Black History 101 Treasure – Flashcards
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Booker T Washington
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Started a school in Alabama where black children could learn skills such as shoe making and farming.
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Frederick Douglas
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Started a newspaper called "The North Star."
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George Washington Carver
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Created 325 different uses for the peanut.
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Harriet Tubman
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Led so many slaves to freedom, called by the nickname Moses.
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Jackie Robinson
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Became the first black player inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Jesse Owens
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Performance at the 1936 Summer Olympic Games made him famous.
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Mae Jemison
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Doctor who spent two years working with poor people in Africa before she went on to become famous.
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Rosa Parks
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Refused to give up a seat on the bus. That led to a 382-day bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Sojourner Truth
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One of 13 children, this person's birth name was Isabella Baum free.
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Thurgood Marshall
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First black to hold a seat on the Supreme Court, the highest court in the land.
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Arthur Ashe
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Attended the University of California on a tennis scholarship.
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Benjamin Banneker
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Appointed by George Washington to survey land to become Washington, D.C..
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Bessie Coleman
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One of 13 children, died in an airplane crash.
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Ida Wells-Barnett
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Teacher in Mississippi before she became a well-known journalist.
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Joe Louis
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World heavyweight boxing champion from 1937 to 1949.
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Louis Armstrong
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Well-known trumpet player, was known by the nickname "Satchmo."
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Nat Turner
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Led a Virginia slave revolt in 1831.
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Oprah Winfrey
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Worked as a TV news reporter.
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Scott Joplin
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Famous writer of piano music, was known as the "king of ragtime."
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Langston Hughes
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Wrote proudly of black people in books, poems, and plays
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Barbara Jordan
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First black congresswoman to be elected from the Deep South.
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Chuck Berry
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Three years in reform school for attempted burglary before writing many famous rock-and-roll songs.
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Duke Ellington
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Given first and middle names at birth were "Edward Kennedy."
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Jan Matzeliger
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Invented a machine, called a "lasting machine," that stitched the leather of a shoe to its sole.
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Leontyne Price
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Sang in church choirs while growing up as the granddaughter of two Methodist ministers.
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Malcolm X
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A Nation of Islam minister at one time, he was assassinated while giving a speech in 1965.
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Medgar Evers
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Helped register black voters in Mississippi and led boycotts there of firms that practiced racial discrimination.
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Ralph Bunche
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Awarded the Noble Peace Prize for his role in making an Arab-Israeli peace in 1949.
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Shirley Chisolm
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Worked at a childcare center before becoming a well-known political figure.
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W.E.B. DuBois
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A Harvard graduate, played a role in starting National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
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Carter G. Woodson
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This former coal mine worker or to former slaves got a degree from Harvard University and started what is called today "Black History Month."
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Charles Drew
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Many consider this doctor to be the originator of the Blood Bank concept.
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Crispus Attucks
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One of the first people killed in the cause of American independence.
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Elijah McCoy
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Child of former slaves, invented the ironing board, the lawn sprinkler, and many other useful things.
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Jean Baptist Point DuSable
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Many consider this fur and grain trader to be the founder of the city of Chicago.
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Joseph Hayne Rainey
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In 1870, this person was the first black to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Madame C.J. Walker
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Child of ex-slaves, developed a hair product and died a millionaire.
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Mary Eliza Church Terrell
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This civil rights advocate told her life story in the book A Colored Woman in a White World.
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Mary McCleod Bethune
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15th of 17 children born of former slaves - grew up to become a college president.
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Paul Robeson
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Child of a runaway slave, was a football All-American and a well-known actor and singer.
