Civil Rights Activist
Joined the Civil Rights movement During the Bus Boycotts of 1955.(Very iconic Figure today)
MLK
march on Washington Demand for a fair share of jobs and an end to segregation in government departments.
march on Washington
Which African American was responsible for the Song "The Christmas Song" (chestnuts roasting on an open fire) ?
Nat King Cole
White officials offered Lee protection on the condition he end his voter registration efforts, but Lee refused and was murdered.
Rev. George Lee
Stated first base for Brooklyn dodgers on 1947
Jackie Robinson
Became the first African American woman to reject her seat to a white man during the Bus segregation.
Rosa Parks
conducted a sit in at Chicago restaurant and launched first freedom ride to the south
CORE
Blind pianist who was very talented at what he did.
Ray Charles
was shot dead on the courthouse lawn by a white man in broad daylight while dozens of people watched.
Lamar Smith
former star player at Duquesne university and a Harlem globetrotter
Chuck Cooper
Formed America and South African resistance
Bayard Rustin
Became the first African American Teens to desegregate there High school.
Little Rock Nine
Known for the song "The First Lady of song"
Ella Fitzgerald
was dancing in a café when white men fired shots into the windows. Reese was killed and two others were wounded.
John Earl Reese
Made his first NHL debut with the Boston Bruins
Willie O'ree
Helped shape the civil rights movement through his nonviolent activism.
James Farmer
One and a half million African Americans move from southern United States to the north and midwest.
Great Migration
Famous vocalist who was influenced by Lester.
Billie Holiday
Lynched for allegedly making improper remark to a white woman. (He was 14yo)
Emmet Till
at the peak of his career in 1950 was the top African American Golfer on his all black team.
Charlie Stafford
Helped organize the historic march on Washington in august.
Roy Wilkins
known as the anti discrimination law in alaskan history
House Bill 14
Revolutionized the world of Jazz and left his Mark born and raised in Louisiana
Louis Armstrong
Sentenced to Electric Chair and executed for the wrongful conviction of killing 2 White woman. Sentenced by a all white racist jury in a trial that lasted 10 minutes.(he was 14yo)
George Stinney Jr
Made history as the firs black woman to play on both women tennis and ladies professional golf
Althea Gibson