NAACP
They are the two most prominent co-founders of NAACP
Who is W.E.B. Dubois & Ida B. Wells?
She was involved with the NAACP as a field secretary, worked with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and helped found the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Who is Ella Barker?
Many Black Americans held political offices in the South during Reconstruction as members of this political party
What is Republican?
The artistic and socio-cultural awakening among Black people in the 1920s and early 1930s
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
A founder of The Journal of Negro History in 1916, he has been called the "father of black history". In February 1926 he launched the celebration of "Negro History Week", the precursor of Black History Month.
Who is Carter G. Woodson?
This James Brown song was released in 1968, four months after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., boldly celebrating Black culture
What is "Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud"?
NAACP was founded on this day
What is February 12, 1909?
These two college students founded the Black Panther Party, originally the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense in October 1966 in Oakland, California
Who is Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton?
In 1969 this person became the first Black Woman elected to Congress, and went on to represent New York’s 12th Congressional District for 14 years
Who is Shirley Chisolm?
She is the most decorated gymnast in world championship history with 30 Olympic and World Championship medals, and was named Olympic Female Athlete of the Year by Team USA in 2019
Who is Simone Biles?
These students were escorted by the national guard to integrate their local Arkansas high school in 1957
Who is the Little Rock Nine?
What artist recorded the songs, I Will Always Love You, The Greatest Love of All, and I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Who is Whitney Houston?
NAACP was founded in this city
What is New York City?
He came to prominence in Chicago as chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party, and deputy chairman of the national BPP
Who is Fred Hampton?
The first African American Supreme Court justice
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
He was stripped of his title. His source of income was gone. He was banned from his sport during his prime athletic years. He refused the idea of a 'comfortable level Of blackness' and was associated with the Nation of Islam and Malcolm x
Who is Muhammed Ali?
During the October 16, 1968, awards ceremony at the Mexico City Olympics, these two U.S. gold and bronze medalists raised their fists in a Black Power salute
Who is John Carlos and Tommie Smith?
He wrote Go Tell It on the Mountain and Notes of a Native Son
Who is James Baldwin?
This is what NAACP stands for
What is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People?
A civil rights titan, most notably known for organizing marches in the American South, one of which became known as Bloody Sunday. He was the chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee from 1963 to 1966
Who is John Lewis?
This landmark 1954 Supreme Court decision ruled unanimously that segregation of public schools based on race was unconstitutional, marking a turning point for race relations in the US
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This Jamaican leader was a major proponent of Pan-Africanism, and is considered a major inspiration for the Rastafari and Black Power Movement
Who is Marcus Garvey?
She has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles and was named the Associated Press Female Athlete of the Decade
Who is Serena Williams?
Her works include the poem And Still I Rise and autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Who is Maya Angelou?
This is the year the NAACP Youth and College Division was Founded
What is 1936?
He coined the term black power
Who is Kwame Ture (formerly Stokely Carmichael)?
Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote an open letter to the public saying that people have the moral right to break unjust laws in the pursuit for justice from a jail in this southern city
What is Birmingham?
He was the first Black player selected to the United States Davis Cup team and the only Black man ever to win the singles title at Wimbledon, the U.S. Open, and the Australian Open
Who is Arthur Ashe?
This person was an American Gay Liberation activist, self-identified drag queen and one of the greatest contributors to the Stonewall Riots in 1969
Who is Marsha P. Johnson?
She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as "Mammy” in Gone with the Wind, becoming the first African American to win an Oscar
Who is Hattie McDaniel?
The official magazine of the NAACP
What is the The Crisis?
Co-founder and vice-chair of the Freedom Democratic Party, which she represented at the 1964 Democratic National Convention, this person was an American Voting and Women's Rights activist, community organizer, and a leader in the Civil Rights Movement
Who is Fannie Lou Hamer?
This Supreme Court case stated that segregation was legal and constitutional as long as "facilities were equal"
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
This African American woman developed and patented the pressing comb, which we still use today and known to be the first African-American woman millionaire
Who is Annie Malone?
During this event, on May 31 and June 1, 1921, mobs of white residents attacked Black residents and businesses of the Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma—at that time the wealthiest Black Community in the United States, known as Black Wall Street
What is the Tulsa Race Riot ( or Tulsa race massacre)?
She was the first African American woman to be promoted to principal dancer for the American Ballet
Who is Misty Copeland?