Leaders/Inventors
Formerly enslaved abolitionist; wrote Narrative of the Life.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
1919 racial violence and riots across U.S. cities.
What is the Red Summer?
First Black woman nominated for Best Actress Oscar.
Who is Dorothy Dandridge?
Knicks center; 1992 Olympic gold medalist.
Who is Patrick Ewing?
African American sacred music style.
What is Gospel music?
Journalist who led the anti-lynching crusade.
Who is Ida B. Wells?
1950s–60s movement ending Jim Crow laws.
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
1980s TV comedian and actor.
Who is Bill Cosby?
First Black man to win Wimbledon (1975).
Who is Arthur Ashe?
1915 film criticized for racist portrayals.
What is The Birth of a Nation?
Pioneer of blood plasma storage and blood banks
Who is Charles Richard Drew?
1870 amendment giving Black men the vote.
What is the Fifteenth Amendment?
Oscar-winning actor in Malcolm X and Glory.
Who is Denzel Washington?
Broke Babe Ruth’s home run record in 1974.
Who is Hank Aaron?
1966 group advocating Black self-defense.
What is the Black Panther Party?
First Black president of South Africa; jailed 27 years.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
Supreme Court case ending school segregation.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
Wrote I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
Who is Maya Angelou?
NBA legend known for the “skyhook.”
Who is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar?
Magazine founded in 1970 for Black women.
What is Essence?
Leader of the Nation of Islam after Malcolm X.
Who is Louis Farrakhan?
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
1950s–60s movement ending Jim Crow laws.
Known as the “Queen of Soul.”
Who is Aretha Franklin?
Heavyweight champion born Cassius Clay.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
Olympic champion in the heptathlon.
Who is Jackie Joyner-Kersee?