Black History 101
What dates are Black History Month celebrated?
Feb 1-Mar 1
GERALD A. LAWSON INVENTED WHAT, NOW POPULAR DEVICE, WHICH INCLUDED THE USE OF INTERCHANGEABLE CARTRIDGES?
AT HOME GAMING SYSTEM
This historical African American church was founded by Richard Allen.
The 1st AME church
What famous African American said "Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that"?
Martin Luther King Jr
This famous African American NFL player attended North High School in Wichita, KS.
Barry Sanders
What year did slavery end in the US?
1865
MARIE VAN BRITTAN BROWN INVENTED WHAT SAFETY FEATURE?
THE HOME SECURITY SYSTEM
Who was the first African American man to play professional level baseball?
Jackie Robinson
This famous African American said "I don't like to gamble, but if there's one thing I'm willing to bet on, it's myself.
Beyonce
This famous court case in Kansas decided and desegregated schools nationwide.
Brown v Board of Education
What amendment emancipated all U.S. slaves wherever they were?
13th Amendment
The Traffic Light
This woman has a book titled "Becoming" and was the first African American woman to serve in this capacity in the White House?
First Lady Michelle Obama
This famous African American activist and politician is known as the "father of Modern South Africa."
Nelson Mandela
This famous African American photographer and poet was born in Fort Scott, KS.
Gordan Parks
This route of escape was a network of clandestine routes and safe houses established in the United States during the early- to the mid-19th century?
The Underground Railroad
Sarah Goode became the first Black woman to receive a U.S. patent for what invention?
THE FOLDING CABINET BED
This man was the first African-American CEO of a Major League Baseball team?
Derek Jeter
This famous African American was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. After graduating from Columbia University in 1983, he worked as a community organizer in Chicago.
President Barack Obama
This African American actress and songwriter from Wichita won an Academy award for her role in Gone With the Wind.
Hattie McDaniel
This man started Black History Month is 1926.
Carter G Woodson
MADAM CJ WALKER
She is the first African American woman to appear on US currency.
Maya Angelou
This famous African American activist opened a Foundation "to assist in the education, health, safety, and well-being of primary through college-aged youth in underserved communities across the country" in Detroit.
Sean Michael Leonard Anderson aka Big Sean
This place was once known to be the cornerstone of Wichita’s vibrant black community as Calvary Baptist church.
The Kansas African American Museum