People
"I had a dream"
Who is Martin Luther King Jr?
The 1st African American to play major league baseball
Who is Jackie Robinson?
A protest for segregated seating on the public transit system
What is The Montgomery bus boycott?
An American composer, pianist, and leader of a jazz orchestra
Who is Duke Ellington?
A scientist and inventor who made hundreds of products using peanuts (except peanut butter)
Who is George Washington Carver?
Refused to give up her seat on a public bus to a white man. Violation of the city's segregation laws
Who is Rosa Parks?
An American boxer, activist, and philanthropist nicknamed "The Greatest"
Who is Muhammad Ali?
Was a march for jobs and freedom and to get economic and civil equality.
What is the March on Washington?
American poet, singer, memoirist, and civil rights activist
Who is Maya Angelou?
In 1935 he invented the first automatic refrigeration system for long-haul truck and railroad cars
Who is Fredrick McKinley Jones?
Rescued approximately 70 enslaved people (the underground railroad)
Who is Harriet Tubman?
The 1st black golfer to take home the US amateur in 1994 and 1st black major golf champion, winning the 1997 Masters.
Who is Tiger Woods?
A group of white and black civil right activist who took bus trips through the American South to protest buses separated by race.
Who are The Freedom Riders?
Born blind he is currently a singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer.
Who is Stevie Wonder?
African American woman who invented her own hair care products after suffering from a major hair loss.
An American Muslim minister and civil rights activist who was popular during the civil rights movement
Who is Malcolm X?
The 1st black tennis player to win a grand slam
Who is Althea Gibson?
A decade-long struggle by African American to end legalized discrimination
What is the civil rights movement?
Singer, Songwriter, and record producer referred to as the "Songbird supreme." Who also sings one of Ms. Mia's favorite Christmas songs.
Was apart of Thomas Eddison's research team and helped improve his incandescent light bulb
The 1st African American child to attend an all white elementary school in Louisiana
Who is Ruby Bridges?
American track & field athlete and 4 time gold medalist in the 1936 Olympic games
Who is Jesse Owens?
Lynched in Mississippi after being accused of offending (whistling at) a white woman
What is The Assassination of Emmett Till?
Female American singer and actor cited the most awarded female of all time by the Guinness World Records. Died from overdose in 2012
Who is Whitney Houston?
With only a elementary school education he invented multiple things like the improved traffic light, a modern-day gas mask, revamped sewing machine, and a hair straightening product
Who is Garrett Morgan?