Civil Rights & Activism
What organization was co-founded by W.E.B. Du Bois in 1909 to fight for civil rights?
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
This civil rights leader was known for his philosophy of Black nationalism and was a spokesperson for the Nation of Islam before founding the Organization of Afro-American Unity.
Malcom X
This scientist developed over 300 uses for peanuts, including peanut butter.
George Washington Carver
This set of laws, enforced in the South after Reconstruction, mandated racial segregation in public places.
Jim Crow Laws
Before breaking out as a solo artists, Lauryn Hill enjoyed success with this platinum selling group
The Fugees
These Black students integrated Central High School in Arkansas in 1957, despite heavy opposition.
Little Rock Nine
This lawyer argued Brown v. Board of Education and later became the first Black Supreme Court Justice.
This self-made millionaire made her fortune through cosmetic and hair products for black women
Madame CJ Walker
This amendment, ratified in 1870, granted Black men the right to vote.
15th amendment
She made history as the first black woman to win an academy award for best actress with her role in "Monster's Ball"
Halle Berry
This 1955–1956 protest began after Rosa Parks' arrest and led to the desegregation of public transportation in Alabama.
Montgomery Bus Boycott
He started the "Back to Africa Movement" and was later deported back to his homeland in Jamaica.
Who is Marcus Garvey?
his medical tool, invented by Otis Boykin, is used to regulate irregular heartbeats.
Pacemaker
This 1857 Supreme Court case ruled that Black people were not U.S. citizens and had no rights under the Constitution.
Dred Scott V Sandford
This model is the leading lady in Michael Jackson's "Remember the Time" music video
Iman
Who was the first Black woman elected to Congress in 1968?
Shirley Chisholm
This activist co-founded the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and later became chairman of the Black Panther Party.
Stokley Carmichael
Lewis Latimer’s improvement to this invention helped make it more affordable and long-lasting.
Light Bulb
This 1921 massacre destroyed a thriving Black business district known as “Black Wall Street.”, in this city.
Tulsa
This legendary comedian and actor made history as the first Black person to host Saturday Night Live in 1975.
Richard Pryor
This 1965 event, where peaceful marchers were attacked by police on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, helped lead to the passage of the Voting Rights Act.
➡ What is Bloody Sunday?
Bloody Sunday
She was a fearless anti-lynching journalist and one of the founders of the NAACP.
Ida B Wells
Though she never gave consent, her cells—known as HeLa cells—became one of the most important tools in medical research, helping to develop vaccines, cancer treatments, and more.
Henrietta Lacks
This system of labor, which replaced slavery in the South, forced many Black farmers into cycles of debt and poverty.
Sharecropping
This film, directed by Barry Jenkins, became the first with an all-Black cast to win the Oscar for Best Picture in 2017.
Moonlight