This state is where Little Rock is located, the city where the Little Rock Nine integrated Central High School.

This popular entertainer, whose variety show aired in in 1956, was initially popular with his jazz trio, he shifted to mainstream pop music and achieved international acclaim along with a bit of criticism for that shift and for playing segregated clubs in the South.

James Weldon Johnson was a member of this fraternity.

Lincoln University in Pennsylvania is the first institution of higher education founded for African Americans. These are three prominent alumni of this university.

Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in this city.

This state is where Tunis Gulic Campbell was appointed to the Board of Registration in 1867 and elected as a state senator in 1868.

Isaac Murphy was the first person to win this sporting event three times.

Julius Bledsoe created the role of Joe in the 1920s' musical Show Boat. He made this song famous.

Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, originally named Ashmun Institute in honor of the first governor of Liberia, was founded by a pastor of this church in 1854.

Mary Elizabeth Mahoney held this distinction.

These are the two years that Reverend Jesse Jackson ran for President of the United States.

Jackie Joyner-Kersee, who won 6 Olympic track medals, was the first American woman to amass this many points in the heptathlon.

Juneteenth refers to this event.

Mabel Keaton Staupers was the major factor in integrating this profession.

Medgar Evers was a field secretary for the NAACP in this state.

This year is when Garrett Morgan invented the traffic light.

Jackie Wilson, who helped music transition form rhythm and blues into soul, was known by this title for his dynamic performances.

Kurt Schmoke was elected mayor of this city in 1987.

Mae C. Jemison, MD holds this distinction.

Messmate Dorie Miller was awarded the Navy Cross at Pearl Harbor for this heroic deed.

John H. Johnson began publishing Ebony magazine in this year.

Jacksonville native Rodney L. Hurst, Sr.'s book, It Was Never About a Hotdog and a Coke! is a personal account of these two things.

Lewis Temple invented the toggle harpoon used by the whaling industry. This was his occupation.

Marcus Garvey was born in this country.

Moneta Sleet, Jr. became the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize in photography for this particular picture.