Social Justice
This civil rights leader delivered the famous "I Have a Dream" speech during the 1963 March on Washington.
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
A popular dish in Southern and Creole cooking, this rice-based meal often includes sausage, shrimp, or chicken and has roots in West African and French cuisine.
What is jambalaya?
This mathematician’s calculations helped put the first American astronaut into space, as highlighted in Hidden Figures.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
This woman was the first Black self-made millionaire, thanks to her line of hair care products for Black women.
Who is Madam C.J. Walker?
This formerly enslaved woman led hundreds to freedom through the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
She was arrested at 15 years old for refusing to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama, months before Rosa Parks.
Who is Claudette Colvin?
This popular Southern dish, made of cornmeal and often served with fish, has roots in West African cuisine.
What are hush puppies?
He created the first successful open-heart surgery in 1893.
Who is Dr. Daniel Hale Williams?
He founded the Tuskegee Institute and advocated for Black economic self-sufficiency rather than immediate civil rights demands.
Who is Booker T. Washington?
This 1800s rebellion, led by an enslaved preacher, resulted in the deaths of about 60 white slaveholders and their families in Virginia.
What is Nat Turner’s Rebellion?
This social justice movement, founded in 2013, gained worldwide attention for protesting police brutality and systemic racism.
What is Black Lives Matter?
In the High on the Hog documentary, host Stephen Satterfield travels to this West African country to trace the origins of African American foodways and the impact of the transatlantic slave trade on cuisine.
What is Benin?
This NASA astronaut became the first Black woman to travel to space in 1992.
Who is Mae Jemison?
The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, composed entirely of Black women, was responsible for sorting millions of backlogged letters during which war?
What is World War II?
This Caribbean island became the first free Black republic in the Western Hemisphere after a successful slave revolt.
What is Haiti?
This Black journalist and anti-lynching activist co-founded the NAACP and spent her career exposing racial violence in the U.S.
Who is Ida B. Wells?
This sweet, fried dough treat, often dusted with powdered sugar, is popular in New Orleans and is influenced by French and African culinary traditions.
What are beignets?
This microbiologist and professor was the first Black department chair at Harvard Medical School and mentored generations of scientists while advocating for diversity in STEM.
Who is Dr. Harold Amos?
In 1951, this Florida couple was killed in a bombing after fighting against racial injustice, particularly in voting rights cases.
Who were Harry and Harriette Moore?
This radical abolitionist published The North Star newspaper and later became an advisor to President Abraham Lincoln.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
This activist refused to pay taxes that funded slavery and later wrote Civil Disobedience, influencing social justice movements worldwide.
Who is Henry David Thoreau?
The High on the Hog documentary highlights the role of enslaved African chef James Hemings, who introduced this famous dish to America while serving Thomas Jefferson in France.
What is macaroni and cheese?
She developed a revolutionary laser treatment for cataracts, changing the field of ophthalmology.
Who is Dr. Patricia Bath?
This pioneering Black woman chemist developed treatments for leprosy but had to conduct research in Mexico due to racial discrimination in the U.S.
Who is Alice Augusta Ball?
In the 1960s, this Black Power organization founded by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale advocated for self-defense and community programs
What is the Black Panther Party?