Influential Females
As a 6-year-old, I entered an all-white school.
Who is Ruby Bridges?
This man had a dream that all people will be equal.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
This woman was the first self-made millionaire and she invented her own hair care line.
Who is Madame C. J. Walker?
This is the first African American in the Major Leagues?
Who is Jackie Robinson?
This is the month of Black History Month?
What is February?
This woman refused to give her seat to a white man.
Who is Rosa Park?
He was the first black President.
Who is Barack Obama?
Who invented the elevator?
Who is Alexander Miles?
Who is the first African American in the NFL?
Who is Fritz Pollard?
Which President officially recognized Black History Month?
Who is President Gerald Ford?
This woman helped 300 slaves escape to freedom.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
Who was the first African American supreme court justice?
Justice Thurgood Marshall
Who invented The Three-Light Traffic Signal?
Garrett Morgan
Who is the first African America NBA Player?
Who is Earl Lloyd?
This federal holiday happens on June 19th and commemorates the end of slavery in the United States.
What is Juneteenth?
This woman was the first black woman on the moon?
Who is Mae Jemison?
Who is the first President of South Africa to be elected in a fully representative democratic election, as well as the country's first black head of state?
Who is Nelson Mandela?
Who invented the first Home Security Systems?
Who is Mary Van Brittan Brown?
This famous African American won 4 medals in the Berlin Olympics.
Who is Jesse Owens?
The father of Black History Month?
Who is Carter Woodson?
This woman traveled internationally, shedding light on lynchings in America. She wrote under the name Iola.
Who is Ida. B. Wells?
He was an African American leader in the civil rights movement, minister and supporter of Black nationalism.
Who is Malcolm X?
Who invented peanut butter?
George Washington Carver
Born Cassius Clay, he is the self-proclaimed greatest of all time in boxing and is know for rhymes like "float like a butterfly, sting like a bee".
Who is Muhammad Ali?
These are the colors that represent Black History Month.
What is red, green, black, and yellow.