Activists & Events That Shaped the Civil Rights Movement
Who is known as the “Father of Black History?
Carter G. Woodson
Who played the trumpet and is most known for the song, “What a Wonderful World”?
Louis Armstrong
Which inventor discovered many ways to use the peanut?
George Washington Carver
Which former basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers won 5 NBA Championships and 4 MVP Awards?
Kobe Bryant
Who graduated from Pleasantville High School in 2006 and is a track and field athlete that won the 2016 Olympic Silver Medal for the 100-meter hurdles?
Nia Ali
Which staff member has a luxury travel bag company?
Ms. Marshall
Which Civil Rights activist became known as “Moses” and helped to free more than 300 slaves?
Harriet Tubman
Who was a dancer and the first person of color to become a worldwide entertainer?
Josephine Baker
Who invented the modern traffic light?
Garrett Morgan
Which Olympic gymnast and World Champion won 11 Olympic medals?
Simone Biles
Which local entrepreneur owns two McDonald’s restaurants in Atlantic City with her husband Anthony Mack?
Rita Mack
Which staff member owns a limousine company?
Mr. Caesar
During the year 1960, who was the first black child to desegregate an all-white school in New Orleans?
Ruby Bridges
Who played the piano and is considered one of the greatest jazz composers of all time?
Duke Ellington
Which chef invented potato chips?
George Crum
Which female tennis player is known as one of the greatest in history? She has won 4 Olympic gold medals.
Serena Williams
Who is a Superior Court judge in Atlantic County for the Family Division that has visited South Main Street School to speak with 4th & 5th graders about her educational experience and career?
Judge Michelle D. Perry Thompson
Which staff member has a business that provides personalized tutoring services?
Mr. Croff
Which Civil Rights leader opened a school for black students called the Tuskegee Institute?
Booker T. Washington
Who was a poet and known as “the poet laureate of Harlem”?
Langston Hughes
Who contributed to the invention of the lightbulb and telephone?
Lewis Latimer
In 1947 this former UCLA graduate broke the baseball color barrier when he played first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Jackie Robinson
Who was the first African-American female council president of Pleasantville and the city's current mayor?
Judy Ward
Which staff member has a power washing company called “Clean Surface Power Washing”?
Mr. Frazier
Which Civil Rights activist was the first African-American Congresswoman and the first African-American woman to run for President of the United States?
shirley chisholm
Who was a singer during the Harlem Renaissance? Her song “Strange Fruit” was a protest song during the Civil Rights Era.
Billie Holiday
Who invented special hair care products for black women and was one of the first self-made millionaires in the United States?
Madam C.J. Walker
Which boxer is a world heavyweight champion, known as “The Greatest?” Actor Will Smith portrayed him in the movie “Ali.”
Muhammad Ali
Who is the first African-American Senator to represent the state of New Jersey?
Cory Booker
Which staff member owns a company that creates content and provides coaching services to promote health and well-being?
Ms. J. Brooks