Slavery
African abolitionist, humanitarian who used the Underground Railroad to bring slaves to freedom.
Harriet Tubman
Social activist and Baptist minister who played a key role in the American civil rights movement. Famous for his “I Have a Dream” speech.
Martin Luther King Jr.
1st African American player in the major leagues in 1947, signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Jackie Robinson
1ST African American President of the USA.
Barack Obama
African-American scientist known for his many uses of the peanut.
George Washington Carver
1800’s leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York, known for his speeches and antislavery writings.
Frederick Douglass
Activist in the Civil Rights Movement. On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, she refused to give up her seat on a bus.
Rosa Parks
Famous African-American gymnast who is the first woman gymnast to win World All-Around titles three consecutive times.
Simone Biles
1st African-American Justice of the Supreme Court.
Thurgood Marshall
Inventor, including a patented sewing machine, automated traffic light, hair straightener and respiratory hood.
Garrett Morgan
Slaves were brought over from this continent.
Africa.
1st African American child to attend an all-white elementary school, William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana.
Ruby Bridges
1st African American female principal dancer with the prestigious American Ballet Theatre.
Misty Copeland
1st female African-American Secretary of State.
Condelezza Rice
Invented a lubricant for trains. The term “the Real McCoy” started because people only wanted the lubricant that he invented.
Elijah McCoy
Enslaved man who shipped himself to freedom in a wooden box. Brown became a well-known speaker for the Anti-Slavery Society.
Henry Box Freedom Brown
What is it called when people are separated by the color of their skin? And when people are brought together? (need both correct)
Segregation and integration
1st African American to win the men's singles at Wimbledon and the U.S. Open. 1st African-American man to be ranked No. 1 in the world.
Arthur Ashe
1st African-American General in the United States Air Force.
Gen. Benjamin O. Davis Jr.
Inventor best known for the development of refrigeration equipment used to transport food and blood during World War II.
Fred Jones
1st black woman to win a case to recover her son who had been taken from her and sold.
Sojourner Truth
1st African American to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard University (1895).
W.E.B Dubois
Famous African-American woman tennis player who won more Grand Slam singles titles (23) than any other woman or man during the open era.
Serena Williams
1st African-American congresswoman, became one of the founding members of the Congressional Black Caucus.
Shirley Chisholm
African-American activist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist who became one of the first African-American women to become a millionaire. She invented hair products for African-Americans.
Madam C.J Walker