In 1923, Garrett Morgan patented this item to reduce the number of car collisions

Erected after decades of student protest, this “freestanding Black Cultural Center” honors a renowned Black faculty member

The woman became the first African American and the second woman to make a bid for the U.S. presidency with a major party when she ran for the Democratic nomination in 1972

This film director, producer, screenwriter is responsible for notable works such as “Selma,” “Queen Sugar,” and “13TH”

This historian and member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. established “Negro History Week” in 1926, which later became Black History Month in 1976

Built by Benjamin Banneker, this invention was the first of its kind in America

This organization was established after breaking away from the NAACP in 1967

This iconic Delta was an advocate for civil and women’s rights, and served as an advisor to President Franklin D. Roosevelt

Paving the way for superstars such as Venus and Serena Williams, this tennis player was the first black woman to compete on the world tennis tour and the first to win a Grand Slam in 1956

This scholar was the first African American to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard University

During World War II, physician, surgeon, and researcher, Charles Drew, helped establish these centers

This lawyer, civil rights leader, and educator founded the UNC Center for Civil Rights in 2001

In 1960, this woman became the first American woman to win three gold medals in track and field at a single Olympics

The first black heavyweight boxing champion and of the first celebrity athletes

This North Carolina city was a prominent case study and site for public school integration facilitated by busing after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in 1971

Thomas Edison may have invented the light bulb, but Lewis Latimer ensured its longevity

This woman was the first Black faculty member to be hired by UNC in 1966. She spent her tenure in the School of Social Work

This Delta became the first Black woman neurosurgeon in the United States at age 26

This actress was the first African American to win an Academy Award, which she received for her performance in the 1939 film, “Gone With the Wind”

This affluent African-American community of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma, destroyed in 1921 as a result of the Tulsa race riots was also known as

This invention by Frederick McKinley Jones allowed for the transportation of perishable items

This student became the first African American student elected UNC student body president in 1972

This Delta served as the U.S. Surgeon General form 2009-2013

This man became the first African American to win an Oscar for Best Actor in 1963

In 1885, this woman became the first black woman to receive a U.S. Patent