Civil Rights Leaders
This leader delivered the "I Have a Dream " Speech in 1963.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
Invented the traffic signal and gas mask improvements.
Who is Garrett Morgan?
Known as the "Queen of Soul."
Who is Aretha Franklin?
Broke MLB's color barrier in 1947.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
Month when Black History Month is Celebrated in the US.
What is February?
She refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama.
Who is Rosa Parks?
Developed hundreds of uses for peanuts and sweet potatoes.
Who is George Washington Carver?
Harlem Renaissance poet who wrote "The Negro Speaks of Rivers."
Who is Langston Hughes?
Olympic track star with four gold medals in 1936
Who is Jesse Owens?
Year the Civil Rights Act was passed.
What is 1964?
First Black Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
Invented the refrigerated truck system.
Who is Frederick McKinley Jones?
First Black woman to win an Oscar for Best Actress (2002).
Who is Halle Berry?
Basketball icon known as "His Airness."
Who is Michael Jordan?
First Black U.S. President elected in 2008.
Who is Barack Obama?
Founder of the Tuskegee Institute and educator born into slavery.
Who is Booker T. Washington?
Created the first home security system patent in 1966.
Who is Marie Van Brittan Brown?
Legendary jazz trumpeter nicknamed "Satchmo."
Who is Louis Armstrong?
Tennis champion with 23 Grand Slam singles titles.
Who is Serena Williams?
The historic 1963 march where MLK gave his famous speech.
What is the March on Washington?
Co-founder of the NAACP and civil rights activist scholar.
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?
NASA mathematician portrayed in Hidden Figures.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
Author of Beloved and Nobel Prize winner.
Who is Toni Morrison?
Heavyweight boxing Champion known as "The Greatest."
Who is Muhammad Ali?
First Black Woman Vice President of the United States.
Who is Kamala Harris?