Men of the Civil Rights Movement
In 1968, what Civil Rights leader was assassinated while demonstrating for the rights of sanitation workers in Memphis?
Dr. MLK Jr.
The inventor of hair softeners, grower, and straightening comb, that changed the cosmetics industry, becoming one of the first black millionaires.
Madame C. J. Walker
He's the first Black player to win Major League Baseball’s Rookie of the Year Award
Jackie Robinson
Dr. King was elected president of this civil rights organization in 1957
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
What Atlanta-born Baptist minister was the youngest person ever to receive the Nobel Peace Prize?
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
He was the first African-American appointed to the Supreme Court by President Johnson in 1976?
Thurgood Marshall
This woman made a strategic decision to keep her seat and helped launch the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks
In 1974, this Milwaukee Brave broke Babe Ruth’s homerun record of 714?
Hank Aaron
In 1929, he was president of this first successful Black labor union? (Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP))
Phillip Randolph
Which of the following women is known as the "Moses of her people"
Harriet Tubman
This 14 year-old that was brutally murdered in Money, MS., in 1955 for speaking to a white woman. His case was emblematic of the disparity of justice for blacks in the South
Emmett Till
This African-American journalist and civil rights leader led the campaign to end lynchings
Ida B Wells
The first African-American to win the U.S. Tennis Open?
Arthur Ashe
What is the oldest civil rights organization still working today?
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
This is the oldest Civil Rights organization still in operation today?
"NAACP"
This African American Muslim minister and human rights activist was assassinated in 1965
Malcolm X
This journalist and member of the Little Rock Nine wrote the novel "Warriors Don't Cry"
Melba Pattillo Beals
The week of February 25, 2002, she became the first African-American woman to reach the #1 ranking on the Women Tennis Association tour
Venus Williams
Founded in Oakland, California by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale on October 15, 1966, this organization was formed for the protection of African American neighborhoods from police brutality
Black Panther Party
Who was the first black female representative in Congress
Shirley Chisholm
His book “Up from Slavery,” published in 1900 was the most successful autobiography written by a post-reconstruction Black writer
Booker T Washington
This American political activist, scholar, and author emerged as a nationally prominent activist in the 1960s, when she was associated with the Communist Party USA, the Civil Rights Movement and the Black Panther Party. She went on to become a professor at the University of Santa Cruz
Angela Davis
He won four gold medals in the Berlin, Germany games in 1936?
Jesse Owens
This cultural boom between WWI and WWII has been described as the Mecca for Black artists and scholars?
Harlem Renaissance
Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted citizenship to and protected the liberties of newly freed slaves?
14th