Selma
This man was a principal and educator for forty-one years and inspired the namesake of Selma's local middle school.
Who is Richard Byron Hudson?
This Women’s Gymnastics star athlete has five Olympic Gold Medals and nineteen World Gold Medals.
What is Simone Biles?
This woman was the first African American woman to be admitted into NASA’s astronaut training program.
This actor did the voicework for one of the most iconic movie villains of all time: Darth Vader.
Who is James Earl Jones?
What’s the name of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s father’s church?
What is Ebenezer Baptist Church?
“Bloody Sunday” took place on this bridge in 1965.
What is the Edmund Pettis Bridge?
At the 1960 Olympics in Rome, this sprinter was the first American woman to win three Gold Medals.
Who is Wilma Rudolph?
This botanist is known as “The Plant Doctor” who moved to Tuskegee to research agriculture and the peanut plant.
Who is George Washington Carver?
This musician perfected the “Moonwalk” dance in the 1980s and is often called the King of Pop.
Who is Michael Jackson?
The entertainer Beyoncé was born in this city.
What is Houston?
The eventual law that was proposed mostly as a result of the Selma movement.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
He was the first African-American major league baseball player.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
The founder of Tuskegee University focused on training African American’s in agriculture.
Who is Booker T. Washington?
This actor is best known for reconfiguring “the concept of classic movie stardom” with his characters defined by grace and inner strength such as in “Remember the Titans” and “Malcom X”.
Who is Denzel Washington?
The 1963 church bombing that killed four young girls occurred in this city.
What is Birmingham, Alabama?
This man was the first African-American mayor of Selma.
Who is James Perkins, Jr.?
This gymnast known as “the flying squirrel” was the first American to win gold in both the individual and team competitions at the same Olympic games.
An astrophysicist known for his dedication to educating others on space while hosting NOVA ScienceNow.
Who is Neil deGrasse Tyson?
What TV comedy show made Eddie Murphy a household name?
This famous New York City neighborhood is called the “Black Mecca” and “Heaven.”
What is Harlem?
He was a civil rights activist, educator and minister at Ebenezer Baptist Church and was also a member of the “Courageous Eight”.
Who is Dr. Frederick D. Reese?
As a member of the Washington Capitals, this player was the first African-American player to play a game in the NBA.
Who is Earl Lloyd?
This inventor is most known for the invention of the three-signal traffic light.
This trumpet player was also a vocalist and was the first to use a technique known as scat singing. What was his name?
Who is Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong?
The former Lorraine Motel, where Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in April 1968 is located in this city.
What is Memphis?