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Influential Black History Makers (before 1950)
Influential Black History Makers (1950-present)
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Little Known Black History Facts
100

This animated TV show is about a girl named Penny going through teenage life.

Proud Family

100

This person fought for freedom and held a meeting with Abraham Lincoln and made the Fourth of July speech.

Fredrick Douglass.

100

This woman is known for being the catalyst for the civil rights movement by refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a bus in Alabama. However, she was not the first Black woman to do so (that was Claudette Covin who refused to give up her seat 9 months earlier)

Rosa Parks

100

This common poultry dish in southern and soul food dishes was popularized by African Americans in the South, but also has strong ties to 18th century Scotland!

Fried Chicken

100

Carol Mosely Braun became the first African American woman to be elected to the US Senate in which decade? 1950s, 1990s, or 2000s?

1990s (1992)

200

This person escaped slavery and came back to help others 19 times! 

Harriet Tubman.

200

Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi founded this modern day civil rights organization in 2013 after an unarmed African American teenager, Trayvon Martin, was killed and his murderer went free.

Black Lives Matter

200

This common pasta side dish first came to America when James Hemmings, enslaved chef to Thomas Jefferson, first encountered the dish on a trip to France. He adapted the dish and prepared it for the president.

Macaroni and Cheese

200

Africa is a diverse continent with 54 countries and approximately how many distinct languages? (More than 200, more than 500, or more than 1000?)

More than 1000

300

This popular TV show features Dre, his wife Bow, and their five children. It has led to two spin-off shows which have names similar to the original.

Black-ish (Grown-ish, and Mixed-ish)

300

This Egyptian Queen was responsible for the peace and prosperity of Egypt in 1479 B.C.E. to 1458 B.C.E.

Hatshepsut.

300

At six years old, this African American girl was the first Black child to desegregate an all-white elementary school in the American South. 

Ruby Bridges

300

This vegetable, which is very similar to the sweet potato, is native to Africa. Often starring at Thanksgiving tables alongside sweet potato pie, these orange-fleshed root vegetables are frequently candied with butter, sugar, and spices.

yams

300

Ella Baker was considered by many to be the most influential woman of the Civil Rights Movement because of the works she did with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and this other prominent organization with a five letter acronym.

NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)

400

Man known as "Father of Ice Cream" made ice cream cheaper and easier to make in 1832.

Augustus Jackson

400

In 2015, This American ballet dancer, stage performer, and author became the first African-American to be promoted to principal ballerina by the American Ballet Theater

Misty Copeland

400

This iconic New Orleans Creole dish, featuring rice, meats, and vegetables, is a direct culinary descendant of the West African staple dish Jollof.

Jambalaya

400

This African American woman fought cancer, and ultimately her cancer cells were the first cells to be cloned. By using her cells for research, scientists developed a vaccine for polio. Her cells continue to be a source of invaluable medical data and research to the present day.

Henrietta Lacks

500

This woman escaped George Washington and was never caught 

Ona Judge

500

This vanishing Southern dessert features a base of leftover, stale biscuits or bread soaked in sweet custard, baked until firm, and drowned in a heavy, warm bourbon or rum sauce.

Bread Pudding