Civil Rights Movement
Who delivered the “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963?
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
She was the first Black woman elected to the U.S. Congress.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
This genre was born in the Bronx in the 1970s.
What is Hip-Hop?
HBCU stands for this.
What is Historically Black Colleges and Universities?
He invented the traffic light system.
Who is Garrett Morgan?
This 1955 event began after Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat.
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
This man became the first Black president of the United States in 2008.
Who is Barack Obama?
This Motown label was founded by Berry Gordy.
What is Motown Records?
This HBCU in Atlanta counts Martin Luther King Jr. as an alumnus.
What is Morehouse College?
She helped develop GPS technology.
Who is Gladys West?
This 1954 Supreme Court case ruled segregation in public schools unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This current Vice President became the first Black woman and first South Asian woman in the role.
Who is Kamala Harris?
This artist’s 2016 album “Lemonade” blended Black history, feminism, and Southern culture.
Who is Beyoncé?
This Washington, D.C. HBCU is known as “The Mecca.”
What is Howard University?
He invented a system for refrigerated trucks that helped transform the food industry.
Who is Frederick McKinley Jones?
This group of young activists staged sit-ins at segregated lunch counters in 1960.
Who were the Greensboro Four?
This Reconstruction-era politician was the first Black U.S. Senator.
Who is Hiram Revels?
This Harlem Renaissance figure wrote “The Negro Speaks of Rivers.”
Who is Langston Hughes?
This all-women’s HBCU is located next to Morehouse in Atlanta.
What is Spelman College?
This NASA mathematician calculated flight paths for John Glenn’s orbit.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
This civil rights leader founded the Organization of Afro-American Unity after leaving the Nation of Islam.
Who is Malcolm X?
She became the first Black woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court in 2022.
Who is Ketanji Brown Jackson?
This singer was known as the “Queen of Soul.”
Who is Aretha Franklin?
This 1896 Supreme Court case upheld “separate but equal,” impacting Black education for decades.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
He performed one of the first successful open-heart surgeries in 1893.
Who is Daniel Hale Williams?