Quotes
"If you have no critics, you'll likely have no success."
Malcolm X
This woman escaped from slavery and became a leader of the Underground Railroad.
Harriet Tubman
This best-selling water-based toy was invented by aerospace engineer and entrepreneur Lonnie Johnson in 1989.
the Super Soaker
This performer holds the record for the most Grammy wins ever: 35 and counting.
Beyonce
Name one type of protest used by activists during the Civil Rights Movement.
boycotts, marches, sit-ins, freedom rides
"If there is no struggle, there is no progress.”
Frederick Douglass
He became the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern era. He broke the color line when he started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947.
Jackie Robinson
Augustus Jackson, a chef from Philadelphia, is known as the creator and "father" of this sweet treat.
ice cream
This is the first Black performer to be nominated for and win an Academy Award in 1940. She needed special permission to attend the ceremony and was forced to sit at a segregated table in the back.
Hattie McDaniel
This was the goal of Dr. King's famous march in Selma, Alabama.
voting rights for Black Americans
"Your story is what you have, what you will always have. It is something to own.”
Michelle Obama
She was the first Black woman to earn a medical degree in the United States.
Rebecca Lee Crumpler
After witnessing a collision between a car and a carriage, this man invented the traffic signal to make driving safer for everyone.
Garrett Morgan
The musical Hairspray was inspired by the first integrated TV show, The Buddy Deane Show, a teen dance show in this city.
Baltimore
This 15 year old bravely refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, nine months before Rosa Parks famously did the same, beginning the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Claudette Colvin
"I had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving up.”
Rosa Parks
She was the fastest woman of all time, having set world records for the 100- and 200-meter sprints at the 1988 U.S. Olympic Trials. She went on to win three gold medals and one silver medal at the Olympic Games that year.
Florence Griffith Joyner
Navigation software like Google Maps relies on this invention by Dr. Gladys West.
GPS technology
This was a major venue for Black performers since it opened in 1914. Many Black artists got their start here, including Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, and James Brown.
The Apollo Theater
The popular graphic novel series March is based on this author's real experiences as a young leader of the Civil Rights Movement.
John Lewis
"In order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline and effort.”
Jesse Owens
She was the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress.
Shirley Chisholm
We have this inventor to thank for the illusion transmitter, better known to us as 3D technology, used in movies, the medical field, and more!
Valerie Thomas
This was a cultural movement in the 1920s and 1930s that celebrated African American art, music, and literature. It laid the groundwork for the Civil Rights Movement.
The Harlem Renaissance
This political organization, formed later in the Civil Rights Movement, is credited with the creation of free breakfast programs for students and community health clinics, among other services.
The Black Panther Party