Figures in Politics, Law & Business
This man was a prominent Civil Rights leader and American Muslim minister who would later inspire the founders of the Black Panther Party.
Who was Malcolm X?
Double points for his real name!
She was the first African-American child to attend an all-white school in segregated Louisiana at six years old.
Who is Ruby Bridges?
This was famous baseball player Jackie Robinson's number.
42
This organization for Black empowerment was founded by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale.
What is the Black Panther Party?
Which President formally recognized Black History Month?
Who was President Gerald Ford?
This man was the first African-American Supreme Court Justice.
Who was Thurgood Marshall?
This girl went viral in 2016 after her letter to President Obama that caused him to visit and help address the water crisis in Flint, Michigan.
Who is Little Miss Flint (Mari Copeny?)
This woman is the most decorated gymnast in history and holds over thirty combined Olympic and Championship medals.
Who is Simone Biles?
This Amendment granted Black people "equal protection under the law."
What is the 14th Amendment?
This man was the first African-American Nobel Peace Prize winner.
This 1954 Supreme Court case declared segregated schools unconstitutional.
What is Brown vs. Board of Education?
This woman was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus...nine months before Rosa Parks, and at age 15.
Who was Claudette Colvin?
This man has held the NBA total points record since 1984.
Who is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar?
+ 50pts if you know how many points it is
This law gave Black women the right to vote in 1965.
What is the Voting Rights Act?
Which historically Black sorority is recognizable by the colors green and pink?
What is Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA)?
This woman was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her de-segregation activism.
Who was Rosa Parks?
She was the first African American to become a published poet...and did it at the age of 12.
Who was Phyllis Wheatley?
This man is the older brother of American baseball star Jackie Robinson who broke the Olympic record in 1936 for the 200-meter dash.
Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the famous 'I Have a Dream" speech on this date.
When was August 28th, 1963
This musician was known as the "King of Jazz".
Who was Louis Armstrong?
This woman was the first African-American woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives (and later, the first female candidate for President.)
Who was Shirley Chisholm?
Name all nine of the Little Rock Nine (55 points for every correct name)
Who were:
Minnijean Brown, Elizabeth Eckford, Ernest Green, Thelma Mothershed, Gloria Ray, Terrence Roberts, Jefferson Thomas, Melba Patillo and Carlotta Walls.
This woman was the first African-American Principal Dancer in the history of the American Ballet Theater.
Who is Misty Copeland?
This Amendment abolished the poll tax in federal elections.
What is the 24th Amendment?
Who are Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass?