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THEY WERE THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN/NATIVE AMERICAN FEMALE TO HOLD A PILOT LICENSE.
WHO IS BESSIE COLEMAN?
“I was conductor of the Underground Railroad for eight years, and I can say what most conductors can't say — I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger.”
WHO IS HARRIET TUBMAN?
This Supreme Court decision decreed that public schools should be integrated.
What is Brown v. Board of Education
Their refusal to give up their seat to a white man on a crowded bus sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Who is Rosa Parks
He led the Chicago Bulls to 6 NBA Championships in 91,92,93,96,97,98. He has the most popular sneakers in the world named after him.
Who is Michael Jordan
As a child she had to be escorted to school by police and military personnel as she broke barriers by becoming the first African American to attend a white's only school.
Who is Ruby Bridges
"I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self‐evident, that all men are created equal."
WHO IS MARTIN LUTHER KING JR
This Supreme Court case decreed a slave was his master's property and African Americans were not citizens
What is Dred Scott v. Sandford
The Springfield Race riot of 1908 inspired this well-known civil rights activist to create the NAACP in 1910.
Who is W.E.B Dubois
She is ranked as the second best-selling female artist of the 21st century with record sales of over 37 million dollars
Who is Beyonce Knowles
She was known as the innovator and the originator of Black Hair Care because of this she became the first black millionaire.
Who is Madame CJ Walker
"Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise I rise I rise."
WHO IS MAYA ANGELOU?
This Supreme Court case stated that segregation was legal and constitutional as long as "facilities were equal."
What is Plessy v. Ferguson
He was the Nation of Islam's most effective leader until he broke from the group in 1964 and formed his own group, the Organization of Afro-American Unity
Who is Malcolm X
Who is Michael Jackson
Which famous athlete said "Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong."?
Who is Muhammad Ali
He marched with King during Selmas and was even beaten by police for it. He founded the student nonviolent coordinating committee. He served in congress until his death in July of 2020.
Who is John Lewis
He was a major player of the civil rights movement in the United States during the 1950's and 1960's and won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize for leading nonviolent civil rights demonstrations.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.
At just 14 years old he was lynched for allegedly whistling at a white woman white woman who in 2007 admitted that she had lied.
Who is Emmet Till
She was the first African American woman to be on the ballot as a candidate for President
Who is Shirley Chisholm
Who is Colin Powell
Which racially motivated attack on a church caused the death of four little girls in Alabama?
What is the Alabama Church Bombing
He made agricultural advancements and inventions pertaining to the use of peanuts and was one of the first African-Americans admitted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1990
Who is George Washington Carver