The first non-indigenous homestead in Illinois
Chicago
Jean Baptiste DuSable
Founder of Chicago
Free breakfast and free lunch
Programs started by the Black Panther Party and later adopted by the federal government.
Harold Washington
First Black Mayor of Chicago
Thomas A. Dorsey
Gospel music
The park where Coffee and Robinson's first flight took place
Washington Park
Thomas A Dorsey
Wrote the first gospel song
The "numbers game" became known as
The Lottery
Carter G. Woodson
Founder of Black History Month
The place where artists got together to discuss politics and art.
Southside Community Art Center
The country where Bessie Coleman got her pilots license
France
Mr. Hudlin
Saved deeds and important papers during the Chicago Fire. His house was an Underground Railroad stop.
Stopping people of a particular race or creed
Racial profiling
1 man Air Force
Colonel John Robinson
A popular type of music during the early 1900's
Ragtime
The first open heart surgery
Provident Hospital
John Jones
first Black county commissioner, tailor, constructed 2 buildings
The Defender
2nd Black owned and operated newspaper.
Started by Robert S. Abbott
Eugene Williams
14 year old that was stoned and killed at 29th St Beach; sparking the Chicago Riot
Godfather of House Music
Frankie Knuckles
The state where the reign of terror took place
Mississippi
John H. Johnson
founded Ebony and Jet magazine
Negro history week was later known as
Black History Month
Fred Hampton
Started the Chicago Black Panther Party
Colors used by the AfroCobra movement
Kool-aid