Black Inventors
Famous botanist who discovered over 300 uses for peanuts
Who is George Washington Carver
Woman responsible for launching the Birmingham bus boycott
Who is Rosa Parks
This singer has won the most grammys of all time at a staggering 32 awards
Who is Beyonce
First African-American First Lady of the United States
Who is Michelle Obama
This civil rights icon stated, "The time is always right to do what is right"
Who is Martin Luther King Jr
First self made female millionaire who gained her wealth from making hair growth products
Who is Madame C.J Walker
First African-American child to desegregate an all white elementary school
Who is Ruby Bridges
This genre of music has distinct soulful and melancholic tone, which originated in the deep south
What is the blues
First African-American woman to have a pilot's license
Who is Bessie Coleman
This abolitionist said, "I never run my train off the track and never lost a passenger"
Who is Harriet Tubman
Created the first American clock
Who is Benjamin Banneker
First Black Supreme Court Justice, who prior won the Brown V. Board of Education (ending segregation in public schools)
Who is Thurgood Marshall
This actor starred as the first African superhero in a mainstream movie with a predominantly black cast
Who is Chadwick Boseman
First African-American woman to be elected to the U.S Congress
Who is Shirley Chisolm
This writer said, "Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise I rise I rise."
Who is Maya Angelou
Inventor of the traffic light and the gas mask
Who is Garrett Morgan?
Organized the Pullman Porters and the March on Washington
Whos is A. Philip Randolph
This visual artist was popularized through his grafiti work and participation in the neo-expressionism movement during the 1980s.
Who is Jean-Michel Basquiat
Famous Journalist who went on to become one of the founders of the NAACP
Who is Ida B. Wells
This famous athlete said "Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong."
Who is Muhammad Ali
Invented the first home security system
Who is Marie Van Brittan Brown
Organizer of the Little Rock Nine
Who is Daisy Bates
This horror movie filmed in 1992 (remade in 2021) was a telling of an urban legend which took place in the Cabrini Green projects of Chicago
What is The CandyMan
Prominent figure in the black panther party, political activist, and author
Who is Angela Davis
This actor said "I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history."
Who is Morgan Freeman