Civil Rights Movements
Famous speech by Martin Luther King Jr. in Washington DC in 1963
Former slave became abolitionist, speaker, and writer, which he includes his autobiography.
Who is Frederick Douglass
This network of safe houses helped enslaved African Americans escape to freedom in the North.
What is the Underground Railroad?
This holiday celebrates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in the United States.
What is Juneteenth?
He was the first African American to play Major League Baseball in the 20th century.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
Who is Rosa Parks?
She was the first African American woman to win a Nobel Prize in Literature.
Who is Toni Morrison?
This 1863 executive order by President Abraham Lincoln declared the freedom of enslaved people in Confederate states.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This music genre, which originated in the African American community, is known for its rhythm and improvisation.
What is jazz?
She became the first African American woman to win the Miss America pageant in 1983.
Who is Vanessa Williams?
An organization, founded in 1909, had played a big role in civil rights movements.
What is the NAACP?
Known for his "I AM a Man" sign, he was a leader in the sanitation workers' strike in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1968.
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
This abolitionist and former enslaved person helped lead the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
This Harlem event in the 1920s was a cultural explosion in African American music, art, and literature.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
He was the first African American Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
This event in Selma, Alabama, led to the passage of Voting Rights Act.
What is the Selma to Montgomery March
This boxer became the first African American to win the heavyweight boxing championship.
Who is Jack Johnson?
This abolitionist published The Liberator, an influential anti-slavery newspaper.
Who is William Lloyd Garrison?
This 1939 song, sung by Billie Holiday, is considered one of the most important pieces of protest music in the 20th century.
What is 'Strange Fruit'?
This African American astronaut was the first to walk in space.
Who is Guion S. Bluford Jr.?
This attorney argued the landmark case of Brwon v. Board of Education before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Who is Thurgood Marshall
This 19th-century writer and activist was the first African American woman to publish a novel.
Who is Harriet E. Wilson?
This event, fought in 1859, was an attempt to start a slave rebellion by John Brown.
What is the Harpers Ferry Raid?
This African American artist is known for his large murals, including his work at the Rockefeller Center in New York City.
Who is Diego Rivera?
This woman was the first African American to be elected to the U.S. Senate in 1992.
Who is Carol Moseley Braun?