Civil Rights Movement
Whose refusal to give up her seat on a public bus sparked a boycott of Montgomerey, AL buses from 1955-1956?
Who is Rosa Parks
This man was the first African American to play in the Major League Baseball.
Who is Jackie Robinson
I am the name of the Black National Anthem. What am I?
What is Lift Every Voice and Sing
Who was the first African American to serve as a US Supreme Court Justice?
Who is Thurgood Marshall
Which Supreme Court case stated that segregation was legal and constitutional as long as "facilities were equal"?
What is Plessy v. Ferguson
What was the name of the organization founded by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?
What is The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Chicago Bulls basketball player who won 6 championships
Who is Michael Jordan?
On June 15, 1921 who became the first African American female to earn an aviation pilot's license?
Who is Bessie Coleman
Who was known as the Nation of Islam's most effective minister until he broke from the group in 1964 and formed his own group, the Organization of Afro-American Unity?
Who is Malcolm X
The runaway slave who freed 70 slaves
Who is Harriet Tubman?
Which racially motivated attack on a church caused the death of four girls in Alabama?
What is the Alabama Church Bombing
The most famous African-American boxer. He won three world boxing championships.
Muhammad Ali
This amendment addressed voting rights
South African statesman who was released from prison to become the nation's first democratically elected president in 1994
Who is Nelson Mandela
What Supreme Court decision decreed that public schools should be integrated?
What is Brown v. Board of Education
Where was the first "sit-in" at a segregated lunch counter?
What is Greensboro, North Carolina
First African American to win at the Olympics; won gold medals in Germany during WWII
On July 2, 1964, President Johnson signed the ___. It prohibited any kind of discrimination based on race, religion, color, or national origin.
What is the Civil Rights Act
United States abolitionist and feminist who was freed from slavery and became a leading advocate of the abolition of slavery and for the rights of women (1797-1883)
Who is Sojourner Truth
Before it became Black History Month what was the observance of Black History called?
What is Negro History Week
Southern laws which separated the races after Plessy v. Ferguson
These sisters are well known in the tennis world and have won the tennis championship Wimbledon along with many other tournaments.
Who is Venus and Serena Williams
The Million Man March took place in what city?
First African American millionaire--invented black hair care products
Who is Madame C J Walker
What year was the Thirteenth Amendment ratified, abolishing slavery?