2021 Black History week 1 PWMS

introduced Negro History after he graduated from Harvard with his PHD. The scholar was disturbed by the lack of black historical information in text books. He founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, since changed to the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History in 1915

• George Washington Carver

• Malcolm X

• Carter G Woodson

• Nelson Mandela

An American poet, novelist, playwright, short story writer, and columnist. Known for his work during the Harlem Renaissance.

• Tyler Perry

• Langston Hughes

• James Baldwin

• Ralph Ellison

The first black attorney to be admitted to argue in the Supreme Court of the United States.

• Johnnie Cochran

• Thurgood Marshall

• John Rock

• Macon Bolling Allen

A Genetic biologist who won the Spingarn Medal for his pioneering in cell division and fertilization.

• Ernest Just

• Mark E Dean

• Percy L. Julian

• George Washington Carver

While working in Pittsburgh as a porter he noticed that the popular treat ice cream, was difficult to dispense. He invented a mechanical device now known as the ice cream scoop and applied for a patent

• Alfred L. Cralle

• Fred Gray

• Garrett Morgan

• Granville Woods

The first African American news correspondent admitted to the press galleries of both the United States House of Representatives and the Senate

• Max Robinson

• Fred Gray

• Dennis Archer

• Percival Prattis

Liberated their country from Portuguese rule. Many of the freedom fighters were either maimed or died for the cause as the struggle raged on for nearly 20 years. It is estimated that up to 10,000 died in the conflict, What country did this occur?

• Kenya

• Ghana

• Mozambique

• Ethiopia

An African American civil rights activist whom the U.S. Congress later called "Mother of the Modern-Day Civil Rights Movement". She became famous for refusing to obey bus driver James Blake to give up her seat to make room for a white passenger.

• Oprah Winfrey

• Harriet Tubman

• Rosa Parks

• Sojourner Truth

Following a revolt by slaves in Haiti, In 1794 this country abolished slavery.

• United States

• France

• England

• Italy

The first Black selected to respond to a State of the Union Address.

• J.C. Watts

• Barack Obama

• Clarence Thomas

• Ed Bradley