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She refused to give up her bus seat in 1955, energizing the Civil Rights Movement.
Who is Rosa Parks?
This is a cuisine traditionally made by African Americans using a variety of techniques, recipes, and ingredients from other cultures, predominantly West African.
What is 'soul food'?
June 19th, 1865 is the date of the emancipation of enslaved Africans in Texas and this holiday.
What is Juneteenth?
This man broke the color barrier, becoming the first black man to play in Major League Baseball for the Dodgers on April 15th, 1947.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
A crispy dish often eaten on a Sunday after church
What is fried chicken?
She became the first Black Woman in space in 1992.
Who is Mae Jemison?
This was the site of the Bloody Sunday beating of Civil Rights activists and marchers in March of 1965.
Edmund Pettus Bridge
A pie made from orange root vegetables, sugar, and spices like cinnamon and nutmeg.
What is Sweet Potato Pie?
A popular African American poet, novelist, playwright, and activist. He was a key figure in the Harlem Renaissance and wrote to shed light on the struggles of Black, working-class Americans.
Who is Langston Hughes?
This act, signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson, prohibited segregation in public place, as well as discrimination in voting, employment opportunities, and public institutions.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
He was a radical American abolitionist of the 1850s who way a key figure during the Bleeding Kansas/slave liberation crisis, believing in violent abolitionist efforts after pacifistic calls were ineffective.
Who is John Brown?