Famous Facts
She became the first African American female millionaire by creating her revolutionary black hair products.
Who is Madam C.J. Walker?
This body of water in West Africa was used as a trade route as well as for transportation, fishing and agriculture.
What is the Niger River?
These famous pilots escorted bomber planes on their missions during World War II
Who are the Tuskegee Airmen?
This Philadelphia born news journalist and Cheyney University alum is most famous for his work on the CBS national news program, 60 minutes.
Who is Ed Bradley?
This group completed freedom rides and sit ins throughout the south to combat racial discrimination in the 1960s.
What is SNCC (Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee)?
This is the name of the official U.S. federal holiday that commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans.
What is Juneteenth?
This city located in West Africa was known as the center of learning and trade.
What is Timbuktu?
This group of soldiers was the first all African American regiment during the Civil War.
Who are the 54th Massachusetts?
"That's what's going on around the country, here's what's happening in your neck of the woods." says this Today show weatherman.
Who is Al Roker?
This social movement highlighting racism, discrimination and inequality became a slogan of activists in the mid 2010s.
What is Black Lives Matter?
This famous scientist and agriculturalist created over 300 items using peanuts that included flour, paste and wallpaper (among other things)
Who is George Washington Carver?
Often thought of to be the richest person to ever have been ruler of an empire, this man is perhaps best known for his famous pilgrimage to Mecca.
Who is Mansa Musa?
This group of Marines, who saw significant combat in the Pacific during World War II, was named for their segregated training facility in North Carolina.
Who are the Montford Point Marines?
This 2012 Peabody Award winner is perhaps best known for her work on ABC's "Good Morning America"
Who is Robin Roberts?
In the early 2000s, this student led group worked towards shutting down youth prisons and changing sentencing guidelines.
What is Juvenile Justice Reform Movement?
This educator and founder of the Tuskegee Institute was the first African American to appear on a postage stamp.
Who is Booker T. Washington?
Stories and traditions were often taught and passed down through generations by people known as
Who are Griots?
This group of African American soldiers originally helped protect settlers and increase westward expansion of the United States.
Who are the Buffalo Soldiers?
This man was the lead news anchor on CNN from its inception until his retirement in 2001.
In 1991, this group trained young African Americans to work towards fighting gun violence, police misconduct and curbing childhood hunger.
What is the Black Student Leadership Network?
This most famous leader of the Underground Railroad was directly responsible for leading over 300 African Americans to freedom.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
Art in ancient West Africa consisted of woodcarving, sculptures and these, which were believed to represent ancestral spirits.
What are wooden masks?
These World War I soldiers, who were assigned to French units during the War, faced racism and saw intense combat.
Who are the Harlem Hellfighters?
This co-host of "CBS Mornings" also happens to be Oprah's best friend.
Who is Gayle King?
During this event in 1963, children left school and gathered at the Sixth Street Baptist church in order to march to Birmingham, Alabama to protest racial segregation in the city.
What is Children's Crusade?