Famous People
The prominent leader of the American Civil Rights Movement and known for their nonviolent protests and 'I Have a Dream' speech.
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr?
George Washington Carver famous for inventing and developing hundreds of different uses for.
What are peanuts and potatoes (and other crops)?
Hit Halloween song made by Micheal Jackson with a popular dance made to go with the song.
What is "Thriller"?
Period from the 1950s through the 1960s that involved major efforts to end racial segregation and discrimination in the United States.
What is The Civil Rights Movement?
Black mathematician at NASA who helped calculate flight paths for early American space missions and was portrayed in the film Hidden Figures.
Who is Catherine Johnson
Became the first African American president of the United States in 2009.
Who is Barack Obama?
The device Marie Van Brittan Brown invented to help people monitor and protect their homes.
What is CCTV Home Secruity System?
Black singer that is known as the “Queen of Soul” and sang the hit song “Respect”.
Who is Aretha Fraklin?
Cultural movement of the 1920s celebrated Black art, music, literature, and culture, especially in New York City's Harlem neighborhood.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
The improvement Lewis Latimer mad to the light bulb that allowed it to last longer and become more practical for everyday use.
What is carbon filament?
Famous poet and author, wrote the autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
Who is Maya Angelou?
This Black inventor created the Super Soaker water gun, one of the best-selling toys in America.
Who is Lonnie Johnson?
Famous singer and dancer, known for her hit songs, Umbrella, Diamonds, and We Found Love. Also has fashion influnce and a beauty empire.
Who is Rihanna?
The period of American history that began in the early 17th century, when millions of Africans were forcibly transported across the Atlantic to be enslaved.
What is the Transcontinetal Slave Trade?
The name of the 1831 rebellion led by an enslaved preacher in Virginia.
What is Nat Turner's Rebellion?
The tennis champion who won 23 Grand Slam singles titles during the Open Era, the most by any player in the sport.
Who is Serena Williams?
The safety feature Alexander Miles patened to help prevent elevator doors from remaining open when the elevator was not at the floor.
What is automatic mechanism for opening and closing doors?
A former slave who built a prominent dressmaking business in Washington, D.C. and served as the trusted dressmaker and confidante to First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln.
Who is Elizabeth Keckley?
Historical period, beginning in 1865, that aimed to rebuild the South and establish rights for formerly enslaved people.
What is Reconstruction?
The name of the African Americans moving from South to West of the United States during the late 1870s.
What is "Exodusters"?
Famous astrophysicist and science communicator hosted the television series Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey and became known for making the mysteries of the universe easier to understand.
Who is Neil deGrasse Tyson?
The Black inventor that created an early version of the three-light traffic signal which included a warning light to help prevent accidents.
Who is Garret Morgan?
The Black fashion designer who founded the clothing brand FUBU, which became popular for its hip-hop-inspired streetwear in the 1990s.
Who is Daymond John?
This period of Black history began during World War I and continued into the 1970s, when millions of African Americans moved from the rural South to cities in the North and West.
What is The Great Migration?
A Black fashion designer who became the first Black American to lead a major French luxury fashion house when he was named creative director of Louis Vuitton's menswear in 2018.
Who is Virgil Abloh?