History
Name the rebuilding period that followed the Civil War
Reconstruction
Elected the 44th President of the United States and the first African American to be elected
Barack Obama
This invention at the end of the 19th century by Sarah Boone kept clothes looking smooth
Ironing Board
The escape system used by slaves to find safety in the North
The Underground Railroad
Condoleeza Rice was Secretary of State under this administration
Bush
Author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Color Purple
Alice Walker
This country celebrates Black History Month in October
U.K.
Fredrick M. Jones' invention allowed for long-distance transport of what valuable resource
Perishable Goods
Name given to people who boldly spoke out or wrote against slavery
Abolitionists
Recognized as one of the greatest speeches in American history, the most iconic part was improvised
"I Have a Dream"
These soldiers received second-class treatment, were given the worst assignments but had lower desertion rates than their white counterparts
Buffalo Soldiers
This country became the first independent black ruled country in the western hemisphere
Haiti
This person invented a vertical spring that made it possible for cars to have convertible tops
James A. Jones
Constitutional amendment that abolished slavery throughout the US
Thirteenth Amendment
This is the only California community to be founded and governed by African Americans
Allensworth
President Johnson signed this act that prohibited any kind of discrimination based on race, religion, color or national origin
Civil Rights Act
This government policy of racial segregation officially ended in South Africa in 1991
Apartheid
This scientists' research led to the efficient method of storing large quantities of blood plasma in blood banks
Charles Drew
Slave songs that combine African rhythms with biblical scripture
Spirituals
Thurgood Marshall was appointed to what high position
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
To whom did Martin Luther King Jr address his letter from Birmingham City Jail
Clergymen
Jesse Owens defied Hitler's theory of black inferiority by becoming the first athlete to win four Olympic gold medals in the European Capital
Berlin
Onesimus introduced this concept and traditional African practice to the United States
Inoculation
This Virginia slave mailed himself to freedom in a package bound for the Anti-Slavery Society in Philadelphia
Henry Brown
She posed as a man and enlisted in the 38th Infantry in 1866
Cathay Williams