Civil Rights
Martin Luther King Jr. is famous for delivering this speech during the March on Washington in 1963.
What is the "I Have a Dream" speech?
This singer, actress, and model was one of the best-selling music artists of all time and starred in the film "The Bodyguard."
Who is Whitney Houston?
The date Altria raised the Juneteenth flag & declared the day a company-paid holiday for healing and reflection
What is June 19, 2020?
This invention, commonly found on street corners, helps regulate traffic flow and keep pedestrians safe.
What is the traffic light? (Invented by Garrett Morgan)
"When they go low, we go high."
Who is former First Lady Michelle Obama?
This landmark Supreme Court case in 1954 declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This actress made history as the first African American woman to win an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her role in "How to Get Away with Murder."
Who is Viola Davis?
This magazine named Altria as one of 25 VA/DC Employers Best for Diversity in 2019
What is Forbes?
This everyday item, used for sending and receiving mail, was invented by Philip B. Downing
What is the mailbox?
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
This civil rights organization, founded by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale, aimed to protect African Americans from police brutality and promote self-defense.
What is the Black Panther Party?
This "First Lady of Song" was a renowned jazz vocalist and the first African American woman to win a Grammy in 1959.
Who is Ella Fitzgerald?
This fund, co-created in 1987 by Miller Brewing and PM USA, provides merit-based four-year scholarships to students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
What is the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund?
This popular water toy, perfect for summer fun, was invented by African American engineer, Lonnie Johnson.
What is the Super Soaker water gun?
"Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed."
Who is Booker T. Washington?
This civil rights activist and leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was a key figure in organizing the Freedom Rides and the March on Washington.
Who is John Lewis?
This singer, songwriter, and civil rights activist used her music to advocate for racial equality and social justice.
Who is Nina Simone?
The year PM USA became the first tobacco company to hire Black salesmen
What is 1935?
The home security system was invented by this Black nurse.
Who is Marie Van Brittan Brown?
"If there is no struggle, there is no progress."
Who is Frederick Douglass?
This African American student was the first to enroll at the University of Mississippi, breaking the color barrier in higher education.
Who is James Meredith?
This actor became the first African American to win the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his performance in the movie "Lilies of the Field."
Who is Sidney Poitier?
The year Phillip Morris & Co. Ltd. integrated the labor force of its manufacturing center (3 decades before Civil Rights became law)
What is 1933?
Blood banks, used to store and preserve blood for transfusions, was developed by this African American physician.
Who is Dr. Charles Richard Drew?
"The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any."
Who is Alice Walker?