To support himself when he moved to Paris, this aspiring fashion designer got a job sewing costumes at the Paris nightclub, Le Palace. He also sold his designs on the streets and at flea markets.

Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis has been a prominent figure in jazz since the 1980s. He is the spokesperson for this group, representing a younger generation of jazz musicians.

Used by the 99th Pursuit Squadron, also known as the Tuskegee Airmen, Tuskegee Institute established this training program for Black pilots.

Well-known Jamaican reggae artist Bob Marley was inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in this year.

This 30-year-old shoemaker was arrested in 1892 for refusing to move from a Whites-only railroad car in Louisiana and eventually took his case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Stokely Carmichael changed his name to this.

U.S. Representatives John Robert Lewis led his civil rights movement through this organization.

Vanessa Bell appeared on this soap opera.

What 1896 U.S. Supreme Court case upheld racial segregation in its "separate but equal" doctrine?

This abolitionist became the highest-ranking Black person of the Civil War when he was commissioned as a field officer.

Colin Powel was appointed to this position, making him the highest ranking military officer.

Under the command of Col. Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., the 332nd destroyed 111 planes in the air and 150 on the ground while never losing a single bomber. They were awarded this honor for the service.

Vibraphone player Lionel Hampton started his career in 1936 with this band.

This 18th century invention led to the growth of slavery.

This act gave slave hunters the right to catch escaped slaves.

Colin Powell was appointed to this office in 2001?

Poet Amiri Baraka published some of his books under this name.

W. A. Martin patented this security device.

This 1915 natural disaster ruined crops and homes of many farmers in the Mississippi Valley region.

What actor and stand-up comedian warned others of the dangers of drug abuse after his own near-death experience.

Transferred tot eh 758th Tank Battalion after an incident in which he refused to move to the back of the civilian bus, he was one of the more notable members of the first United States Army armored unit to be made up of African American soldiers.

North Carolina Central University was founded in 1910 by James E. Shephard under this name.

W.E.B. Dubois was the first Black American to receive a Ph.D. from this prestigious university.

This 1987 play written by Alfred Unry became a movie in 1989

This actor played Charlie "Bird" Parker in the 1988 movie Bird.