African American History- Year End Review

He invented the rollercoaster

First black woman billionaire

He led a slave revolt

A white abolitionist who ran a newspaper

He was teacher, scientist and inventor of products out of peanuts

A black town in California founded and ran by blacks

A black Spanish explorer

Juneteenth was first celebrated

One of the greatest female rappers of all time

This was an affluent town destroyed in a riot

He invented the first airplane

He was the first to die in the American Revolution

The African king who discovered America long before Columbus

This man believed in non-violence and integration

She was implicated in conspiracy and wanted by FBI

She is the Queen of Soul

The African language used for Kwanzaa terms

This girl was shot by a Korean grocer and her death sparked protest

This popular food came from Africa

Known for black pride, "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee"

He was a famous rodeo star- black cowboy

All male HBCU in Atlanta

He was born a slave but became a millionaire in Atlanta

She had the first black cosmetology school

He believed in self defense and separation

Common foods of Juneteenth

He was the greatest law enforcement officer of the west

He was a young Black Panther shot to death by police

The African Leader who started Pan Africanism

He invented the potato chip

He was a Jamaican Reggae star

The Supreme Court case that challenged segregated schools

He had factories, a shipping line and Negro World newspaper

This boy's murder fueled the start of Black Lives Matter

This Afro-Mexican believed in equal rights and was the 2nd president of Mexico

The highest mountain in Africa

An African king called the Lion King

She was once on the pancake box

A famous jazz trumpet player

Known for BLM phrase, "I can't breathe"

The first rapper to become a billionaire

She was the Grandmother of Juneteenth

He was a poet of the Harlem Renaissance

He was the CEO of FUBU hip hop fashion line

She led Planned Parenthood and wanted to control black population

He declared the General Order #3

He believed in blacks "Going Back To Africa"

He coined the phrase "Black Power"

He published Ebony Magazine

The oldest Christian nation with the complete Bible

The largest river in Africa

He is the pioneer of Hip Hop

The 1955 murder of this boy triggered the civil rights movement

He led a slave revolt in Mexico

A leader of the Underground Railroad

He was a military officer, journalist, abolitionist and went to Harvard medical school..

He was the first black man to win an Academy Award

When white people leave an urban area

He founded a school and believed in practical education

Gifts Africa gave to the world

She has the world record for the most Grammys

The dance t.v. show hosted by Don Cornelius

They started the Black Panthers

She was the mother of the civil rights movement and started SNCC

He was the first black senator

The Mother of the Blues

Abraham Lincoln Lewis...

He was the first black lieutenant of the Buffalo Soldiers

An extremely wealthy African king

He was a social scientist who believed blacks were inferior

He was one of the Soledad Brothers

He went to court to sue for his freedom

He is considered "King of Motown"

He started Motown

The Gullah islands are in

The law that says if you have 1 black great grandparent you are black

First black man to play major league baseball

She was the Grandmother of Los Angeles

Runaway slaves escaped and joined Seminoles in this Spanish territory

He did the first successful open heart surgery

The law that promoted separate but equal

He was the founder of Kwanzaa

He co-founded the NAACP and believed in academics

This black scholar started "Negro History Week" that became Black History Month

Settled Louisiana and were from Arcadia, Canada