Name that Date
What year was the NAACP founded?
1909
The first lunch counter sit-in was started by students from what university?
North Carolina A&T, 1960
Founders of the Black Panther Party.
Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton
J.W. Smith's 1897 invention helps keep lawns all over the world looking great, what is it?
Lawn sprinkler
THIS AREA OF DENVER HAS BEEN CALLED THE “HARLEM OF THE WEST.”
FIVE POINTS
What day was MLK Jr Assassination?
April 4, 1968
She was the first Black child to desegregate an elementary school in New Orleans.
Ruby Bridges, 1960
They are the only father and son to play professional baseball on the same team at the same time.
Ken Griffey and Ken Griffey Jr
In the summer kids love to play with this item. Invented by Lonnie Johnson in 1989. What is it?
Super Soaker
AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN WHO GRADUATED FROM EAST HIGH SCHOOL AND STARRED IN THE MOVIE, “COFFY”.
Pam Grier
What year did the Negro Baseball league begin?
1920
She refused to give up her seat before Rosa Parks.
Claudette Colvin
The sisters that wrote "Having our Say"
The Delany Sisters, Sadie (Sarah) and Annie Elizabeth
She developed the first home security system. Who was she?
Marie Van Brittan Brown
WHAT WAS THE FIRST COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY TO HAVE AN AFRICANA STUDIES DEPARTMENT IN COLORADO?
METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY AT DENVER
What year was the Civil Rights Act signed into law?
1964
Nicknamed "The Prophet" he led one of the most famous slave revolts.
Nat Turner
This African American woman and her sister developed the Sanitary belt. Who were they?
Mary and Mildred Davidson
He was the first African American to hold a patent. In 1821 he was granted it for his novel method of dry cleaning. Who was he?
Thomas L. Jennings
NAME MUSEUM LOCATED IN DR. JUSTINA FORD’S HOUSE?
BLACK AMERICAN WEST MUSEUM
What year did the first African-American woman run for presidency?
1972, Shirley Chisholm
Name of the 2 Olympians who protested during the awards ceremony in 1968.
Tommie Smith and John Carlos
This couple had a love for theatre. She appeared in "A Raisin in the Sun", and he appeared in "Cotton Comes to Harlem".
Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis
He was the enslaved man who taught Jack Daniels how to how to make liquor. Who was he?
Nathan ”Nearest” Green
HE STARTED A NEWSPAPER, DENVER WEEKLY NEWS, AND WAS A DJ ON KDKO.
COSMO HARRIS