Vocabulary
A person who favored the abolition of Negro slavery in the US before the Civil War.
abolitionist
Which Jr. Senator from California was also the state's first female Attorney General?
Vice President Kamala Harris
Who is the writer of the Negro National Anthem?
James Weldon Johnson
"Float like a butterfly, Sting like a bee". Born Cassius Marcellus Clay
Muhammad Ali
When did President Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation which frees slaves in southern states.
January 1, 1863
Freedom from slavery or from being controlled by others...
emancipation
I was the first woman in the US to become a bank president. I started the St. Luke's Penny Savings Bank in 1903.
Maggie Lena Walker
Who is the author of: Of Thee I Sing?
Barack Obama
I am the most powerful entertainers in the world. I have a magazine called O and my own network called OWN.
Oprah Winfrey
Alicia Garza, Patrissee Cullors, and Opal Tometi launched what movement in 2013 to protest the shootings of unarmed African Americans?
Black Lives Matter
A person who seeks to create change in society.
Activist
I was the first African American poet to gain national stature.
Paul Laurence Dunbar
My autobiography, Up from Slavery, was published in 1901.
Booker T. Washington
With 19 Olympic and World Championship medals, which member of the Final Four gymnastic team has become the most decorated American gymnast?
Simone Biles
In 1967, the Supreme Court declared a verdict on the famous trial Loving v. Virginia. What was the topic of the trial?
Interracial Dating
To keep people of different races apart from one another.
Segregate
I am an actor who has started in many movies. In 1963, I became the first African American to win an Academy Award for best actor.
Sidney Poitier
I won a Pulitzer Prize for her book of poems about her grandparents.
Rita Dove
The legendary Jazz female singer.
Billie Holiday
Which 1964 act declared that people must be treated fairly; no matter the color of their skin?
Civil Rights Movement
A public statement
proclamation
The first black woman elected to the US Congress.
Shirley Chisholm
I am the author of Native Son.
Richard Wright
The first big-budget superhero movie directed and written by African Americans and with a predominantly black cast, breaks box-office records.
Black Panther
He was nominated by President George H.W. Bush to succeed Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall.
Clarence Thomas