Influential Black figures and Historical Events

Famous Black Historical Figures

100

The person who delivered the "I Have a Dream" speech 

Martin Luther King Jr.

200

This person refused to give her seat to a white man on a bus as a form of resistance against segregation

Rosa Parks

300

Referred to as an abolitionist, this person freed dozens people from slavery 

Harriet Tubman 

400

This person played a part in the abolitionist movement and fought intesnely for equal rights

Frederick Douglass

500

Referred to as the "plant doctor" this person helped improve the lives of many black farmers

George Washington Carver

Political and Social Change

100

This was a social movement that started in 2013 after a police officer was found not guilty for the shooting of a teenage boy

Black Lives Matter

200

This Act was passed in 1964 which outlawed segregation and discrimintation in employment 

Civil Rights Act

300

Under Abraham Lincoln's administration the 13 amendment was passed, what did it do?

The 13th amendment abolished slavery and was codified into law in 1865

400

The event occured during the Civil Rights Movement and was about fighting for African American rights in the US 

March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom 

500

This ruling by the Supreme Court marked the end of segregation in schools 

Brown v Board of Education 

Black Scientists

100

This chemist created a injectable treatment for leprosy 

Alice Ball 

200

This person was the first African American in space

Guion Bluford

300

The first African-American to get a PhD in America. They obtained their PhD in physics and taught science in school 

Edward Bouchet

400

The first African-American women neurosurgeon in the US 

Alexa Canady

500

This person was the creator of the first blood bank

Charles R. Drew

Black Inventors

100

This person helped improve the iron board we use today and was one of the first black people to get a patent

Sarah Boone

200

Inventor of the 3 light traffic signal, this person is responsible for the traffic lights we have today

Garrett Augustus Morgan 

300

This person is credited to being the reason we have automatic elevator doors 

Alexander Miles

400

While thomas edison is seen as the inventor of the light bulb, the inventor behind the carbon filament which makes it last longer 

 Lewis Latimer

500

This person co-invented one of the first home security systems

Mary Van Brittan Brown