FAMOUS FIGURES-WOMEN
This woman refused to give her seat to a white man on the bus in 1955 Montgomery, AL., helping spark the Montgomery Bus Boycotts
WHO IS ROSA PARKS
He was the first black President of the United States
WHO IS BARACK OBAMA
The name given to the set of laws that created the system of legal segregation
WHAT ARE JIM CROW LAWS
This state was the first state to ban slavery
WHAT IS VERMONT
The holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. It started as a holiday in Texas only before becoming a federal one in 2021
WHAT IS JUNETEENTH
She helped hundreds of slaves escape to freedom on the ‘Underground Railroad’
WHO IS HARRIET TUBMAN
This famous African-American won 4 medals in the Berlin Olympics in track and field
WHO IS JESSE OWENS
This amendment abolished slavery
WHAT IS THE 13TH AMENDMENT
In 1923, Garrett Morgan invented this device we still use today. This iconic invention can be seen all across the world and makes it a safer place while driving. Morgan eventually sold his patent to GE for a hefty $40,000.
WHAT IS THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL
These are the colors that represent Black History Month
WHAT IS RED, GREEN, BLACK, AND YELLOW/GOLD
As a 6-year-old, she entered an all-white school as a symbol of the civil rights movement and the end of segregation
WHO IS RUBY BRIDGES
He was the first African-American to win the masters golf tournament
WHO IS TIGER WOODS
This was a network of people, African American as well as white, offering shelter and aid to escaped enslaved people from the South. It developed as a convergence of several different clandestine efforts. The exact dates of its existence are not known, but it operated from the late 18th century to the Civil War
WHAT IS THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
The first African-American woman to win an Oscar (for Best Supporting Actress in 1939) for her role in Gone With The Wind
WHO IS HATTIE MCDANIEL
NAACP acronym stands for this
WHAT IS THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE
She wrote the poem “Still I Rise” and the book, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
WHO IS MAYA ANGELOU
When this player joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, baseball was still segregated. He was the first African American to play in the MLB
WHO IS JACKIE ROBINSON
This 1963 march brought over 250,000 people together in support of human civil rights and is where Martin Luther King Jr gave his now iconic "I Have a Dream" speech
WHAT IS THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON
This group was the first Black military aviators in the U.S. Army Air Corps (AAC), a precursor of the U.S. Air Force. They flew more than 15,000 individual flights in Europe and North Africa during World War II. Their impressive performance earned them more than 150 Distinguished Flying Crosses, and helped encourage the eventual integration of the U.S. armed forces
WHAT ARE THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN
In the wake of the assassination of Black nationalist Malcolm X, this political organization was founded in 1966, dressed in black berets and black leather jackets. Despite being associated with a militant "by any means necessary" philosophy, they launched programs such as free dental care, free breakfast, and drama classes in underserved black communities
WHO ARE THE BLACK PANTHERS/WHAT IS THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY
This music artist, called Queen B by her fans, has the most Grammy’s of all time (32 total)
WHO IS BEYONCE
Inventor who promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion. He was one of the most prominent black scientists of the early 20th century
WHO IS GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER
This is the city & state that had the largest free-black population BEFORE the Civil War in 1865
WHAT IS BALTIMORE MARYLAND
He was the first President of South Africa to be elected in a fully representative democratic election, as well as the country’s first black head of state. He was famously imprisoned during the South African Civil Rights Movement against apartheid.
WHO IS NELSON MANDELA
This art movement took place in Harlem, NY during the 1920s-'30s. It was an intellectual revival of African American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater, politics, and scholarship.
WHAT IS THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE