History
Key provisions of this federal legislation included: Equal Employment Opportunity, Public Accommodation, Desegregation of Public Facilities, Desegregation of Public Education and Voting Rights?
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
She was the first Black American woman chosen as Miss America
Who is Vanessa Williams?
Served as a nurse, scout and spy for the Union Army during the Civil War
Who was Harriet Tubman?
He holds the record for most points scored in a single basketball game (100)
Who is Wilt Chamberlin?
She was the first accredited Black American female dentist
Who is Dr. Ida Gray?
Black American who invented the air brake
Who is Granville T. Woods?
Enacted in 1865 and 1866 and restricting freed slaves from renting or purchasing property, what laws limited the movement of the freed slaves?
What were the Black Codes?
The Guinness Book of Worlds Record lists what Michael Jackson album as the best selling album of all time.
What is Thriller?
In 1996, Jesse Jackson, Jr. became a U.S. representative from what state?
What is Illinois?
Who was named NBA rookie of the year in 1965, his first year as a center for the New York Knicks?
Who is Willis Reed?
What doctor attended President James Garfield after he was shot?
Who was Dr. Charles Purvis?
He invented the gas mask
Who is Garrett Morgan?
On January 3, 1964, who did Time Magazine name as the first Black American “Man of the Year”?
Who was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr?
Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Face in 1992, who recorded the song, "Twist and Shout"?
Who are The Isley Brothers?
Roscoe Robinson, Jr. served as a Four Star General in what branch of the military?
What is the United States Army?
Who was the first Black American to play in the National Hockey League?
Who was Val James?
On January 28, 1986, what space shuttle exploded 73 seconds after lift-off, killing Dr. Ronald McNair and six of his colleagues?
What was Space Shuttle Challenger?
Inventor of bullet resistant Plexiglass
Who is Emmanuel L. Logan?
Who did Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. call “My Spiritual Advisor”?
Who is Benjamin E. Mays?
He published The Escape, the first play written by an African American
Who was William Wells Brown?
Established by Congress in 1866 as the first peacetime all-black regiments in the regular U.S. Army, what soldiers were originally members of the U.S. 10th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas?
Who were the Buffalo Soldiers?
In 1956, Althea Gibson became the first African American woman to win a Grand Slam title in what sport?
What is tennis?
He convinced doctors to use blood plasma for transfusions
Who was Dr. Charles Drew?
He invented portable refrigeration
Who is Frederick McKinley Jones?
Black Revolutionary Crispus Attucks led colonial forces during what conflict in 1770?
What is the Boston Massacre?
Who was Alex Haley?
Roscoe Robinson, Jr. served as a Four Star General in what branch of the military?
Who was Captain Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.?
Before being christened the Harlem Globetrotters, what was this basketball team‟s name?
What is the Savoy Big Five?
Who predicted the eclipse on the sun in 1789?
Who was Benjamin Banneker?
Inventor of the smallpox vaccine
Who is Dr. Louis Wright?