True or False
Benjamin O Davis Junior was ostracized at West Point, and he quit a year later due to this reason.
False, Benjamin O Davis Junior persevered until he reached his goal.
"Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope."
Martin Luther King Jr.
First female vice president of color
Kamala Harris
Harriet Tubman's birth name is _________.
Araminta Ross
Who was elected president of the United States in 2008?
Barack Obama
True or False: Althea Gibson loved school and was an avid learner.
False, Althea thought school was boring and preferred playing sports.
"Race mixing is communism," Can you guess where this protest sign is from?
The segregationists at Ruby Bridge's school
Freed a large number of slaves using the underground railroad
Harriet Tubman
The first woman of color to travel into orbit was _________.
Mae Jemison
What protest took place in 1963?
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
True or False: Frederick Douglass found that Black people were treated even worse in Great Britain than in the United States.
False, Frederick Douglass found that Black people were treated the same as white people in Great Britain.
"When day comes, we ask ourselves where can we find light in this neverending shade."
Amanda Gorman
Famous writer and actress that starred in movies covering slavery
Maya Angelou
George Washington Carver was awarded the _______ Medal in 1939.
Roosevelt
What baseball-related achievement took place in 1947?
True or False: Maya Angelou became a professor at Wake Forest University.
"Tell them I'm coming."
Katherine Johnson
Mother Mary Lange
________ was the first African-American woman to earn a doctorate from MIT.
Shirley Ann Jackson
What aeronautical achievement took place in 1992?
The space shuttle endeavor blasted off into space and entered orbit with the first woman of color.
True
"What drives me is the ability to make a difference, to make a difference in people's lives, and to be able to speak to the issues of the day."
Shirley Ann Jackson
Sued a railroad after being denied a seat on the train
Ida B. Wells
At undergraduate and graduate schools at MIT, Shirley Ann Jackson studied ________ _______ ______.
Particle physics theory
What Congress-related achievement took place in 1986?
John Lewis was elected a member of The House of Representatives.