Famous Quotes
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
He was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music.
Who is Miles Davis III?
This Act of 1924 prohibited interracial marriage in Virginia and codified the "one-drop rule."
What is the Racial Integrity Act of 1924?
He invented the first "street letter box" amongst five other patents (Desktop notepad, envelope moistener,"new and useful improvements in Street-Railway Switches").
Who is Philip B. Downing?
Political organization founded in 1966 in Oakland, CA. by two college students that challenge police brutality against blacks and people of color.
What is The Black Panther Party (BPP)?
“It isn’t where you come from; it’s where you’re going that counts.”
Who is Ella Fitzgerald?
He was an American singer, guitarist, and professional baseball player. His greatest musical success came in the early to mid 1970s, when he was the best-selling performer for RCA Records since Elvis Presley.
Who is Charley Pride?
This Act declared that all persons born in the United States were now citizens, without regard to race, color, or previous condition.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1866?
This American inventor, entrepreneur, winner of the National Medal of Technology, and an inductee of the National Inventors Hall of Fame, invented
refrigeration for long-haul transportation of perishable goods.
Who is Frederick McKinley Jones?
Established in February 1909 in New York City by an interracial group of activists, partially in response to the 1908 Springfield race riot in Illinois.
Who is N.A.A.C.P, (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)?
“Character is power.”
Who is Booker T. Washington?
He is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist who have played an important role in building the foundations of which modern soul music was born. Additionally, he became the first Black artist to win Grammy Award in 1974 for his 16th studio album of the year, titled "Innervisions."
Who is Stevie Wonder?
The Act that require the U.S. Sentencing Commission to increase penalties for hate crimes.
What is the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act (1995)?
He was an American inventor, who is best known for his patented improvements to the street sweeper in 1896.
Who is Charles B. Brooks?
Beginning on social media in 2013 with a hashtag (#BLM) has been depicted and documented in various artistic forms and mediums including film, song, television, and the visual arts addressed towards the history of racism and injustice toward people of color in the United States.
What is the Black Lives Matter movement?
“If there is no struggle, there is no progress.”
Who is Frederick Douglass?
In 1955, Chess Records released his debut 45, "Maybellene", ranking No.18 on Rolling Stone's ranking of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
Who is Chuck Berry?
The Act which allows criminal cases of violent crimes committed against African Americans before 1970 to be reopened.
What is the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Act (2007)?
In 1903, she was granted her first patent for an automatic car window cleaning device for cars, called the windshield wiper.
Who is Mary Anderson?
Founded in 1935, by Dr. Mary Bethune, an influential educator and activist, missioned towards leading, advocacy,and empowering women of African descent, their families and communities.
What is the National Council of Negro Women, Inc.?
“I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.”
Who is Rosa Parks?
IN 1934, he became country music's first Black superstar & the first Black member of the COUntry Music Hall of Fame.
Who is Charley Pride?
This Act of 1871, removed voting and office-building restrictions from former supporters of the Confederacy and Confederate Army veterans.
What is the Amnesty Act (1872)?
He is the 19th Century African-American inventor known best for patenting his design for improving the automatically opening and closing elevator doors.
Who is Alexander Miles?
Formed in 1930 as an African-American political and new religious movement, founded in Detroit, Michigan.
What is the Nation of Islam?