U.S History
He was an American civil rights lawyer and juris and became the first African American Supreme court Justice
Thurgood Marshall
This black hair entrepreneur invented the hot comb and became the first self made millionaire
Madame CJ Walker
Jackie Robison was the first African-American to play major league baseball for what team?
Brooklyn Dodgers
Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi are founders of what national origination?
Black Lives Matter
Motown records, which popularized music by Black artists, was founded in what city?
Detroit, Michigan
Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery except as a punishment for crime?
13th Amendment
Mae Jemison is known as the first Black Woman to do what?
Travel to space
The became the largest group of Black servicewomen to serve overseas during World War II
The historic Six Triple Eight (U.S. Army's 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion)
This person is the first rapper to win a Pulitzer Prize for Music
Kendrick Lamar
This is the number of Historical Black Colleges (HBCUs) and Universities in the United States currently
107
In 1961, white and Black passengers traveled by bus throughout the South in an effort to integrate bus stations. These trips were called
Freedom Riders
This person invented the Ironing board
Sarah Boone
in 1989, She became the first African-American to win Miss America.
Vanessa Williams
This is the first Black writer to win a Nobel Peace Prize
Who is Toni Morrison
This is the name of the first black Greek fraternity for college students?
Alpha Phi Alpha
She became the first Black woman to be elected to the United States Congress and the first woman candidate for United State presidency?
Shirley Chisholm
I was a scientist. I worked at the Tuskegee Institure in Alabama. I discovered more than 300 products that could be made out of peanuts
George Washington Carver
This landmark 1967 Supreme Court case ruled that laws banning interracial marriage were unconstitutional
Loving v. Virginia
She was a singer/song writer, actress, and made history as the first Black person to win an Academy Award
Hattie McDaniel
Booker T. Washington was the founder and president of what educational institution?
Tuskegee Institute/ University
Where were the last slaves when they received word they were free on June 19, 1865, nearly two years after Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation.
Galveston, Texas
He was the first surgeon to performed open-heart surgery on a human
Dr. Daniel Hale Williams
She was the first Black woman to become a licensed Pilot
Bessie Coleman
What Harlem theatre is a showcase for African- American talent
The Apollo
Who was responsible for starting Black History week which later became Black History Month?
Carter G. Woodson