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What neighborhood was known to have over 100 successful Black owned businesses during segregation?
Black Wall Street
Fighter for anti-lynching legislation and women’s suffrage.
Ida B. Wells
Who was the first Black man to become a Major League Baseball player?
Jackie Robinson
These are all Black air force regimen who fought during WWII
Tuskegee Airmen
Who was the first Black woman to become a millionaire?
Madam C.J. Walker
Who won the gold medal in track during the 1936 Olympics?
Jesse Owens
There are over 100 HBCUs across the United States. HBCU stands for…
Historically Black College or University
This sporting event became a controversial international display for a Black Power Movement, making the Black Power Fist a recognized symbol worldwide
1968 Olympics
A liberator of over a thousand slaves and a spy for the Union Army during the Civil War
Harriett Tubman
A regimen of all Black soldiers in the Army who were stationed on the Western frontier after the Army Organization Act.
Buffalo Soldiers
Who was the first Black woman to become a member of Congress, representing New York
Shirley Chisholm
Jamaican born Pan-Africanist who was the founder of the UNIA (Universal Negro Improvement Association)
Marcus Garvey
This famous debate on whether Black people should maintain working in necessary labor industries to earn respect and eventually their rights or to assume political power to influence law for their rights, was between which two Black scholars?
Booker T. Washington & W.E.B. DuBois
The first Black woman to be a tennis star that influenced Venus and Serena Williams
Althea Gibson
This was the richest man in human history, so rich that he threw off the economy of every country he visited by how much gold he gave away.
Mansa Musa
Published by the Johnson Publishing Company since 1945, this publication showcased Black life in ways most other journalism formats would not.
EBONY Magazine
Civil Rights leader, voting rights activist, and women’s rights activist from Mississippi that represented the Southern Black population at the Democratic National Convention in 1964
Fannie Lou Hamer
Who was the creator of the first video game cartridge?
Gerald Anderson Lawson
One of the Black women who did all the math that made NASA’s first flight into orbit possible
Katherine Johnson
An organization formed in 1909 to advocate and fight for Civil Rights.
NAACP
Most known for her flamboyant style and being the fastest woman alive. She set track world records in the 80s that hold up to this day.
Florence Griffith Joyner
This was the only known successful slave rebellion in the Caribbean?
Haitian Revolution
An American Jazz singer, also known as Lady Day that is known for her controversial song, “Strange Fruit”.
Billie Holiday
A Neo-Expressionist painter who became famous in the 80s for his work that depicted the human experience in abstract ways.
Jean-Michel Basquiat
New Orleans based culture groups led by Black people, often seen dancing and chanting in bright colors during Carnival season.
Mardi Gras Indians