Slavery/Abolitionists
She was known as the "Conductor of the Underground Railroad".
Who is Harriet Tubman?
This entertainer was known as "King of the Hi-De-Ho".
Who is Cab Calloway?
He was the 1st Black major of Atlanta, Georgia.
Who is Maynard Jackson?
He is known as the "Father of Black History".
Who is Carter G. Woodson?
This popular stringed instrument was brought to America by slaves in the 17th Century.
What is the banjo?
This message was given to slaves through the lyrics of the spiritual, "Follow the Drinking Gourd".
What is the route to freedom using the North Star?
The Southern city known as the birthplace of jazz?
What is New Orleans, Louisiana?
This Southern city had the 1st Black-owned radio station.
What is Atlanta, Georgia?
During the "Great Migration," approximately ________ Blacks left the South to find work in the North.
What is 6 million?
You can visit the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Center in this city.
What is Atlanta?
This Virginia slave led the largest slave revolt in American History.
Who is Nat Turner?
This singer was featured on Motown label's first gold record in 1960.
Who is Smokey Robinson?
She was the 1st Black female clown with Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus.
Who is Bernice Collins?
This African country was conquered by Italy in 1935.
What is Ethiopia?
This school was originally called the State Normal School for Colored Students.
What is Alabama State University?
This U. S. President signed the bill making it illegal to import slaves in 1808?
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Hattie McDaniel received an Academy Award for this movie.
What is Gone with the Wind?
He was the 1st African American in the 19th Century to achieve national recognition as a major poet.
Who is Paul Laurence Dunbar?
This huge waterfall in Africa is called, "The Smoke that Thunders".
What is Victoria Falls?
This famous basketball team began in Chicago as the Savoy Big Five.
What is the Harlem Globetrotters?
Name the abolitionist whose "Ain't I a Woman" speech silenced hecklers at the National Women's Suffrage Convention.
Who is Sojourner Truth?
This musician received a Pulitzer Prize for the ragtime opera "Treemonisha".
Who is Scott Joplin?
He went down in history as the 1st Black military hero of the Revolutionary War.
Who is Peter Salem?
Chemist Percy Julian helped develop a treatment for glaucoma. This body part is affected by this disease.
What is the eye?
This amendment to the U. S. Constitution granted Black Americans citizenship and equal protection under the law.
What is the 14th Amendment?