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Period in the North when African Americans were encouraged to celebrate their their heritage, intellectualism, and racial pride through creative expression

Harlem Renaissance

100

This Black woman co-founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Ida B. Wells

100

Influenced the Black Power Movement. Opened 46 temples across the U.S. for the Nation of Islam as the national spokesman. 

Malcolm X

100

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

100

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Maya Angelou

200

Only slave uprising that led to the founding of a state, free from slavery, and ruled by non-Whites.

Haitian Revolution 

200

This Black man co-founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

W.E.B. DuBois

200

The leader of the Communist Party USA in the 1960s. Know for her research class, feminism, and the U.S. prison system

Angela Davis

200

Contrary to popular belief, she was the first black person to refuse to move from her seat on a segregated bus.

Claudette Colvin

200

Don't worry about a thing, 'cause every little thing gonna be all right.

Bob Marley

300

The bloodiest slave rebellion in American history was led by?

Nat Turner

300

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

300

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

300

Used statistics and quantitative data to collect the largest and most accurate account of lynchings

Ida B. Wells

300

Say it loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud

James Brown

400

One of the most successful Black economies in American history based in Tulsa, Oklahoma

Black Wall Street


400

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded on what date?

February 12, 1909

400

First woman to be placed on the FBI's most wanted list. Participated in Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army efforts. 

Assata Shakur

400

First child to desegregate an all white school.

Rudy Bridges

400

What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun?... Or does it explode?

Langston Hughes

500

Political and social protest campaign against racial segregation within public transit systems, lasting 381 days

Montgomery Bus Boycott

500

Civil rights activist, Medgar Evers, was the first field secretary in what state?

Mississippi 

500

Marcus Garvey founded the UNIA, which stands for?

United Negro Improvement Association

500

These three women created Black Lives Matter (first names only).

Alicia, Patrisse, and Opal

500

Black history is American history.

Morgan Freeman