Period in the North when African Americans were encouraged to celebrate their their heritage, intellectualism, and racial pride through creative expression
Harlem Renaissance
This Black woman co-founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Ida B. Wells
Influenced the Black Power Movement. Opened 46 temples across the U.S. for the Nation of Islam as the national spokesman.
Malcolm X
First Black woman elected to the United States Congress. Also the first black female candidate to run for a major party in the 1972 Presidential election.
Shirley Chisholm
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou
Only slave uprising that led to the founding of a state, free from slavery, and ruled by non-Whites.
Haitian Revolution
This Black man co-founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
W.E.B. DuBois
The leader of the Communist Party USA in the 1960s. Know for her research class, feminism, and the U.S. prison system
Angela Davis
Contrary to popular belief, she was the first black person to refuse to move from her seat on a segregated bus.
Claudette Colvin
Don't worry about a thing, 'cause every little thing gonna be all right.
Bob Marley
The bloodiest slave rebellion in American history was led by?
Nat Turner
NAACP’s most effective organizer as she traveled the South chartering new branches while serving as field secretary. She is also considered the MOST influential woman of the Modern Civil Rights Movement.
Ella Baker
Refused induction into U.S. Armed Forces draft for the Vietnam War. Also recognized as the world's greatest athlete in the 20th century.
Muhammad Ali
Used statistics and quantitative data to collect the largest and most accurate account of lynchings
Ida B. Wells
Say it loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud
James Brown
One of the most successful Black economies in American history based in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Black Wall Street
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded on what date?
February 12, 1909
First woman to be placed on the FBI's most wanted list. Participated in Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army efforts.
Assata Shakur
First child to desegregate an all white school.
Rudy Bridges
What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun?... Or does it explode?
Langston Hughes
Political and social protest campaign against racial segregation within public transit systems, lasting 381 days
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Civil rights activist, Medgar Evers, was the first field secretary in what state?
Mississippi
Marcus Garvey founded the UNIA, which stands for?
United Negro Improvement Association
These three women created Black Lives Matter (first names only).
Alicia, Patrisse, and Opal
Black history is American history.
Morgan Freeman