Black Inventors
He developed hundreds of products from the peanut.
Who is George Washington Caver?
This American author, poet, and civil rights activist rose to prominence with the publication, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings".
Who is Maya Angelou?
This movement of the mid-20th century brought major legal advancements and increased black political representation.
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
He was the man behind Black History Month.
Who is Carter G. Woodson?
He was one of the greatest heavyweight champions in boxing history
Who is Muhammad Ali?
He invented the three-position traffic signal.
Who is Garrett Morgan?
Her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "The Color Purple"was adapted into a film.
Who is Alice Walker?
in 1965, this Act eliminated literacy tests and other discriminatory practices.
What is The Voting Rights Act?
He wrote the Black (Negro) National Anthem.
Who is James Weldon Johnson?
She was the First Black Female tennis player.
Who is Althea Gibson?
Lonnie Johnson developed this mega water gun in his free time while working at NASA.
What is the Super Soaker?
Best known female writer of the Harlem Renaissance era
Who is Zora Neale Hurston?
The First Black woman to be elected to the U.S. Congress
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
This is a holiday celebrating the emancipation of those who had still been enslaved in Texas after the Emancipation Proclamation had been issued in 1863.
What is Juneteenth?
First Black Heavyweight Boxing Champion
Who is Jack Johnson?
He was offended by the complaint of a customer and invented the potato chip.
Who is George Crum?
He was a Jamaican-American writer and Poet. He was a central figure in the Harlem Renaissance?
Who is Claude McKay?
The First African American Supreme Court Justice
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
Before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955, there was a brave 15-year-old girl who chose not to sit at the back of the bus. She was detained and arrested for her resistance. Her name is....
Who is Claudette Colvin?
First Black Heisman Trophy Winner
Who is Ernie Davis?
Her innovation of the natural gas heating furnace changed the way we heat our living or working spaces.
Who is Alice H. Parker?
He escaped from slavery in Maryland in his early twenties and became a leader in the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
The First Black National Security Advisor under Pres. George H.W. Bush
Who is Colin Powell?
Her cancer cells were taken without her consent by a researcher. Her cells would go on to advance medical research for years to come. It played a crucial role in the development of the polio vaccine.
Who is Henrietta Lacks?
First Professional Black Head Coach
Who is Bill Russell?