Business
Maggie Lena Walker founded this bank in Richmond, VA still existing today.
What is Luke Penny Savings Bank?
She sang, "Birmingham Sunday" about the church bombing that killed four little girls.
Who is Riannon Giddens?
He received a patent for the Jenny Coupler (Device that attaches one train car to another)
Who is Andrew Beard?
First African American to win all-around gold gymnastics
Who is Gabby Douglass?
Plessy v. Ferguson court case rule that "Separate but equal" was legal
What is 1896?
First Black to manufacture cars starting in 1915.
Who is Frederick Douglass Patterson?
O.W.N.
What is the Oprah Winfrey Network?
Founder and president of the Legal Rights Associaton
Who is Thomas L. Jennings?
First black woman gymnast to compete on a U.S. Olympic team
Who is Dominique Dawes?
Negro National League founded
When was 1920?
First Black CEO and president of Merck & Company. The nations second largest pharmaceutical company.
Who is Kenneth C. Frazier?
A trip to Coontown written and produced by
Who is Robert Bob Cole?
He received a patent for an automatic traffic symbol (the three-color traffic light)
Who is Garrett Morgan?
In 1997 these two leagues were established for women's basketball
What is the WNBA & ABL?
Brown v. Board of Education court case that ruled "Separate but Equal" was not legal
What is 1954?
This continent exported the black dolls used to support the early National Negro Doll Company.
What is Europe?
TV miniseries that traced the history of a black family from Africa into the twentieth-century America
What is Roots?
What is the National Safety Hood known as
What is the gas mask?
Michael Jordan donated his 2001-2002 salary to charities associated with this event
What is the September 11 Terrorist attack?
Little Rock, Arkansas, close its public schools in opposition to integration
What is 1958?
First Black owner of MacDonald's in 1968.
Synchronized movement of high steps clapping, arm crossing, and shoulder tapping with chanting.
What is stepping?
Who is Granville Woods?
First black woman to win an Olympic gold medal in 1948
Who is Alice Coachman Davis?
Prince Edward County, Virginia, closes its public schools in opposition to integration
What is 1959?