This landmark case, which was argued by top lawyers of the NAACP and was decided in 1954, led to the slow legal process to end school segregation.
What is Brown v Board of Education of Topeka
100
In the aftermath of World War I riots and violence spread throughout the country, including in this prosperous place known as the "Black Wall Street"
What is Tulsa, Oklahoma
100
This innovative composer and pianist from DC, who made it big during the Harlem Renaissance in New York City, used orchestral sounds in jazz compositions such as in his famous "Take the A-Train"
Who is Duke Ellington
100
This great academic and intellectual, and the first African American to complete his studies at Harvard University, was a reactionary who was open to communism, hated accommodationism, and would later be a co-founder of the NAACP.
Who is W.E.B. DuBois
100
The FBI's COINTELPRO (Counter Intelligence Program) arrested large numbers of members of these two organizations leaving poverty stricken kids with no hope, and a need to join local gangs for protection
What are the Nation of Islam and the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense
200
Started by the Greensboro Four, this action was where young black men and women, and some whites, would attempt to be served in department store lunch counters.
What is a Sit-In
200
The emergence of the "New Right" started with Richard Nixon, but reached its apex, as well as modern version, when this Republican was elected president in 1980.
Who is Ronald Reagan
200
This electric blues performer, McKinley Morganfield, bridged the gap between the blues and what would later be called rock and roll, and hard rock, and would have an English band take their name from one of his early songs.
Who is Muddy Waters
200
Although not she was not the first to do so, this Montgomery woman who was the president of her local NAACP chapter protested bus segregation physically and is the face of the boycott movement
Who is Rosa Parks
200
Sylvia Robinson's rap record label "Sugar Hill Records" got its name from a neighborhood in New York dating back to its heyday in the 1920's
What is Harlem
300
The famous bus boycotts, which began in December of 1955, began in this Alabama city.
What is Montgomery
300
Due to the deteriorating situation in the south and a look for employment many African Americans left the south, which is called this massive movement
What is the Great Migration
300
The black arts movement was a rebellion against western art, and certain artists distorted American traditions, like this great black guitarist who contorted the National Anthem while performing at the Woodstock music festival
Who is Jimi Hendrix
300
This woman fought Lynching, having close friends who suffered the fate, and would expose its many truths including that black men were singled out due to their successes
Who is Ida B. Wells
300
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five were the first to record a slower rap song named this, which detailed the struggle and tension felt while living in the concrete jungle. Its name would become a way to describe certain rap records with more political heft and seriousness.
What is The Message
400
This dynamic woman was part of Martin Luther King's SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference), and she helped start the student led grassroots organization called SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee).
Who is Ella Baker
400
The funeral and images of this black teenager were shown across the world, highlighting the brutality and inhumanity of southern white supremacy
Who is Emmitt Till
400
This writer, who was influenced by Richard Wright who wrote "Native Son," would write his own masterpiece about black displacement and tensions within the community in the 1940's, which was titled "Invisible Man"
Who is Ralph Ellison
400
He was a founder of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, and would head the organization being on the frontline in the March on Washington, where he spoke, and in Selma. He would later leave and be replaced by Stokley Carmichael.
Who is John Lewis
400
Although seen as an exclusively black art form, the introduction of this white rapper changed the game due to his skill set, and authentic life story.
Who is Eminem
500
This newly elected governor of Alabama attempted to block black students from entering the university, and he famously uttered, "Segregation Now, Segregation Tomorrow, Segregation Forever!"
Who is George C. Wallace
500
The great academic and historian Carter Woodson pushed for education, and was successful in helping establish this annual event to commemorate African American achievements across the centuries
What is Black History Month
500
This jazz legend who played saxophone, along with Dizzy Gillespie, ushered in the new style of jazz called BeBop, and was a genius player with a nasty addiction, which killed him at age 35.
Who is Charlie "Bird" Parker
500
This boxer was called the "Brown Bomber" and was accepted in the 1930's due to his many wins over foreign fighters, the most famous being the German Max Schmeling in 1936 and 1938.
Who is Jou Louis
500
This rapper's video, shown on the first day, deals with the history of American stereotyping of African Americans all in cartoon form