What Year?
When did Rosa Parks' bus boycott happen?
December 1955
Who was the first African American Nobel Peace Prize winner?
Ralph Bunche
What woman is recognized for the invention of the ironing board?
Sara Boone
Who is recognized as the inventor of the lantern or lamp?
Micheal C. Harvey
What state was the first to elect a black governor, doing so in 1989?
Virginia
When did Martin Luther King Jr. give his "I Have A Dream" speech?
Sept. 9, 1965
Who said, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere"
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Madam C.J. Walker became America's first female, self-made millionaire. What product did her company sell?
Cosmetics
Who is recognized for making the improvement to the telephone?
Granville T. Woods
Which city is known as the birthplace of hip hop?
The Bronx, New York
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was formed in what year?
NAACP
Feb. 12, 1909?
As a student at the Baltimore School of Performing Arts, rapper Tupac Shakur took these classes
Ballet and poetry
Who refused to give up her seat on the bus that led to the Montgomery Bus Boyc
Rosa Parks
Who was the Black American inventor and engineer known for his contributions to the development of the gas mask and the traffic signal?
Garrett Morgan
Who was the first Black American woman in space, flying aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992?
Mae Jemison
Which Black woman became the first major-party Black candidate for President of the United States in 1972?
Shirley Chisholm
What was Muhammad Ali's original name?
Cassius Clay
Who wrote the bestselling memoir "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"?
Maya Angelou
Who was the Black American physician and pioneering researcher who developed surgical techniques for the treatment of glaucoma, a leading cause of blindness?
Patricia Bath
What was the name of the landmark Supreme Court case that ruled segregation in public schools unconstitutional?
Brown v. Board of Education
Before Barack Obama became President (2009-2017), he served as what?
U.S. Senator
Illinois
Who was the first African American Major League Baseball player?
Jackie Robinson
Who was the first African American woman to win five Grammy Awards in one year?
Lauryn Hill
Which Black American inventor and agricultural chemist developed innovative methods for crop rotation and soil conservation, known as the “Carver System”?
George Washington Carver
What Black American neurosurgeon, known for his pioneering work in pediatric neurosurgery, became the first person to successfully separate conjoined twins joined at the head?
Ben Carson