Black History Women
As a 6-year-old she entered an all-white school to be taught in a class with no other students in Little Rock, AR.
Ruby Bridges
He was the first Black male president
Barack Obama
During the summer of 1919 (also known as "Red Summer "_this man was beaten, hanged and burned at the Omaha courthouse.
Will Brown
Slaves that the Spanish were taking to their colonies, ended up at Jamestown, Virginia in what year?
1619
The Red Summer of 1919 was a tumultuous period in American history marked by racial violence and riots. During this time, anti-Black riots erupted in at least 26 cities across the United States. Name Two (2)
Omaha, Houston, East St. Louis, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Elaine, AR, Tulsa, Charleston, Longview (TX), Knoxville, Norfolk (VA)
She is considered the greatest female tennis player of all time.
Serena Williams
Who was the First Black Disney Princess?
Princess Tiana
She was both an award winning journalist and business woman. She and her husband founded and ran the Omaha Star, a newspaper by and for the African-American community.
Mildred Brown
Born into slavery, he escaped and became a leading abolitionist as he met with President Lincoln on several occasions.
Frederick Douglass
What was the First historically Black College in the United States?
Cheyene University- Pennsylvania
Who helped over 300 slaves escape to freedom?
Harriet Tubman
A civil rights leader, Muslim minister and supporter of Black nationalism.
Malcolm X
a Founding Member of the National Black Sisters’ Conference (NBSC) and a member of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd, she has a remarkable story that intertwines faith, service, and advocacy.
Who is Sister Barbara Beasley
He is known as the "Father Black History Month.
Carter Woodson
The first African American Female Principal Dancer with the prestigious American Ballet Theatre.
Misty Copeland
She was only 12 when she became the first female African American to be published.
Phillis Wheatley
Born into slavery and rose to become a leading African American intellectual of the 19 century, founding Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute (Now Tuskegee University) in 1881 and the National Negro Business League two decades later, this man was the first Black man to be invited to the White House
Booker T. Washington
Who was the first African American Nun from Nebraska?
Who is Winifred O'Neal
A graduate of Harvard College, he was a civil rights leader who helped create the NAACP.
W.E.B. DuBois
This Supreme Court case set the foundation to force schools to start integrating.
Brown v. Board of Education 1954
She was the first African American female in space.
Mae Jemison
He is referred to as the "Godfather of Soul" and the "Hardest working man in show-business".
James Brown
Who was the first Black woman to serve in the Nebraska Legislature. Appointed by the governor to fill another legislator's unexpired term, she served in the unicameral state legislature from 1977 to 1979 .
JoAnn Maxey
Name the Virginia slave who decided to mail himself to freedom in 1849.
Henry Brown
What law was signed by President LBJ, shortly after President Kennedy's death.
Civil Rights Act of 1964