Famous African American Quotes
Up, you might race, accomplish what you will.
Who is Marcus Garvey
The Acronym for HBCU
Historically Black College and University
Jackie Robinson
The first rapper to win a grammy
Fresh Prince and DJ Jazzy Jeff
He lead a slave rebellion of enslaved people that took place in Southhammpton County, Virginia.
Nat Turner
Education is the passport to the future, fo tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.
Malcolm X
Which university is the first degree-granting Historically Black College and University.
Lincoln University
The first African American to hold a patent.
Thomas L. Jennings (for dry cleaning process)
What city is considered the birth place of Hip Hop.
New York City
She wrote the famous poem "Aint I a women" .
Sojourner Truth
I would fight for my liberty solong as my strengthlasted, and if thetime cae formeto go, the lord would let them take me.
Harriet Tubman
This HBCU opened in 1867 and includes alumni such as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Spike Lee.
Morehouse College
The first African American invited to dine at the White House.
Booker T. Washington
What was the first major Hip Hop song?
Rapper's Delight (1979)
The name of the executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln on Setember 22, 1862 that changed the legal status of more then 3.5 million people in the confederate states.
Emancipation Proclaation
Change will not come if we wait for soe other person or some other time. We are theones we've een waiting for. We are thechange that we seek.
Barack Obama
Howard University
The first African-American woman millionaire
Madam C. J. Walker
He represents Queensbridge New York and was nominated for a grammy 13 times.
Nas
He was a religious leader who le the Nation of Islam from 1934 until his death in 1975.
Elijah Muhammad
To be a poor man is hare, ut to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardship.
W. E. B. DuBois
This University was named after one of the founders of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and helped organize a slave revolt.
Morris Brown College
Marian Anderson
Gunned down in the streets of Las Vegas on September 13, 1996. His murder remains unsolved.
Tupac Shakur
Juneteeth