Research Rally O9 Feb

Name:_____________________________________________________________________________________ Black History Month Research: Inside the Picturing the Promise exhibit on the Scurlock Studio of Washington, DC. 1) Find Jackie Robinson and complete this sentence: “A momentous __________________ season had just ended, and Robinson had __________________________________________________ with Branch Rickey’s Brooklyn Dodgers.” What “slow but irresistible process” did Robinson contribute to? ___________ Now get a photo with him.

2) Find Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and complete this sentence: “Here King speaks at _____________ Chapel in December __________, following the successful _______________ _______ _____________ that thrust King into the _______________ spotlight Now get a photo with him. 3) Find Duke Ellington and complete this sentence: “believed by many to be the greatest American ________________, grew up in segregated _________ ___________________. Now get a photo with him and point to the instrument he is next to.

What is the instrument? ____________________________ 4) Find Grant’s rear guard and fill out this information about Pinckney Benton Stewart (P.B.S) Pinchback. He served as a _____________ ______________ in the ____________ _____. He was the first African American governor of which state? ______________________________________ Now get a photo with him.

5) Find Carter G. Woodson and complete this sentence: “In September 1915 he embarked on his life’s work: the creation of the ________________________________________________________________ and to the establishment of the _____________________________________________________. Now get a photo with him.

6) Find Madam C.J. Walker and complete this sentence: “Born Sarah Breedlove in Louisiana, Walker (________________________) became a prominent __________________________ who visited Washington as she ____________________________________promoting her ___________________________________for African American women.”…She ultimately became a “self_______ ____________________.” Now get a photo with her. 7) Find Charles Drew and complete this sentence: “His research in ___________ _________ ___ ________ led to the creation of the _____ ________ ________ ________. As the director of the ______ ___ _______ program, Drew and his team collected ________ for the war effort.” Now get a photo with him.

8) Find Charles Hamilton Houston and complete this sentence: “In 1935 Houston left Howard to serve as special _______________ (or lawyer) to the _________________, where he developed the ___________ strategy that led to the landmark case, _____________ v. _________________________________________ Now get a photo with him.

9) Find Lucy Diggs Slowe and complete this sentence: “In 1922, she was selected as _______________ first dean of ____________ and was elected president of the ____________ ____________ ___ _________ ___________.” She also started which sorority? _____________ ________________ _______________ Now get a picture with her.

10) Find Major James E. Walker and complete this sentence: “For many African Americans the _____________ was held in great _______________. Not only did the service provide __________ ________ ______________ and ________________, but it also allowed __________ ____________ to demonstrate their __________ as ________________ ____________________.” Now get a photo with him.