Inventions
The first Black, woman millionaire in America, known for her invention of the hot comb.
Who is Madam C.J. Walker?
Stated "I have a dream".
The reason Craig was fired on the movie "Friday"
What is "stealing boxes"?
A civil rights protest during which African Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama.
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
This amazing man is the self–proclaimed “greatest [boxer] of all time” was originally named after his father, who was named after the 19th century abolitionist and politician Cassius Marcellus Clay.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
Garnered public acclaim for building the first clock made completely out of wood.
Who is Benjamin Banneker?
Stated “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.”
Who is Frederick Douglass?
Something your mother is not.
What is "one of your little friends"?
A was a massive protest march that occurred in August 1963, when some 250,000 people gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
What is the March on Washington?
Fourteen year old black boy was lynched for whistling at a white woman.
Who is Emmet Till?
Inventor of the first traffic light.
Who is Garret Morgan?
Stated “If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.”
Who is Shirley Chisolm?
The floor that "Bruh Man" lived on.
What is the 5th floor?
The 1921 Attack on Greenwood was one of the most significant events in Tulsa’s history.
What is the Tulsa Race Massacre?
The first African American to have his likeness portrayed on a U.S. postage stamp.
Who is Booker T. Washington?
Black agriculturalist who discovered over 300 uses for the peanut.
Who is George Washington Carver?
Stated “Truth is powerful and it prevails.”
Who is Sojourner Truth?
The amount of time that Tevin Campbell wanted to talk.
What is a minute?
This was issued in 1863 by President Abraham Lincoln.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This author became the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature.
Who is Toni Morrison?
One of his most notable patents was the induction telegraph system, which allowed traveling trains to communicate with one another while also allowing workers to locate them.
Who is Granville T. Woods?
Stated " My life ain't been no crystal stair"
Who is Langston Hughes?
The reason your hand keeps itching.
What is "I'm about to get some money"?
U.S. Supreme Court rules that racial segregation in public schools violates the 14th Amendment.
What is Brown Vs. the Board of Education?
Known as the Nation of Islam's most effective minister until he broke from the group in 1964 and formed his own group, the Organization of Afro-American Unity.
Who is Malcom X?