Black History
At the of 6, she was the first person to attend a all white school.
Who is Ruby Bridges?
She was an African American Blues Singer
Who is Bessie Smith?
She was an American and activist
Who is Sojourner Truth?
She was one to become a NASA mathematician
Who is Katherine Johnson
Was an free African conquistador who worked alongside Ponce de Leon for thirteen years.
Who is Juan Garrido?
An American Track and field athlete
Who is Jesse Owens?
She was a jazz and swing music singer
Who is Billie Holiday
He wrote I had a Dream Speech
Who is Martin Luther King Jr?
Became the first Black actor to be cast in a leading role in a mainstream film
Who is Sam Lucas?
One of the enduring classics of American literature
Who is Frederick Douglass?
He became the first black heavyweight boxing champion
Who is Jack Jackson?
He was the king of Pop
A founding member of NAACP and one of the foremost Black intellectuals of his era
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?
Became the first Black actor to be cast in a leading role in a mainstream film
Who is Gordon Parks?
Was actually a series of bills passed mainly to address issues related to slavery
What is the Compromise of 1850?
Became one of the first African-Americans to play in the NFL
Who is Kenny Washington?
Named the ‘most awarded female artist of all time’ by Guinness World Records
Who is Whitney Huston?
Was one of America's foremost attorneys
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
Known as the father of Black history
Who is Carter G. Woodson?
Sued for their freedom in a St. Louis city court.
What is the Dred Scott v Sandford (1857)?
The first African American to play on a championship team (1920), as well as the first Black quarterback (1923) and coach (1919)
Who is Frederick Fritz Pollard?
Blinded shortly after his birth
Who is Stevie Wonder?
He began studying law and in 1898 became the first Black man admitted to the Florida Bar since Reconstruction
Who is James Weldon Johnson?
First field secretary in Mississippi
Who is Medgar Evers?
Sued to win the right to ride on cable cars in San Francisco
Who is Mary Ellen Pleasant?