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Civil Rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated at this location in April of 1968
What is the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, TN
Who said, 'I never ran my train off the track and never lost a passenger'?
Who is Harriet Tubman
Whose refusal to give up her seat on a public bus sparked a boycott of Montgomerey, AL buses from 1955-1956?
Who is Rosa Parks
An American professional boxer, activist, entertainer and philanthropist. Nicknamed “The Greatest”
Who is Muhammad Ali
Which place, known as "Black Wall Street," was destroyed by white mobs and bombings in the summer of 1921
What is Tulsa, Oklahoma (the Tulsa Race Massacre)
Who said "The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house."
Who is Audre Lorde
A civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans
What is The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Who was the first African-American woman to be on the ballot as a candidate for President?
Who is Shirley Chisholm
In 1965, John Lewis was nearly killed as he led a group of protesters through this place to protest racial discrimination in voting
What is The Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, AL
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 movement was a struggle for justice and equality for African Americans that took place mainly in the 1950s and 1960s. It was led by people like Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, the Little Rock Nine and many others.
What is the Civil Rights Movement
Who became the first African American millionaire with her revolutionary black hair products?
Who is Madame CJ Walker
This place is a two-block-long pedestrian section of 16th Street NW in Downtown D.C., designated on Breonna Taylor's birthday of this past year
What is the Black Lives Matter Plaza
This person said, "in a racist society it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be antiracist."
Who is Angela Davis
Which piece of federal legislation decreed that all persons held as slaves shall be freed?
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This movement was inspired and led by Louis Farrakhan, in which more than a million Black men gathered in Washington, D.C. With the intent to encourage and stimulate black men to overcome apathy and resentment and start making a difference.
What is the Million Man March
An African American evangelist, abolitionist, women’s rights activist and author. Delivered “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech
Who is Sojourner Truth
To which place were the first Africans brought to as enslaved peoples in 1619
What is (what is now known as) Richmond, Virginia
Who said "If there is no struggle, there is no progress?"
Who is Frederick Douglass
Which piece of federal legislation eradicated practices such as literacy tests and land ownership requirements in order to vote
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965
This movement was founded in 2013 in response to the acquittal of Trayvon Martin’s murderer. Its mission is to mission is to eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes.
What is #BlackLivesMatter
An influential African American rights activist during the early 20th century. He co-founded the NAACP and wrote 'The Souls of Black Folk.
Who is W. E. B. Du Bois