Civil Rights Leaders
This Civil Rights Leader refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama
Rosa Parks
This infamous case set the precedent for racial segregation with "separate but equal."
Plessy v. Ferguson
"By Any Means Necessary"
Malcolm X
This HBCU is close to the Maitland, FL office. Located in Daytona, FL
Bethune-Cookman University
A popular movie about slave history written by Alex Haley
"Roots"
This Civil Rights Leader was an abolitionist and writer. He published his first autobiography in 1845
Frederick Douglass
Autobiography: The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
This famous court case ruled that segregation in public schools are unconstitutional.
Brown v. Board of Education
"Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated."
Coretta Scott King
This HBCU is located in Washington D.C.
Howard University
This movie was about 3 Black women and their careers at NASA
"Hidden Figures"
This Civil Rights Leader joined the African National Congress in 1944 and also became South Africa’s first democratically elected president in 1994.
Nelson Mandela
This famous court case ruled that interacial marriage is constitutional and set the precedent for other states.
Loving v. Virginia
“If there is no struggle, there is no progress.”
Frederick Douglass
This HBCU's mascot is a Jaguar.
Spelman College
A movie about an African American man who was kidnapped in Washington, D.C. by two conmen in 1841 and sold into slavery.
12 Years a Slave
This Civil Rights Leader founded the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, America’s first major Black labor union. This leader was also given the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
A. Philip Randolph
This unanimous decision case helped end racial discrimination in states in the South and elsewhere as it declared states could not nullify and disobey decisions of federal courts.
Cooper v. Aaron
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.”
Martin Luther King, Jr.
This college was founded by the “Marion Nine” who sought to build a school for African-Americans previously denied the right to an education
Alabama State University
The extraordinary tale of a slave who transformed into one of America's greatest heroes, whose courage, ingenuity, and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.
Harriet - Harriet Tubman's Story
This Civil Rights Leader was an activist, journalist and researcher. Her publications unveiled a pattern of racial violence throughout the South and she was also involved in the fight for women’s rights.
Ida B. Wells
This unanimous decision case prevented the university from circumventing court orders to provide equal education facilities for Black Americans.
Sweatt v. Painter
"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek."
Barack Obama
This is the only HBCU founded by a Black woman?
Voorhees College
*100 bonus points if you knew her name*
Elizabeth Evelyn Wright
This biopic tells the story of a civil rights activist from their days as a private-school student to their public battle against racism and segregation. They were also a secretary for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
The Rosa Parks Story