INVENTOR
PORTABLE IRONING BOARD, his name sake for the popular phase “The Real McCoy"
Who is Elijiah McCoy?
What is Safe House?
The NFL's all-time leader in receptions, yards and touchdowns who played for the San Francisco 49ers.
Who is Jerry Rice?
When the sun comes back and the first quail calls
What is early spring, a good time of year to escape?
This six-year old who was the First African American to attend a desegregated school in 1960
Who is Ruby Bridges?
He invented the Super Soaker toy generating well over $1 billion in sales over its lifetime. A summertime favorite!
Lonnie Johnson
Heaven
What is Canada and/or Freedom?
This US Gymnast won 25 World Championships and is a Mental Health advocate
Who is Simone Biles?
The dead trees will show you the way
What is a reminder that moss grows on the north end of trees, in case the fugitives could not see the drinking gourd?
The city where Dr. Martin Luther King made his "I Have a Dream speech in 1963"
Where is Washington, DC?
First female African American medical ophthalmologist to receive a medical patent for LASERPHACO PROBE(a laser cataract treatment device)
Who is Dr. Patricia Bath!
Drinking Gourd
What is the Big Dipper and the North Star?
The woman who holds the World Record in the Woman's 100m Sprint at 10.49 seconds
Who is Florence Griffith Joyner?
A friend of a friend sent me
What is the password for fugitive slaves traveling alone to indicate they were sent by the Underground Railroad?
The minister and activist who founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church
Who is Richard Allen?
CARBON LIGHT BULB FILAMENT to increase the life span and practicality of light bulbs
Who is Lewis Latimer?
River Jordan
What is Ohio River?
The African American basketball player who was released from a Russian jail in 2022
Who is Brittney Griner?
The wind blows from the south today
What was warning that bounty slave hunters were nearby?
The woman who is known as the "Mother of the Modern Day Civil Rights Movement"
Who is Rosa Parks?
DAILY DOUBLE.....
THE THREE-LIGHT TRAFFIC SIGNAL AND GAS MASK
Who is Garet Morgan?
Black Moses
Who is Harriet Tubman?
These sisters dominated the tennis courts for decades winning many Grand Slams
Who are Serena and Venus Williams?
The river banks makes a mighty good road
What is reminder that tracking dogs can’t follow the scent of slaves when they’re in the water?
SECURITY SYSTEMS...
Who is Nurse Mary Van Brittan Brown?