African Americans at KU
Lawrence, KS was founded by anti-slavery settlers looking to make it not a slave state, but a _______ state.
What is a free state.
The first black female billionaire
Who is Oprah
The first African American president of the United States
Who is Barack Obama
AKA "The Black Mamba"
Who is Kobe Bryant
The woman's whose courage to deny moving to the back of the bus incited the Civil Rights Movement.
Who is Rosa Parks
KU's former chancellor from 2009-2017
Self made millionaire who was born on a cotton plantation but went on to become wealthy after inventing a line of African American hair care products.
Who is Madam C.J. Walker
State and local laws that enforced racial segregation in Southern states.
What is Jim Crow Laws
Arguably the greatest gymnast to have every lived and even has a technical move named after them in their sport
Who is Simone Biles
What is the NAACP
This year's KU Trailblazer Series is named after her as she was a former KU women's basketball coach and the first African American woman to coach a U.S women's basketball team in international competition.
Who is Marian Washington
The famous "La Vie en Rose" singer and jazz trumpeter
Who is Louis Armstrong
The location of MLK's "I Have a Dream Speech", which is arguably the most influential speech during the Civil Rights Movement
What is Washington D.C (Lincoln Memorial)
The only player in NFL history to win the MVP and a Super Bowl
Who is Patrick Mahomes
The movement of African Americans from the South to the North from 1910 to 1920
What is The Great Migration
The percentage of minorities and students of color at KU
What is 28%
Who is George Washington Carver
What Amendment abolished slavery in the United States in 1865
What is the 13th Amendment
The number of years (in a row) of which Serena Williams has been the highest paid female athlete according to Forbes
What is 4 years
The U.S currency that people fought for Harriet Tubman to be on.
What is the $20 bill
The first African American student enrolled at KU was Lizzie Ann Smith, she was admitted in this year.
What is 1876
The first African American woman and the only woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Who is Aretha Franklin
The president who officially designated February as Black History Month in 1976
Who is Gerald Ford
The first African American athlete to represent the United States in the Olympics in 1908 and win an Olympic gold medal.
Who is John Baxter Taylor
The other country, besides the U.S, that celebrates Black History Month in the month of February