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The speech given by a leader who preached non-violence and equal treatment of African Americans during the Civil Rights Movement.
What is "I Have A Dream?"
Taunted by violent white mobs every weekday, this little girl was the first African-American to integrate William Frantz Elementary.
Who is Ruby Bridges?
This iconic musician from the 80's, known for his unique vocal adlibs and intense dancing, holds the record for winning the most Grammys (8) in one night
Who is Michael Jackson?
A novel that tells a story of persistence through the letters of an uneducated black woman in 1930's Georgia struggling with familial abuse and misogyny. It explores themes of self-love and sisterhood.
What is The Color Purple?
In Friday (1995) this actor ad-libbed the popular phrase "Bye Felicia!".
Who is Ice Cube?
The historic supreme court ruling that overturned the "separate but equal" doctorine.
What is Brown vs.Board of Education?
The civil rights leader who is famously known for advocating that African Americans protect themselves "by any means necessary".
Who is Malcom X?
This movie portrays insidious white people trapping black people in the "sunken place" and inhabiting their bodies like their own.
What is Get Out?
An autobiography about youth and resilience written by Maya Angelou.
What is I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings?
These individuals were responsible for building the White House.
What are enslaved people?
The period of time in the 1920s characterized by an influx of black art, music, and literature. Famous musicians from this time include Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
The leader of the Black Panther Party who started the Free Breakfast Program, feeding thousands of children in the late 60's.
Who is Fred Hampton?
The highest-grossing film by a black director and a predominantly black cast.
What is Black Panther?
A novel by Zora Neale Hurston that emphasized the importance of black femininity and independence during the Harlem Renaissance.
What is Their Eyes Were Watching God?
The inventor the classic T shaped traffic light as well as the implementation of the warning (yellow) light between stop and go.
Who is Garrett Augustus Morgan?
This order freed enslaved people in the states rebelling against the Union. Often misrepresented as the end of slavery, this order was a military strategy on behalf of Abraham Lincoln.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
The NASA scientist nicknamed "The Human Computer" who calculated Neil Armstrong's moon landing path in 1969.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
The first black woman to win Best Actress at the Oscars.
Who is Halle Berry?
This autobiography details the life of an enslaved man who escaped slavery and shocked America with his literacy and articulate manner.
What is Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass?
The black woman who created a mathematical model for the shape of the earth that eventually led to the invention of the GPS System.
Who is Gladys West?
The law recognized in 1964 that officially ended segregation and discrimination based off of race, gender, color, religion, or nationality in employment.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Who is Ida B Wells?
The first African-American to win an Oscar for her role in Gone with the Wind.
Who is Hattie McDaniel?
This play by Lorraine Hansberry follows a black family as they struggle with independence, faith, and discrimination in Chicago.
What is A Raisin in the Sun?
The enslaved man, owned by Thomas Jefferson, who perfected and wrote the oldest recipe for French vanilla ice cream.
Who is James Hemings?