Battle Creek & Surrounding Area
He served as the first Black Mayor in Battle Creek.
Who is Donald Sherrod
The movie in which Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, and Oprah Winfrey starred together.
What is the Color Purple?
This African-American invented the pencil sharpener in 1897.
Who is J.L Love?
He was elected as Albion’s first Black Mayor in 1974.
Who is Charles W. Jones?
This Civil Rights activists and author in 1990 wrote “Women, Culture and Politics”.
Who is Angela Davis?
This Black lady invented the ironing board.
Who is Sarah Boone?
He was the Battle Creek NAACP member and resident who assisted with a lunch counter bias suit in the 1950’s and they won the case.
Who was Sherman Ward?
This Black female star and all other black cast members were barred from the premier of Gone With the Wind.
Who is Hattie McDaniel?
George Cook created something used on many lakes and rivers today.
What is the Automatic fishing reel?
The village where Sojourner Truth first lived in this area.
What is the Village of Harmonia?
This dancer was the first African-American to appear on the 1960’s Jackie Gleason show as a member of the June Taylor Dancers.
Who was Mercedes Ellington?
This Black man invented the guitar which has been used throughout the years.
Who was Robert Flemming Jr.?
The name of the first African American female Superintendent for the Battle Creek Public Schools.
Who is Dr. Linda Hicks?
This person developed the adding machine in an effort to make work easier in the Postal Service in 1890s.
Who is Shelby Jay Davidson?
In 1969 Marie Britton Brown created an invention that promotes safety in the home.
What is a security system that uses television surveillance?