AP African American Studies Key Figures

Question 1

Leader of the UNIA and proponent of the "Back to Africa" movement.

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Marcus Garvey

Question 2

First African American U.S. Senator.

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Hiram Revels

Question 3

Sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott by refusing to give up her bus seat.

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Rosa Parks

Question 4

Abolitionist and women's rights activist famous for her "Ain't I a Woman?" speech.

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Sojourner Truth

Question 5

Abolitionist, writer, and orator who fought for the end of slavery.

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Frederick Douglass

Question 6

Activist, scholar, and advocate for prison reform and racial justice.

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Angela Davis

Question 7

Advocate for Black empowerment and self-defense, member of the Nation of Islam.

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Malcolm X

Question 8

Nobel Prize-winning author of "Beloved" and other works.

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Toni Morrison

Question 9

Writer and social critic who explored race and identity in America.

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James Baldwin

Question 10

Agricultural scientist who promoted sustainable farming practices.

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George Washington Carver

Question 11

Poet and author of "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings."

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Maya Angelou

Question 12

Co-founder of the NAACP and advocate for civil rights and higher education.

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W.E.B. Du Bois

Question 13

Preceded Rosa Parks in refusing to give up her bus seat.

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Claudette Colvin

Question 14

Poet and key figure of the Harlem Renaissance.

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Langston Hughes

Question 15

Inventor of refrigeration technology for trucks.

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Frederick McKinley Jones

Question 16

Promoted vocational education and founded Tuskegee Institute.

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Booker T. Washington

Question 17

Track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics.

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Jesse Owens

Question 18

Planned a major slave revolt in Charleston, South Carolina.

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Denmark Vesey

Question 19

Leader of the Civil Rights Movement, known for his nonviolent resistance.

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Martin Luther King Jr.

Question 20

First female self-made millionaire in America through her beauty products.

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Madam C.J. Walker

Question 21

Broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball.

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Jackie Robinson

Question 22

Olympic gold medalist and trailblazer in athletics.

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Wilma Rudolph

Question 23

Founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.

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Richard Allen

Question 24

First African American Secretary of State.

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Colin Powell

Question 25

Renowned opera singer and cultural ambassador.

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Leontyne Price

Question 26

Journalist and anti-lynching activist.

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Ida B. Wells

Question 27

Leader in SNCC and key figure in the Civil Rights Movement.

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John Lewis

Question 28

First published African American poet.

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Phillis Wheatley

Question 29

First African American woman elected to Congress.

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Shirley Chisholm

Question 30

Civil rights activist and mentor to young leaders in SNCC.

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Ella Baker

Question 31

First African American woman to serve as Secretary of State.

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Condoleezza Rice

Question 32

Historian known as the "Father of Black History."

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Carter G. Woodson

Question 33

Educator and founder of the National Council of Negro Women.

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Mary McLeod Bethune

Question 34

First African American Supreme Court Justice and NAACP lawyer in Brown v. Board.

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Thurgood Marshall

Question 35

Influential jazz musician and cultural icon.

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Louis Armstrong

Question 36

Mathematician, astronomer, and surveyor of Washington, D.C.

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Benjamin Banneker

Question 37

Co-founder of the Black Panther Party.

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Huey Newton

Question 38

Leader of a significant slave rebellion in 1831.

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Nat Turner

Question 39

Voting rights activist and leader in the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.

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Fannie Lou Hamer

Question 40

Led enslaved people to freedom via the Underground Railroad.

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Harriet Tubman

Question 41

Organizer of the 1963 March on Washington.

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Bayard Rustin

Question 42

Inventor known for his lubrication device for steam engines.

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Elijah McCoy

Question 43

Jazz composer and bandleader who elevated the genre.

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Duke Ellington

Question 44

Actor, singer, and activist for civil rights.

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Paul Robeson

Question 45

Opera singer who broke racial barriers in classical music.

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Marian Anderson

Question 46

Leader in the National Council of Negro Women and advocate for women's rights.

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Dorothy Height

Question 47

Educator and founder of the United Negro College Fund.

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Frederick Douglass Patterson

AP African American Studies Key Figures

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AP African American Studies Key Figures

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