Black Artist
The first African American Disney Princess?
Tiana
What year did Rosa Parks refuse to give up her bus seat In Montgomery Alabama, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
1955
Who was the scientist and inventor who used the peanut in many of his experiments/ inventions?
George Washington Carver
What is Ruby Bridges famous for?
Being the frist black student to attend an all white school.
What were "Jim Crow" laws?
Laws in the U.S. that made it illegal for places to be racially integrated.
Who is the Black American artist who rose to fame in the 1980s? Hint: He's known for his signature skull and trademarked crown.
Jean Michael Basquiat
Who was the conductor of the underground railroad?
Harriet Tubman
What former slave and abolitionist member published The North Star an abolitionist newspaper?
Fredrick Douglass
In which city did Martin Luther King Jr. give his famous "I Have a Dream" speech?
Washington D.C
Which amendment abolished slavery in the U.S?
The 13th Ammendment
A poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist who received more than 50 awards for her craft including a presidential medal.
Maya Angelou
What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
An executive order that stated all Southern slaves had been freed.
The first black artist to hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100?
Tommy Edwards
What NBA player was the youngest in the history of the NBA to earn 30,000 career points in 2012?
LeBron James
Who was crippled as a child, but then became the first African American woman to win 3 gold medals in the Olympics?
Wilma Rudolph
He was often called a pioneer in the Harlem Renaissance and he's celebrated for his social activism, novels, and plays who is he?
Langston Hughes
Who was the first African American major league baseball player?
Jackie Robinson
What dance style and music genre originated in Harlem, New York in the 1920s
Swing and Jazz
What was the name of the students who rode on buses throughout the South to integrate transportation?
The Freedom Riders
Who was the first black Mayor of Charlotte?
Harvey Gantt
Who is the contemporary queer painter who's best known for painting Obama's presidential portrait?
Kehinde Willey
Who was the first black Supreme Court justice?
Thurgood Marshall
Who was the first black artist to win a Grammy?
Ella Fitzgerald
Who were the Tuskeegee Airmen?
The frist group of black fighter pilots in WWII.