If These Halls Could Talk
He asked Life's most persistent and urgent question:
What are you doing for others?
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
This all black air unit were a group of African American military pilots (fighter and bomber) and airmen who fought in World War II.
The Tuskegee Airmen
What was the theme for "Black Lives Matter at School" week
She was our first African American Flotus
(First Lady of the Unites States)
Michelle Obama
The American chef based in New Orleans, Louisiana. An author and television personality, she was known as the Queen of Creole Cuisine, advocating both African-American art and Creole cooking
Leah Chase
If a race has no history, if it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the world, and it stands in danger of being exterminated.
Dr. Carter G. Woodson
These "codes" were used to give escaping slaves messages which might indicate when to get ready and where to go.
The Underground Railroad quilt designs.
An American activist who was one of the leading organizers of the 2017 Women's March
Tamika Danielle Mallory
An African American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and political and social activist, she is recorded as the first female self-made millionaire in America
The Ethiopian-born Swedish-American celebrity chef, restaurateur and television personality and owner/ head chef of Red Rooster in Harlem, New York.
Marcus Samuelsson
There was one of two things Chad a right to...liberty or death. If I could not have one, I would have the other.
Harriet Tubman
Scientist profiled in the film “Hidden Figures” as a NASA mathematician whose trajectory calculations helped astronaut Alan Shepard become the first American in space.
Katherine Johnson
This black power political organization founded by college students Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton in October 1966 in Oakland, California.
The Black Panther Party
This Mission Specialist was the first Black Woman to travel into space
Mae Jemison
An enslaved African owned by George Washington, at his plantation Mount Vernon in Virginia. Served as chief cook at the Mansion House for many years.
Hercules Posey
America is not a blanket woven from one thread, one color, one cloth
Rev. Jesse Jackson
Taken from her native Gambia,brought to Boston in the mid-18th century and enslaved. She was taught how to read and write and eventually became a well-known poet in both New England and England, with her work "An Elegiac Poem, on the Death of that Celebrated Divine, and Eminent Servant of Jesus Christ, the Reverend and Learned George Whitefield,"
Phillis Wheatley
Colonel Tye was a member of which regiment of the Revolutionary War.
The Ethiopian Regiment
Confirmed as the first African-American woman to serve as a justice of the United States Supreme Court.
Ketanji Brown Jackson
President Barack Obama retained this executive chef, making her the first woman to hold the post.
Cristeta Comerford
Ms. Kingsberry
This Engineer saw a lightbulb still shining out of its socket, and was inspired to apply this principle to her work at NASA and create the illusion transmitter, which she is most famous for today. The illusion transmitter produces optical illusion images using two concave mirrors and can be applied to surgery, television, and video screens.
Valerie Thomas
The title of the History Bulletin Board is the song title from which famous artist.
Gil Scot Heron
On January 27, 2023, she became the first Black Woman To medal At the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in 35 years.
Starr Andrews
The renowned American chef, teacher, and author who helped refine the American view of Southern cooking. She championed the use of fresh, in season ingredients and characterized Southern food as fried chicken, pork, and fresh vegetables – most especially greens.
Edna Regina Lewis