Notable African American Women in History
This person made history as the first female vice president and highest-ranking female official in U.S. history. She is also the first African American and Asian American Vice President.
Who is Kamala Harris?
A form of protest in which demonstrators occupy a place, refusing to leave until their demands are met.
What is a sit-in?
Famous artist whose fans are known as the 'Bey Hive.'
Who is Beyonce?
This person made history as the first Black President of the United States of America.
Who is Barack Obama?
The amendment that abolished slavery.
What is the 13th amendment?
This person helped over 300 slaves escape to freedom and was a famous "conductor" on the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
A 14-year-old African American boy who was abducted, tortured, and lynched in Mississippi in 1955, after being accused of whistling at a white woman.
Who is Emmett Till?
This artist is known as the "King of Pop."
Who is Michael Jackson?
Who was the influential civil rights activist who delivered the 'I Have A Dream Speech'?
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
The period of time when African American music, dance, art, literature, etc. flourished.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
This person refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man.
Who is Rosa parks?
The first African American child to desegregate William Frantz Elementary School at six-year-old. This brave young woman paved the way for Civil Rights action in the South.
Who is Ruby Bridges?
The first black show on Disney Channel.
The first African American player in the 20th century to take the field in the American or National league.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
The relocation of more than 6 million African Americans from the South to the North.
What is the great migration?
Entrepreneur, philanthropist, and activist, who rose from poverty in the South to become one of the wealthiest African American women of her time.
Who is Madam CJ Walker?
A political party established to emphasize Black pride, community control, and unification; and also existed to monitor police activity.
What is the Black Panther Party?
A movie detailing the experience of 3 African American mathematicians and their role in NASA's space race.
What is Hidden Figures?
A leader in the civil rights movement, minister, and supporter of black nationalism.
Who is Malcom X?
The person was the first African American Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
The first black woman in space
Who is Mae Jemison?
This association led the black civil rights struggle in fighting injustices such as the denial of voting rights, racial violence, discrimination in employment, and segregated public facilities.
What is the NAACP?
The name of the Black National Anthem
What is 'Lift Every Voice and Sing'?
The first president of South Africa to be elected in a fully representative democratic state, as well as the country's first black head of state?
Who is Nelson Mandela?
The name of President Lincoln's executive order declaring that all Southern slaves were free.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?