Inventors, Mathematicians, etc.
This person had the first successful prediction of a solar eclipse and surveyed Washington D.C.
Who is Benjamin Banneker.
A very well-known speech of MLK that occurred on August 28, 1963.
What is the I Have a Dream speech.
The 44th US president.
Who is Barack Obama.
This civil rights activist is one of the most prominent black figures and was assassinated on April 4, 1968.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.
National Basketball Association's website states that by acclamation, (_______) is the greatest player of basketball.
Who is Michael Jordan.
An American agricultural scientist and inventor who made countless products using peanuts and promoted alternative crops to cotton.
Who is George Washington Carver.
What is Bloody Sunday.
Former United States Representative and Civil Rights activist. Died in 2020.
Who is John Lewis.
The very well-known civil rights activist who refused to give up her seat on a white bus on December 1, 1955.
Who is Rosa Parks.
The first African-American to play in Major League Baseball.
Who is Jackie Robinson.
The first African American mechanical and electrical engineer.
Who is Granville T. Woods.
(__________) was a political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of (___________). (Answer all blank spaces).
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott and Montgomery, Alabama.
The first African-American US senator.
Who is Hiram Revels.
This figure was the youngest marcher in the Selma Voting Rights March.
Who is Lynda Blackmon Lowery.
The famous boxer who created the quote "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee".
Who is Muhammad Ali.
This inventor patented the first traffic signal. (Worth 500).
Who is Garrett Morgan.
James Meredith set out to demonstrate that African-Americans could exercise freedom unaccompanied by the National Guard. Occurred on June 5, 1966.
What is the March Against Fear.
An African American politician and businessman. Born on September 19, 1965. He's also served as a Senator since 2013. He was appointed to US Senate by Governor Nikki Haley.
Who is Tim Scott.
An American pioneer and retired nurse. She was arrested at age 15 in Montgomery, Alabama for refusing to give up her seat for a white woman.
Who is Claudette Clovin.
A professional baseball right fielder that played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball, from 1954 to 1976. He was also nicknamed "Hammer".
Who is Hank Aaron.
Known for inventing the wire precision resistor.
Who is Otis Boykin.
A *deadly* event that occurred on February 21, 1965, in the Audubon Ballroom.
What is the Murder/Assassination of Malcolm X.
This Former US Representative was an American politician, publisher, businessman, and maritime pilot. He was also born into slavery. He was born on April 5, 1839, in Beaufort, SC, and died on February 23, 1915, in Beaufort, SC.
Who is Robert Smalls.
An American women's rights activist and abolitionist. Born into slavery in Swartekill, New York.
Who is Sojourner Truth.
A professional tennis player that won three Grand Slam singles titles. Additionally, he started to play tennis at a young, seven years old. He was born on July 10, 1943, in Richmond, VA, and died on February 6, 1993.
Who is Arthur Ashe.