Famous Names in Black History
He was known as the "Black Babe Ruth."
Who is Josh Gibson?
A person wanted to end slavery.
What is an abolitionist?
This European capital city is home to the Eiffel Tower and sits along the River Seine.
What is Paris?
Before becoming the first African American Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court, this lawyer won a major 1954 case that ended legal school segregation, arguing that “separate” could never be truly equal.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
This last name, adopted by Malcolm during his transformation, symbolized the loss of African heritage caused by slavery.
What is X?
He helped survey the land that would become Washington, D.C.
Who is Benjamin Banneker?
The name of the newspaper published by Fredrick Douglas.
What is "The North Star?"
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This U.S. state, the largest by area, is separated from the rest of the country by Canada.
This commanding officer of the 6888th told a superior that he had “never seen better marching troops in his life.”
Who was Major Charity Adams?
While in prison, Malcolm X joined this religious movement led by Elijah Muhammad, which promoted Black independence and rejected white supremacy.
What is the Nation of Islam?
I was the first African - American player to win the Heisman Trophy.
Who is Ernie Davis?
3 states in which enslavement was legal before the passage of the 13th amendment.
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri.
Rising over 29,000 feet, this mountain on the border of Nepal and China is the highest point on Earth.
What is Mount Everest?
Arriving in Birmingham in 1945, the Six Triple Eight confronted this staggering pileup—over 17 million pieces of it.
What is the mail?
This white supremacist group burned down Malcolm’s childhood home when he was four years old and continued to terrorize his family.
What is the Ku Klux Klan?
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He was the Chairman of the Illinois Black Panther Party. He was assassinated by the Chicago police in 1969.
Known as the black Moses, she served as a conductor on the Underground Railroad, completing 20 trips south helping to free 300 enslaved people.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
This giant South American river, second in length only to the Nile, carries more water than any other river in the world.
What is the Amazon River?
This organization attempted to set up segregated facilities for the women of the 6888th—an effort Major Adams firmly refused.
What is the Red Cross?
After his release from prison, Malcolm X was appointed to lead Temple Number Seven in this New York neighborhood, where he greatly expanded membership.
What is Harlem?
She was a mathematician whose precise calculations helped make U.S. spaceflight possible. Working at NASA, she played a vital role in missions such as John Glenn’s first orbital flight and the Apollo 11 Moon landing.
Who is Kathrine Johnson?
The book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that exposed the evils of enslavement.
What is "Uncle Tom's Cabin?"
This is the only continent that is also a country.
What is Australia?
Though some U.S. troops treated them with prejudice, the women of the 6888th found a warm welcome from the people of this allied nation.
Who is Great Britain?
Malcolm X’s parents were followers of this early Pan‑African leader, whose philosophy inspired Black pride and independence.
Who is Marcus Garvey?