Civil Rights Leaders
This leader delivered the famous “I Have a Dream” speech during the March on Washington in 1963.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
This inventor created the first successful hair-straightening product and became a millionaire.
Who is Madam C.J. Walker?
Known as the “Queen of Jazz,” she was one of the most influential jazz singers of all time.
Who is Ella Fitzgerald?
Known as “The Greatest,” this boxer was a three-time heavyweight champion and an outspoken activist.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
The first African American president of the United States was elected in 2008.
Who is Barack Obama?
She refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in 1955, sparking the bus boycott.
Who is Rosa Parks?
He invented the automatic lubricator for steam engines, leading to the phrase “the real McCoy.”
Who is Elijah McCoy?
This actor starred in “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” and was the first African American to win an Oscar for Best Actor.
Who is Sidney Poitier?
This track star won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin.
Who is Jesse Owens?
This amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery in 1865.
What is the 13th Amendment?
This activist co-founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909.
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?
He developed the traffic signal and the gas mask, revolutionizing safety.
Who is Garrett Morgan?
He wrote the play “A Raisin in the Sun,” which became a landmark in American theater.
Who is Lorraine Hansberry?
She became the first African American woman to win Wimbledon in 1957 and 1958.
Who is Althea Gibson?
This landmark Supreme Court case declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional in 1954.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
Known for his phrase “By any means necessary,” this leader was a prominent figure in the Nation of Islam.
Who is Malcolm X?
This scientist discovered over 300 uses for peanuts, including peanut oil and plastics.
Who is George Washington Carver?
This musician is credited with popularizing Motown and hits like “My Girl.”
Who is Smokey Robinson?
He broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier in 1947 with the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
This event in 1965 became a turning point in the Voting Rights Movement after marchers were attacked on the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
What is Bloody Sunday?
This civil rights leader became the first African American Supreme Court Justice in 1967.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
She was the first African American woman to receive a patent for her invention of a folding cabinet bed.
Who is Sarah E. Goode?
She became the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993.
Who is Toni Morrison?
This basketball player became the NBA’s all-time leading scorer and was known for his skyhook shot.
Who is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar?
This historically Black college was founded in 1867 and is known for producing many prominent African American leaders.
What is Howard University?