Civil Rights Leaders
He delivered the 'I Have a Dream' speech in 1963.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
First African American president of the United States.
Who is Barack Obama?
He wrote 'The Negro Speaks of Rivers'
Who is Langston Hughes?
She wrote 'Still I Rise'
Who is Maya Angelou?
He broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier in 1947.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
The 'Queen of Soul' who sang 'Respect'
Who is Aretha Franklin?
1954 case declaring school segregation unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
NASA mathematician featured in 'Hidden Figures'
Who is Katherine Johnson?
He invented the 'Real McCoy' automatic lubricator.
Who is Elijah McCoy?
Harrowing network that helped enslaved people escape to freedom.
What is the Underground Railroad?
She refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery in 1955.
Who is Rosa Parks?
First African American woman U.S. Vice President.
Who is Kamala Harris?
She wrote 'Their Eyes Were Watching God'
Who is Zora Neale Hurston?
She wrote 'A Raisin in the Sun'
Who is Lorraine Hansberry?
Born Cassius Clay, this boxer became heavyweight champion.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
The 'Godfather of Soul'
Who is James Brown?
This 1964 act outlawed segregation.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Peanut scientist who discovered hundreds of uses for crops.
Who is George Washington Carver?
First Black woman to earn a medical degree in the U.S.
Who is Rebecca Lee Crumpler?
Boy whose 1955 murder helped spark the civil rights movement.
Who is Emmett Till?
This Muslim minister became a prominent voice for Black nationalism.
Who is Malcolm X?
First African American Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
She wrote 'Beloved' and won the Pulitzer Prize.
Who is Toni Morrison?
She recited 'The Hill We Climb' at the 2021 inauguration.
Who is Amanda Gorman?
Track star who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics.
Who is Jesse Owens?
Jazz legend known for 'What a Wonderful World'
Who is Louis Armstrong?
1965 law that banned discriminatory voting practices.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
First Black woman astronaut in space.
Who is Mae Jemison?
Neurosurgeon who separated conjoined twins at the head.
Who is Ben Carson?
1963 event where MLK delivered his famous speech.
What is the March on Washington?
She became the first African American woman elected to Congress in 1968.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
Ghana’s Independence Leader and Pan-Africanist Icon.
Who is Kwame Nkrumah?
He wrote 'The Souls of Black Folk' and co-founded the NAACP.
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?
Journalist and activist who documented lynching and fought segregation.
Who is Ida B. Wells?
First Black woman to win Olympic all-around gymnastics gold.
Who is Gabby Douglas?
The 'King of Pop' who released 'Thriller'
Who is Michael Jackson?
Protesters marched from Selma to this Alabama city.
What is Montgomery?
He invented an improved traffic signal and gas mask.
Who is Garrett Morgan?
First Black woman Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 2011.
Who is Leymah Gbowee?
1896 Supreme Court case that upheld 'separate but equal'
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
Despite being legally blind, he earned advanced degrees and became a national leader in racial and social justice.
Rev. Dr. Edwin “Doc” Edmonds?
He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 for civil rights leadership.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
He wrote 'The Fire Next Time' and 'Go Tell It on the Mountain'
Who is James Baldwin?
He is known as the Father of Black History Month.
Who is Carter G. Woodson?
He became the NBA’s all-time leading scorer in 2023.
Who is LeBron James?
Ballerina and first Black female principal dancer at ABT.
Who is Misty Copeland?
Students used this peaceful lunch-counter protest method.
What are sit-ins?
Pioneering surgeon who performed early open-heart surgery.
Who is Dr. Daniel Hale Williams?
Her calculations helped launch John Glenn into orbit.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
Freedom seekers often followed this in the night sky.
What is the North Star?