Civil Rights Movement
The leader of the Montgomery Bus Boycott after Rosa Parks was arrested
Who was Martin Luther King Jr.
A prominent abolitionist and escaped slave who gave powerful speeches against slavery
Who was Frederick Douglass
Known as the “Queen of Soul”
Who is Aretha Franklin
This figure broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier in 1947
Who is Jackie Robinson
What month is Black History Month celebrated in the United States?
February
1954 Supreme Court case ruled that school segregation was unconstitutional
What is Brown v. Board of Education
Founded the Tuskegee Institute and promoted vocational education
Who was Booker T. Washington
This jazz musician was nicknamed “Satchmo”
Who is Louis Armstrong
Widely considered the greatest boxer of all time and changed his name from Cassius Clay
Who is Muhammad Ali
Who started Black History Week, which later became Black History Month?
Carter G. Woodson
A group of students that integrated Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas
Who are the Little Rock Nine
A co-founder of the NAACP and a scholar-activist
Who was W.E.B. Du Bois
Author of Their Eyes Were Watching God
Who is Zora Neale Hurston
The first Black woman to win a Grand Slam tennis title
Who was Althea Gibson
What year was Black History Month officially recognized by the U.S. government?
1976
She refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955
Who is Rosa Parks
The first Black woman elected to the U.S. Congress
Who was Shirley Chisholm
This cultural movement celebrated Black art, music, and literature in the 1920s
What was the Harlem Renaissance
Broke barriers as one of the greatest gymnasts of all time with multiple Olympic gold medals
Who is Simone Biles
What was the name of the first all-Black military aviation unit in WWII?
Tuskegee Airmen
A 1965 law aimed to protect African Americans’ right to vote
What is the Voting Rights Act
The Black Panther Party leader known for advocating Black empowerment and self-defense
Who was Huey P. Newton
The first Black woman to win a Nobel Prize in Literature
Who was Toni Morrison
The first Black head coach to win a Super Bowl
Who is Tony Dungy
What amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery?
Thirteenth Amendment