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.