Inventors
After helping Alexander Graham Bell obtain patents for his phone, this man's discovery of Carbon Filament extended Edison's light.
The founder of "Negro History Week".
Who is Carter G. Woodson?
By taking a seat, she raised awareness of another major point of inequity in civil rights.
He was the first Black Man to integrate baseball.
This gentleman's gentleman shattered stereotypes by coming to dinner and was the first African American to win an Academy Award for his performance in "Lillies of the Field".
Who is Sidney Poitier?
This self-educated renaissance man hand-built clocks, wrote farmer's almanacs, and was personally referred to President George Washington by Thomas Jefferson to complete the plans for Washington, DC. He leaned on his respect with Mr. Jefferson and personally challenged leaders on the irony of enslaving people while fighting the War of Independence.
Who is Benjamin Banneker?
The year "Negro History Week" was established.
What is 1926?
His dream was just the beginning - he wanted economic equity and justice for all.
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
His win caused several days riots after becoming the first Black Heavyweight Champion.
Who is Jack Johnson?
This 'Queen of Soul' was the first woman ever to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.
Who is Aretha Franklin?
He invented the three-part traffic light and 'safety hood', which is the 'grandaddy of gas masks'.
Who is Garrett A. Morgan?
The year "Negro History Week" became federally observed "Black History Month" with the encouragement of President Gerald Ford.
What is 1976?
He has no recorded father or birth date. Born to a "European man" and enslaved mother Harriett Bailey, who walked over 12-miles more than once to see him before dying when he was just 7 years old. He smuggled literacy lessons in exchange for bread, and grew to be arguably the most impactful orator, writer & abolitionist after escaping to freedom.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
He was the first Black Man to sign with an NBA team in 1950 & first Black Assistant Coach in 1968.
Who is Earl Llyod?
This 6'3" bass-baritone, actor, football player and activist won 4 Grammy's between 1979 & 2005.
Who is Paul Robeson?
She restored sight to millions, including a woman who was blind for 30 years with her Laserphaco probe for cataract removal.
Who is Dr. Patricia Bath?
Why Black History Month is in February
What are the birthdays of President Lincoln (Feb 12, 1809) & Frederick Douglass (Feb, 1818 - exact date unknown)?
He got in and encouraged decades of "good trouble" for well over 40 years and made quite an impression as US Congressman.
She made history twice as the first Black Woman to play tennis then golf professionally.
Who is Althea Gibson?
She sang at the 1963 March on Washington and prompted Dr. King to share his dream during his address.
Who is Mahalia Jackson?
She warmed our hearts (and hands) with her patented idea to force hot air through the pipes of her Morristown, NJ home.
Who is Alice H. Parker?
Number of countries that Black History Month is officially celebrated.
What is Six (6)?
(US, UK, Canada, Ireland, Netherlands & Germany)
She drafted plans for the Montgomery Bus Boycott long before Rosa Parks was arrested. She knew Dr. King, a man, would be the best person to lead. Her plan for a day lasted over a full year.
Who is Jo Ann Robinson
This NFL rule was approved as recently in 2020 to expand training and hiring practices for higher level positions in the NFL (like coordinators, legal, communications, hiring, etc).
What is the Rooney Rule?
'Day-O!' He called his good friend, Tony Bennett and locked arms to cross Edmund Pettus Bridge in 1965 and covered for Johnny Carson in 1968.
Who is Harry Belafonte?