Often called the 'Father of Black History,' who initiated Negro History Week, which eventually evolved into Black History Month?
What was the name of the annual guide for African American travelers, published from 1936 to 1966, that listed businesses and services that were friendly to Black patrons during the era of segregation?
What was the popular name given to the first African American military aviators in the U.S. armed forces, who famously fought in World War II?
This abolitionist and women's rights advocate delivered the powerful 'Ain't I a Woman?' speech at the Ohio Women's Rights Convention in 1851.
Which West African nation, led by Kwame Nkrumah, became the first sub-Saharan African country to gain independence from colonial rule in 1957?
Often called an 'unsung hero' of the Civil Rights Movement, who was the chief organizer of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom?
Nine months before Rosa Parks' famous arrest, a 15-year-old girl was also arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus. Who was she?
Who is widely considered the first person killed in the Boston Massacre, and thus the first American casualty in the struggle for independence from British rule?
Who was the visionary leader and Pan-Africanist who led Ghana to independence from British rule in 1957 and served as its first President?
A prominent activist for civil rights and suffrage, she was a co-founder and the first president of the National Association of Colored Women (NACW) in 1896.