1. Slavery Jim Crow Freedom Marches Civil Rights Affirmative Action
DOWN THROUGH THE YEARS
Slavery
Jim Crow
Freedom Marches
Civil Rights
Affirmative Action

2. Million Man March October 16, 1997 All male march “Day of Atonement
Expressed remorse for mistreatment of women and behavior detrimental to the black community

3. Richard Allen 1760-1831 Born a slave Taught himself to read and write
Purchased his freedom at age 23
Founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church

4. James Weldon Johnson
First African American lawyer admitted to the Florida Bar Association
Wrote the Black National Anthem
“Lift Every Voice and Sing”

5. Lewis H. Latimer 1848-1928 Scientist Improved the light bulb
Worked with A. Graham Bell (telephone company)
Worked with Thomas Edison (to create an incandescent light)

6. George Washington Carver
Scientist
Developed over 24 uses for peanuts
Developed 118 products from sweet potatoes
Created a department of agricultural at Tuskegee Institute

7. Medgar Evers Worked to set up NAACP in Jackson, Mississippi
Investigated violent crimes against blacks
Assassinated on June 12, 1963, in front of his wife and children

8. Buffalo Soldiers Black soldiers
Called Buffalo by the Indians because of the color of their skin

9. Laws that said blacks could not vote
Go to back of restaurants to be served
Ride at the back of the bus
Separate restrooms and water fountains

10. Brown vs. Board of Education
A group of 13 parents field a class action suit against the Board of Education of Topeka Schools
May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court ruled that “separate but equal” was unconstitutional

11. Harriet Tubman Called Black Moses Former slave
Led over 300 slaves to freedom on the underground railroad
Union Spy
Union nurse

12. Paul Roberson 1898-1976 Actor Singer Activist
First black to play football at Rutgers college

13. Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Lawyer
Challenged the “separate but equal”
First black to sit on the United States Supreme Court

14. Carter G. Woodson 1875-1950 Son of former slaves Educator Author
First to record the history of the Negro

15. March on Washington August 18, 1963 Massive civil rights march
250,000 people attended
Vice President Hubert Humphrey attended

16. Rosa Parks Refused to give her seat on a bus to a white man
Her arrest led to a bus boycott
Boycott lasted 381 days
“Mother of civil rights movement”
Boycott led to blacks being allowed to sit anywhere on the bus that they wanted

17. Jessie Owens 1913-1980 Track and field athlete
Won 4 gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

18. William Edward Burghardt DuBois
Author, educator, scholar, and editor
Wrote “The Souls of Black Folk”
Promoted higher education for blacks

19. Scottsboro Boys Boys between the ages of 9-21
Were accused of raping two white women in a box car of a train
One women later admitted she and her friend had lied

20. Ida B. Wells 1862-1931 Born to slave parents Newspaper woman
Fought against lynching

21. Sit-INs organized by college students were designed to protest the fact that blacks could not sit and eat at lunch counters.

22. Little Rock High School
National guard exhorted 9 black students to class
On their first day of class after integration
The governor declared if they were admitted blood would run in the street

23. Men, Women, and Children in chains

24. Tuskegee Airmen
Four all black fighter squadrons who flew missions during World War II
Never lost a pilot

25. Booker Taliaferro Washington
Educator
Founder of Tuskegee Institute

26. Martin L. King Jr.
Minister, father, husband, and civil rights leader
Lead marches
Gave speeches

27. Madam C.J. Walker 1867-1919 Born Sarah Breedlove Businesswoman
Inventor or black hair products
First woman millionaire

28. Garrett Morgan 1875-1963 Inventor
Invented the gas mask and the traffic light

29. Elijah McCory 1843-1929 Inventor
Invented the lubricating cup, medicine cup, and lawn sprinkler

30. Benjamin Banneker 1731-1806 Mathematician Astronomer
Surveyed Washington, DC
Constructed the first clock made in the US

31. Black Inventors Sarah Boone ironing board Augustus Jackson Ice Cream
Jan Matzeliger shoe fastener
Thomas Stewart mop
G.F. Grant Golf tee
G.E. Becket Letter Box
J.A. Burr Lawn mower
W.B. Purvis fountain pen

32. Amen Corner

33. Jackie Robinson
The first black to play in the National Baseball League
First black to compete in the World Series

34. Judge Jerry Reed Retired from the US Air Force Judge
Substitute Teacher
Grandson of a sharecropper

35. Martin L. King Tomb

36. Stature of Gandhi Non violent activist in India Martin L
Stature of Gandhi Non violent activist in India Martin L. King pattern his after him