Black History & Health/Wellness
This scientist developed a technique for testing the effects of drugs on cancer cells using human tissue as opposed to lab mice. In 1967, she became the highest-ranked Black woman at a nationally-recognized medical institution, and became the first female president of the New York Cancer Society in 1971.
Who was Jane C. Wright?
The Civil Rights Movement began in 1945 and lasted until this year.
What is 1970?
Some individuals who are descendants of enslaved Africans in Latin American countries, which include many Caribbean countries, might refer to themselves as this.
What is Afro-Latino?
One of the first black intellectuals of his time, this individual was the first Black man to get his PhD from Harvard. In light of the struggles of black people during his lifetime, he published a series of essays entitled The Souls of Black Folks, which became a cornerstone of African-American literature.
Who is W.E.B. DuBois?
She was the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, cementing her legacy as the “Queen of Soul.” She was a voice for Black women fighting for equality and liberation.
Who is Aretha Franklin?
He was an American physician, apothecary, abolitionist, and author who was the first Black man to hold a medical degree. He graduated at the top in his class at the University of Glasgow in Scotland, and after his return to the United States, he became the first Black man to run a pharmacy in the nation.
Who was James McCune Smith?
To achieve Civil Rights, this famous American minister advocated for peaceful approaches to some of society's biggest problems.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
Some descendants of enslaved Africans in Canada or who migrated from the United States, the Caribbean Islands, Latin America or Africa to major cities in Canada might refer to themselves as this.
What is Black Canadian?
An American poet most Known for her autobiography, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings which explores economic, racial and sexual oppression. She published numerous volumes of poetry heard by the world, and was only the second person, the first African American, and the first woman in history to recite her poetry for a presidential inauguration.
Who was Maya Angelou?
This individual is the most important and influential musician in jazz history, with a career spanning five decades and different eras.
Who is Louis Armstrong?
Unbeknownst to her family, at the time of her death in 1951, doctors used her cells for research that ultimately impacted the study of the human body. These cells were used to develop the polio vaccine, in vitro fertilization, and cloning, as well as to study the human genome, immunology and infectious disease. Even today, these cells were used to develop the COVID-19 vaccine.
Who was Henrietta Lacks?
She was arrested in 1955 for refusing to give up her seat for a white woman on a crowded bus, an incident that inspired similar actions by another pioneer of the Civil Rights Movement 9 months later.
Who is Claudette Colvin?
Some individuals who descended from enslaved Africans in the United States might refer to themselves as this.
What is African-American?
Known for his poems, columns, plays and novels, this individual was a pioneer of the Harlem Renaissance, with his first book, The Weary Blues, in 1926. His unique poetry style was committed to black themes and heritage.
Who is Langston Hughes?
She broke a number of records, becoming the first woman to be nominated in ten categories within a single year, and the first woman to win five trophies in one night.
Who is Lauryn Hill?
This individual was one of the first known Black psychiatrists, who made significant contributions to the study of Alzheimer's disease.
Who is Dr. Solomon Carter Fuller?
He formed the Florida Progressive Voters league which contributed to registering over 100,000 Black voters in the state of Florida.
Who was Harry T. Moore?
Individuals who occupy or whose immediately family had emigrated from the original African region in which their ancestors lived might refer to themselves as this.
What is African?
She was an American author, anthropologist, and filmmaker, who depicted racial struggles in the early-1900s American South and published research on hoodoo. The most popular of her four novels is Their Eyes Were Watching God, which was published in 1937. She also wrote more than 50 short stories, plays, and essays.
Who was Zora Neale Hurston?
She was the most popular female jazz singer in the United States for more than half a century, and won 13 Grammy Awards, among others.
Who was Ella Fitzgerald?
This individual is the author of Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria and Other Conversations About Race. She argues that the effects of racism, especially in schools, can have a detrimental effect on students’ racial identity.
Who is Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum?
He received many offers to attend non-Black universities but chose to further his education at Howard University, where he expanded his studies in the field of philosophy, then applied his knowledge to the civil rights movement.
Who was Kwame Ture?
Some individuals who are descendants of enslaved Africans in the Caribbean Islands, including Haiti(previously Hispaniola), Barbados, or the Dominican Republic might refer to themselves as this.
What is Afro-Caribbean?
He was an American author of novels, short stories, poems, and non-fiction, much of which concerned the discrimination and violence toward African Americans during the late 19th- to mid-20th centuries. Literary critics believe his work, especially his best-known novel Native Son, helped to change race relations in the United States in the mid-20th century.
Who was Richard Wright?
Blinded during childhood, he went on to become one of the most iconic and influential American singers, songwriters, pianists, and composers ever. He pioneered the soul music genre during the 1950s by combining blues, jazz, rhythm and blues, and gospel styles into the music he recorded, contributed to the integration of country music, rhythm and blues, and pop music during the 1960s.
Who was Ray Charles?