Famous Individuals
She was the first Black woman to serve on the United States Supreme Court.
Who is Kentanji Brown Jackson?
This landmark 1954 case declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This month is celebrated annually as Black History Month in the United States.
What is February?
This acronym often refers to Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
What is HBCU?
This safety device, invented by Garrett Morgan, helps direct cars and pedestrians at intersections.
What is the traffic signal?
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
This 1896 case upheld “separate but equal.”
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
This amendment guarantees equal protection under the law.
What is the 14th Amendment?
This national holiday commemorates the end of slavery in the United States.
What is Juneteenth?
Marie Van Brittan Brown helped create this invention, which is now common in homes and buildings for protection.
What is the home security system?
She was the first Black Woman admitted to the bar in the United States
Who is Charlotte E. Ray?
In this 1967 case, the Supreme Court struck down bans on interracial marriage.
What is Loving v. Virginia?
This amendment prohibits denying the right to vote based on race.
What is the 15th Amendment?
This famous speech by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was delivered during the March on Washington.
What is “I Have a Dream”?
Lewis Latimer improved this everyday source of light by creating a better carbon filament.
What is the light bulb?
This civil rights attorney argued Brown v. Board of Education before later joining the Supreme Court
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
This case required police to inform suspects of their rights before questioning.
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
his executive order, issued by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863, declared enslaved people in Confederate states to be free.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This organization, founded in 1909, is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the U.S.
What is the NAACP?
Sarah Boone patented an improved version of this household item used to press clothes.
What is the ironing board?
He founded the first Black-owned law review in the nation at Howard University.
Who is Charles Hamilton Houston?
This constitutional amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
What is the 13th Amendment?
This 1964 federal law outlawed discrimination in public accommodations and employment.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
This movement, founded in 2013, focuses on racial justice and ending violence against Black people.
What is Black Lives Matter?
This crispy snack, often served in bags or alongside sandwiches, is popularly linked to George Crum.
What are potato chips?