Leaders
Prominent leader of the Civil Rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr?
Several-time Grammy award nominee and winner known for her single "Single Ladies."
Who is Beyonce?
A salty and crunchy snack that comes in various flavors such as barbeque, salt, and vinegar.
What are potato chips?
Nonviolent movement that took place in the 1950s-60s which called for the abolishment of legalized institutional racial segregation, discrimination, and disenfranchisement.
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
The mayor of Arkansas called the Arkansas National Guard on this group of students when they enrolled and began attending the first integrated high school in Arkansas.
Who are the Little Rock Nine?
49th Vice President of the United States
Who is Kamala Harris?
This pianist released the song "Love’s in Need of Love Today" and is credited as a pioneer across genres including rhythm, blues, soul, gospel, funk, and jazz.
Who is Stevie Wonder?
Signaling system indicating "go," "yield," and "stop" on roads.
What is the three traffic light?
Movement whose primary concerns include police brutality and racially motivated violence against Black people.
What is the Black Lives Matter Movement?
Named the "conductor" while helping enslaved people escape to northern free states and Canada.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
Gay liberation activist and self-identified drag queen who was a prominent figure of the Stonewall riots in 1969.
Who is Marsha P Johnson?
Known for the poem I Know Why The Cage Bird Sings.
Who is Maya Angelou?
Invention by an African American nurse that is designed to protect your home.
What is the home security system?
Inspired by principles of racial pride, autonomy, and self-determination, this movement encouraged Black Americans to create their own economic, social and political power.
What is the Black Power Movement?
This person invented new forms of chemotherapy
Who is Jane C. Wright?
Social reformer and abolitionist who became a national leader in the abolitionist movement after escaping from slavery. Became famous through his speeches and antislavery writing.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
Known for his debut novel, Go Tell It On The Moutain.
Who is James Baldwin?
Invented by Alexander Miles to improve the safety of elevators.
This protest took place in 1960, where African Americans refused to leave a restaurant after being denied service.
What was the Greensboro Sit-In?
First African American to travel to space in 1983.
Who is Guion Bluford?
Arrested for refusing to give up her seat for a white woman 9 months before Rosa Parks.
Who is Claudette Colvin?
A leader of the Harlem Renaissance known for being one of the pioneers of the art of Jazz Poetry.
Who is Langston Hughes?
Lewis Latimer improved the manufacturing process for this element in light bulbs.
What is carbon filament?
This boycott was against racial segregation in the public transit systems.
What was the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
First African American Woman to win an Olympic Gold Medal while competing in the high jump.
Who is Alice Coachman?