This Bishop
established the
COGIC in 1907
with 10
congregations.

This gymnast has her own
named elements on vault,
balance beam and floor
exercise that were
introduced in 2017 and
are the most difficult
elements on each
apparatus.

She refused to give
up her seat on the
bus to a white man
and in turn sparked
the Alabama Bus
Boycott of 1955.

He invented the
Traffic Light and
Gas Mask.

This slave escaped her
owners in 1849 and
became one of the most
effective and
celebrated leaders of
the Underground
Railroad.

She was the first
“General Mother” of
the church
appointed by Bishop
C.H. Mason.

In 1947 this major
league baseball
player broke color
barriers by being
signed to the
Brooklyn Dodgers.

This was the largest
demonstration ever
seen in the Nation’s
Capital in 1963, and is
where the infamous “I
have a dream” speech
was given.

She was the first
African American
woman to become a
millionaire for her line
of black hair care
products.

He spoke and lead
many civil rights
marches; with his most
influential speeches
being “I have a Dream”
and “I’ve been to the
mountaintop”.

These 2 categories of
“Missionaries” have
been designated for
women in the
ministry in COGIC.

This boxer known as
the Brown Bomber had
the longest single reign
as champion of any
boxer in history from
1937-1949.

This attorney who
tried and won the
Brown v. Board of
Education was the
first black appointed
to the Supreme Court
in 1967.

Shirley Jackson was
the first African
American to earn a
doctorate from MIT, and
was responsible for this
telephone
advancement.

Nine students in 1957 at
all-white Central High School in
Little Rock, AK attempted to
integrate the school but were
blocked at the door until
President Eisenhower sent
National Guard troops to
intervene were known as this.

This Scripture gave
inspiration for the
name of the Church of
God in Christ.

'For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God
which in Judea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have
suffered like things of your own countrymen,

This tennis duo
marked the first time
in history of sisters
occupying the #1 and
#2 world tennis
ranking slots in 2002.

The full name of
this acronym
‘NAACP’ was
established in
1909.

His agricultural
advancements has
given us peanut
butter amongst other
things.

This US public heath
tragedy finally ended after
40 years in 1972, where
399 black men were
infected with Syphilis in a
study to see how long it
would take them to die.

This revival in LA
influenced C.H.
Mason and is where
he received the Holy
Ghost according to
this scripture.

He is the all time
leading scorer in
NBA history and
has won 4 NBA
championships.

This major court case
in 1954 declared
racial segregation in
schools
unconstitutional.

Marie Van Brittan
Brown filed a patent for
this in 1966 after
wanting to increase her
own homes security.

This annual black church gathering
on New Year's Eve was started
December 31, 1862 also known as
“Freedom's Eve”. When blacks across
the country would gather together
anxiously awaiting the news that the
Emancipation Proclamation actually
had become law. Then at the stroke
of midnight on January 1, 1863 all
slaves in the Confederate States
were declared legally free.