Section 3
They were based in Kansas, Montana, and Utah.
Who are the Buffalo Soldiers?
This was the first fraternity for African American men.
What is Alpha Phi Alpha?
One of the most brilliant scientists of the early 1900s and a researcher at the Tuskegee Institute.
Who is George Washington Carver?
The Exodus of _______ was led by Benjamin "Pap" Singleton.
What is 1879?
He was the first widely recognized African American poet.
Who was Paul Laurence Dunbar?
In 1878, African American southerners moved to this state, which was once the home of John Brown.
What is Kansas?
She was an African American woman who was the first American woman to become president of a bank.
Who was Maggie Lena Walker?
The first African American woman to become a millionaire.
Who is Madame C.J. Walker?
The Spanish-American War started in this year.
What is 1898?
She was a popular African American writer who wrote a memoir about her years as dressmaker and confidante to Mary Todd Lincoln, the wife of Abraham Lincoln.
Who was Elizabeth Keckley?
This was the largest and most successful African American community in the Old West.
What is Nicodemus, Kansas?
He was an African American Massachusetts shoemaker who was a pioneer in shoemaking technology.
Who was Jan Ernst Matzeliger?
An African American woman who ran a stagecoach line through the treacherous Montana territory.
Who is Mary Fields?
24 percent of all bachelor's degrees obtained by African Americans were from HBCUs in this year.
What is 1999?
Individuals who took part in the Exodus of 1879.
Who were the Exodusters?
He was an African American soldier who won the Medal of Honor for bringing many wounded soldiers to safety while under heavy enemy fire.
Who was Private George H. Wanton?
This was the name of Paul Laurence Dunbar's first book of poetry that appeared in 1893.
What is Oak and Ivy?
An African American man who was one of the first men to reach the North Pole.
Who is Matthew Henson?
The first fraternity for African American men was founded at Cornell University in this year.
What is 1906?
The 9th and 10th Cavalry regiments provided crucial backup for him and his Rough Riders at the decisive battle of San Juan Hill.
Who was Teddy Roosevelt?
He was one of the best-known cowboys of the 1880s.
Who was Nat Love?
One of the most prolific African American short story writers and novelists of his era. He wrote a series of short stories for the Atlantic Monthly magazine.
Who was Charles Waddell Chesnutt?
An African American cowboy who invented the modern rodeo sport of steer wrestling.
Who is Bill Pickett?
The Guardian was first published in Boston in this year.
What is 1901?
He invented an automatic air brake and a method of sending telegraph signals between trains.
Who was Granville T. Woods?