Not only did he invent dry-cleaning, he was also the first Black person to receive a patent for his invention
Who is Thomas L. Jennings?
This politician became Chicago's first Black mayor; he sadly passed away while in office 4 years after being elected (one of the City Colleges of Chicago is named after him)
Who is Harold Washington?
This Black holiday is celebrated for 7 days, starting on December 26th; It includes 7 principals.
What is Kwanzaa?
The Civil Rights Movement was sparked when this woman refused to give up her seat on a bus, which was followed by a year-long bus boycott.
Who is Rosa Parks?
These types of colleges and universities that were started before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 were created to primarily serve Black students; Mr. Irving's alma mater, Tuskegee University is an example
What are HBCUs?
This Black woman was the first Black woman to win a medal at the Olympics for the high jump.
Who is Alice Coachman?
He was the first Black person elected to the United States Supreme Court, but he wouldn't be the last. :-)
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
She wrote the poem "Still I Rise", empowering Black women to overcome adversity; Ms. Kemp's door is decorated in her honor
Who is Maya Angelou?
In 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court made a landmark decision in this case, in which the Court ruled that state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality
What is Brown V. Board of Education?
This Marvel movie is the 5th highest grossing movie in America of all time; it earned $1.3 billion in the box office worldwide; WAKANDA FOREVER!
What is Black Panther?
He was the first Black person to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Who is Wole Soyinka?
Who run the world? GIRLS! This Black woman was the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
This megastar became the first Black woman to headline the widely-popular music festival Coachella in 2018; she also just wrapped up her "Renaissance World Tour" and recently became the first Black woman to top the Country music charts
Who is Beyonce?
This man was a civil rights activist and leader of the Nation of Islam; Opposite Dr. King--he advocated for self-defense over nonviolence.
Who is Malcolm X?
This event in history occurred from the 1910s to 1970s--it was the movement of six million African Americans out of the rural Southern United States to urban Northeast, Midwest and West cities like Chicago (may be the reason many of us have grandparents from the South)
What is The Great Migration?