ARTIST
an American singer, songwriter and pianist. Referred to as the "Queen of Soul
WHO IS ARETHA FRANKLIN
She was the first black millionairess, and she invented the worlds first hair-straightening formula and the hot comb (OWNER OF COTTON CLUB)
WHO IS MADAM CJ WALKER
American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesman and leader in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968.
WHO IS MLK JR
WHAT IS JUNETEENTH
14-year-old African American who was lynched in Mississippi in 1955, after being accused of offending a white woman in her family's grocery store
WHO IS EMMETT TILL
as an American trumpeter and vocalist. He is among the most influential figures in jazz. His career spanned five decades and different eras in the history of jazz.
WHO IS LOUIS ARMSTRONG
was most famous for patenting the first traffic signal in the United States, and also invented the gas mask
WHO IS GARRETT MORGAN
African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement.
WHO IS MALCOLM X
some African American students arrived at Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. They made their way through a crowd shouting obscenities and even throwing objects. Once the students reached the front door the National Guard prevented them from entering the school and were forced to go home.
WHO IS THE LITTLE ROCK 9
an American politician, lawyer, and author who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017.
WHO IS BARACK OBAMA
an American gospel singer, widely considered one of the most influential vocalists of the 20th century. With a career spanning 40 years, was integral to the development and spread of gospel blues in black churches throughout the U.S.
WHO IS MAHALIA JACKSON
He was the first African American mechanical and electrical engineer after the Civil War. Self-taught, he concentrated most of his work on trains and streetcars.
WHO IS GRANVILLE WOODS
was an American abolitionist and political activist. Born into slavery, escaped and subsequently made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people, including family and friends,
WHO IS HARRIET TUBMAN
One of the largest gathering of African-American men in Washington, D.C.
MILLION MAN MARCH
American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and philanthropist, (Queen of talk shows)
WHO IS OPRAH WINFREY
was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, and composer. Famous for doing all while being blind?
WHO IS RAY CHARLES
was recognized for his talent drafting pattern and was promoted to head draftsman and The innovation use to create longer lasting light bulbs with carbon filament
WHO IS LEWIS LATIMER
soared across the sky as the first African American, and the first Native American, woman pilot
WHO IS BESSIE COLEMAN
The wealthiest African American communities destroyed, homes and businesses attacked by mobs of white residents, some of whom had been deputized and given weapons by city officials
THE BLACK WALL STREET
who became the first African-American of the modern era to become a Major League Baseball player in 1947, ending 60 years of segregated Negro leagues.
WHO IS JACKIE ROBINSON
was an American singer and actress. She is one of the best-selling recording artists of all time, with sales of over 200 million records worldwide
WHO IS WHITNEY HOUSTON
as an American aviator, inventor, and entrepreneur. An early African-American barnstormer in the 1910s, he later co-founded the first nationwide Black American automobile racing association,
LUCEAN HEADEN
was an African-American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott
On May 17, 1954, the Court declared that racial segregation in public schools violated the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, effectively mandating "separate but equal.
WHO IS BROWN VS BOARD OF EDUCATION
a civil rights lawyer who used the courts to fight Jim Crow and dismantle segregation in the U.S, He was a towering figure who became the nation's first Black United States Supreme Court Justice.
WHO IS THURGOOD MARSHALL