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Cry for Freedom
100
Called the Queen of the Blues. Her recording of "Down Hearted Blues" became the first major hot for Columbia recording,
Bessie Smith
100
He wrote Native Son which was an immediate best-seller. Black Boy is his semi-autobiography.
Richard Wright
100
Carl Stokes and Richard Hatcher became the first Black mayors of Major cities Name the city each governed
Stokes- Cleveland, Ohio
Hatcher- Gary, Indiana
100
First AA to be elected president of Michigan State University. Lated selected to lead the largest University susten State University of NY (SUNY), the first be CEO of a major fortune 500 company
Clifton Wharton, Jr.
100
Educator, inventor, Engineer, and Scientist In 1843, he received a patent for an “evaporation process” for refining sugar. His invention dehydrated sugar cane into granules, and thus revolutionized the sugar industry
Norbert Rillieux
100
first colony to abolish slavery-1777
Vermont
200
First African American Rhodes Scholar and professor at Howard University. He created the term "New Negro" also called the Official Father of the Harlem Renaissance.
Alain Locke
200
Major League Baseball Player
In 1956, this pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers was awarded the National League’’s Most Valuable Player award for the best win-loss record of any pitcher in the league winning the Cy Young Award
Don Newcombe
200
This nurse was the first black woman to achieve the rank of general in the U.S. military. Later became the Chief of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps.
Hazel Winifred Johnson
200
In July 2016, this African American, a longtime leader of the Enoch Pratt Free Library system in Baltimore, was sworn in as the 14th Librarian of Congress for a 10-year term. She was nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. She is the first woman and the first African American to serve as chief executive of the Library of Congress—the largest library in the world
Carla Hayden
200
Medical Pioneer
In 1893, this noted Black surgeon, founded Provident Hospital, the first interracial hospital in America. In 1913, he became the first black member of the American College of Surgeons. In 1893, he performed the world’s first successful open-heart operation.
Daniel Hale Williams
200
some slaves escaped with the British to this Canadian city then to this Africa colony
Woelfle, Gretchen. Answering the Cry for Freedom (p. 135). Boyds Mills. Kindle Edition.
Nova Scotia, Canada
then to Sierra Leone, Africa
300
He developed the 1st automatic refrigeration system for trucks then later air conditioning units for military and hospitals
Frederick McKinley Jones
300
patented a process for curing bacon, it reduced the curing time from 6-15 days to hours
105 patents related to food and vitamins
Lloyd Hall
300
lawyer for NAACP, appointed as a federal judge in New York State by President Lyndon Johnson
Constance Baker Motley
300
a graduate of Woodlawn High School in Baltimore County, is a known author and journalist who writes about cultural, social and political issues. Writer of Black Panther Marvel Comics
Ta-Nehisi Coates
300
U. S Supreme Court declared “all graduate school racial segregation is invalid.”
the Court declared that racial segregation within higher education institutions was illegal.
McLaurin v. Oklahoma Board of Regents (1950
300
This Black sailor, boat builder, and businessman built up a fortune sailing and selling products. As a business owner he was expected to pay taxes but as a Black man, he couldn't vote so he sent a formal petition to the Massachusetts legislature: it was turned down. He and his brother then claimed their rights as Wampanoag Indians- Native tribes were not subject to taxation..
Name this sailor and businessman
Woelfle, Gretchen. Answering the Cry for Freedom (p. 142). Boyds Mills. Kindle Edition.
Woelfle, Gretchen. Answering the Cry for Freedom (p. 142). Boyds Mills. Kindle Edition.
Paul Cuffe
400
Best Known for his murals at the Schomburg Center.
"Father of African American Art"
Artwork Building More Stately Mansions
Aaron Douglas
400
This President signed the order that ended discrimination in the military
Harry S. Truman
400
joined the U.S. Navy as a fireman’s apprentice and rose through the ranks to become an admiral. In 1966, he became the first black person to command a U. S. Navy ship.
Samuel Lee Gravely, Jr
400
The largest and only national museum devoted exclusively to the documentation of African American life, history, and culture opened to the public in Washington, D.C. on this date—September 24, 2016.
National Museum of African American History and Culture
400
Ruled that the Thompson Co cafeteria and other "restaurants could not legally refuse to serve "well-behaved and respectable" black patrons. This decision was the result of protests led by activist Mary Church Terrell.
District of Columbia v. John R. Thompson Co., Inc. (1954)
400
Paul Cuffe asked the quakers who were against slavery to help build schools for Black children but the Quakers were hesitant about having white and black children together...
What did Paul Cuffe do in response?
Built his own school
500
This group was organized by A. Phillip Randolph as a labor group to get black workers who were not allowed to join labor unions higher wages and better working conditions.
Name the group of workers.
Railroad Sleeping Cars Porters
500
African American feminine protest artist who created a series of artwork titled, I AM a Negro Woman
Artwork- Sharecropper
Elizabeth Catlett
500
In 1973, this outfielder of the Atlanta Braves' baseball team, he broke Babe Ruth's record homerun record. In his first year in the majors, he was selected Rookie of the Year. He set a National League record with for RBIs. Name him.
Hank Aaron
500
Invented drugs for glaucoma and ways to mass produce cortisone. Inducted into the National Invention Hall of Fame along with George Washington Carver
Percy Julian
500
Overlooked opera singer from Rhode Island, referred to as the "Black Patti" being compared to a white singer named Patti. A GofundMe collected money to place a headstone at her grave.
Sissieretta Jones
500
Originally known as Negro Richard he signed a contract in January 1780 to pay Sturgis $2,000 for his freedom within five years, with $400 due each year. Sturgis gave Richard a written pass that allowed him to travel freely and earn his own money.
What name did Richard give himself once he purchased his freedom?
Woelfle, Gretchen. Answering the Cry for Freedom (p. 171). Boyds Mills. Kindle Edition.
Richard Allen
600
Poet and Writer
awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her semi-autobiographical volume of poetry, Annie Allen. She was the first African American to win this prestigious award. Other notable works include Bronzeville Boys and Girls, Selected Poems, and In the Mecca.
Gwendolyn Brooks
600
On March 24, 1965, a crowd of blacks and their white supporters converged on the state capitol in Alabama after a 54-mile march from a nearby city. The march, led by the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., was to protest Alabama's denial of equal voting rights to the state's black people and bring national attention to discrimination and racism in the state.
Name the city from where the march started and the city where it ended.
from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery, Alabama
600
In 2015, this African American scientist received high recognition for his "extraordinary role in exciting the public about the wonders of science". He has received the NASA Public Service Medal, the highest honor NASA gives to anyone who is not a government employee.
Neil deGrasse Tyson
600
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the NAACP allegation that segregated graduate schools were unconstitutional and against the "equal protection clause" of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Sweatt v. Painter (1950)
Sweatt was allowed to attend Law school at Univ. of Texas
600
Richard Allen met Absalom Jones, an African American preacher who became his mentor.
The two men formed an organization(FAS), which offered financial support to widows, orphans, and those who were ill. The FAS was open to all who paid dues and lived “an orderly and sober life.”
What does FAS stand for?
What church denomination was also founded by Richard Allen
Woelfle, Gretchen. Answering the Cry for Freedom (p. 174). Boyds Mills. Kindle Edition.
Woelfle, Gretchen. Answering the Cry for Freedom (p. 173). Boyds Mills. Kindle Edition.
Free African Society