Gov't & Politics
The first African American woman to be on the ballot as a candidate for President
Shirley Chisholm
This genre of music emerged in the 1900s played by famous musicians like Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, and John Coltrane
Jazz
A historically African-American community in North Arlington, once the home of freed slaves and separated from the rest of the county by a fence.
Halls Hill
First Black Gymnast to Win Individual All-Around Champion
Gabby Douglas
Dr. King gave his I Have a Dream speech in what year
1963
Barack Obama was elected the first African American President of the United States in what year?
2008
He was known as "The Godfather of Soul"
James Brown
This Black surgeon and medical researcher lived in Arlington and has an elementary school named after him
Dr. Charles Drew
During the 2016 NFL season, this NFL player decided to kneel in protest during the national anthem due to the mistreatment against Black Americans by law enforcement
Colin Kaepernick
In 1957, these 9 teens were the first African American students to desegregate Little Rock Central High School. They were given this name
Little Rock 9
This Supreme Court decision decreed that public schools should be integrated
Brown vs Board of Education
Hip Hop and rap music was created by black people in the 1970s in what city?
New York
Previously located at Arlington National Cemetery, it was a community of freed African Americans established 1863. In 1887, the government decided to close it & evict the residents
Freedman's Village
With 23 titles, this tennis player has won the most Grand Slam tournaments in the Open Era (since 1968).
Serena Williams
This black teen was abducted, beaten, and lynched by two white men in 1955 for allegedly whistling at a white woman. His murder galvanized the emerging civil rights movement in the United States
Emmitt Till
This amendment states "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous servitude"
The Fifteenth Amendment
She was the first Black artist to win a Grammy in 1958
Ella Fitzgerald
Located on a hill along Columbia Pike, near both Arlington National Cemetery and Fort Myer, this community in South Arlington was founded in 1880 when the white Johnston family began selling lots to African Americans leaving Freedman's Village.
Johnson Hill now known as Arlington View
He is now the highest-scoring basketball player of all time, named rookie of the year in 2004, with 4 NBA championship rings, 4 NBA MVP awards, and 2 Olympic gold medals
Lebron James
The first African American pilots in the history of the U.S. Army Air Corps.
The Tuskegee Airmen
The name "Juneteenth" references what date marking the end of slavery (month, day, year)
June 19, 1865
This singer recently set a new record for the most Grammy wins ever with 32 victories.
Beyonce
The first All-Black volunteer fire department in Arlington
Fire Station No. 8
Jackie Robinson became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball when he started at first base for what team
The Brooklyn Dodgers
A 2 day long massacre that took place in 1921, when white residents attacked black residents and destroyed homes and businesses of the Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
The Tulsa Race Massacre