Civil Rights Leaders
Leader of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and famous “I Have a Dream” speech.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
Famous scientist who developed hundreds of uses for peanuts and sweet potatoes.
Who is George Washington Carver?
This Harlem Renaissance poet wrote The Negro Speaks of Rivers.
Who is Langston Hughes?
Year the Civil Rights Act was signed into law.
What is 1964?
Legendary basketball player nicknamed “His Airness,” played for the Chicago Bulls.
Who is Michael Jordan?
Activist who refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in 1955.
Who is Rosa Parks?
First African American woman astronaut to go to space.
Who is Mae Jemison?
Author of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
Who is Maya Angelou?
Supreme Court case that ended legal school segregation in 1954.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
Tennis superstar and activist who won many Grand Slam titles with her sister Venus.
Who is Serena Williams?
The first African American Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
She helped NASA send astronauts into space with her math.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
Famous rapper and actor known for The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and music career.
Who is Will Smith?
This 1963 March in Washington, D.C., featured MLK’s “I Have a Dream” speech.
What is the March on Washington?
Famous Olympic sprinter known as “Lightning Bolt.”
Who is Usain Bolt?
Founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association.
Who is Marcus Garvey?
Invented the traffic signal and a type of gas mask.
Who is Garrett Morgan?
Singer and civil rights activist known as “The Queen of Soul.”
Who is Aretha Franklin?
The 1896 Supreme Court decision that legalized racial segregation under “separate but equal.”
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
Famous boxer nicknamed “The Greatest,” known for refusing the Vietnam draft.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
First African American woman elected to the U.S. Congress.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
Created the Super Soaker and other popular toys.
Who is Lonnie Johnson?
First African American woman to win a Nobel Prize in Literature.
Who is Toni Morrison?
First historically Black college or university (HBCU) founded in 1837.
What is Cheyney University of Pennsylvania?
First African American to play Major League Baseball in the modern era.
Who is Jackie Robinson?