General Black History
This Supreme Court case in 1954 ended school segregation in the United States.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
He was the most photographed abolitionist of the 19th Century, gaining popularity after escaping slavery and writing an Autobiography in 1845.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
He was the main leader of the civil rights movement in the United States during the 1950's and 1960's, and won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize for leading nonviolent civil rights demonstrations.
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
This actor played Ricky in Boyz in the Hood.
Who is Morris Chestnut?
This African American was elected president of the United States in 2008 and 2012.
Who is Barack Obama?
This Supreme Court case stated that segregation was legal and constitutional as long as "facilities were equal."
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
This person was given the name "Moses."
Who is Harriet Tubman?
She refusal to give up her seat on a public bus and sparked a boycott of Montgomery, AL buses from 1955-1956.
Who is Rosa Parks?
She is the first African American woman in Forbes magazine's World's Richest people list.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
She became the first African American female Vice President of the United States.
Who is Kamala Harris?
In this year, the first Africans were brought to the Virginia colony to work as slaves?
What is 1619?
This is the name of the route used by slaves in the American south to escape to Canada.
What is the Underground Railroad?
He was known as the Nation of Islam's most effective minister until he broke from the group in 1964 and formed his own group, the Organization of Afro-American Unity?
Who is Malcolm X?
This amazing man is the self–proclaimed “greatest [boxer] of all time” was originally named after his father, who was named after the 19th century abolitionist and politician Cassius Marcellus Clay.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
She was the first African American woman to be on the ballot as a candidate for President
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
This Supreme Court case decreed a slave was his master's property and African Americans were not citizens.
What is Dred Scott v. Sanford (Dred Scott Case)?
Who is Carter G. Woodson?
He was the first African-American Major League Baseball player
Who is Jackie Robinson?
This is who your momma constantly reminds you that she ain't.
Who is one of your lil' friends?
In this year the Emancipation Proclamation was signed by Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War. The proclamation freed all enslaved Africans in the Confederate states.
What is 1863?
These amendments to the United States Constitution abolished slavery, gave African Americans citizenship, and African American men the right to vote.
What are the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments?
He was the first African American to have his likeness portrayed on a U.S. postage stamp.
Who is Booker T. Washington?
This is the organization founded by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
What is SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference)?
In these years Cash Money Records tookover?
What are the 99-2000?
He was the first African American to serve as the United States Secretary of State
Who is Colin Powel?