85 Black History Flash Cards Elementary

Included in this resource are 85 cards with an individual and a brief description of individual’s significance to Black history. Descriptions are very simple, basic, and easy for elementary students to ready.

This product is intended for children in early elementary grades depending on ability level. But, it can be adapted for older children if you chose to have them memorize facts, or even familiarize themselves with the basics of these individuals’ contributions to Black history.

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Suggested uses:

• Partner Quizzing
• Center time matching game by printing two copies on card stock (or paper and laminating-lamination can be sanitized)
• Sorting Activity-I’ve also included 2 sorting mats if you choose to have children sort by category or by individuals they already know, and individuals they do not yet know. The sorting mats can give you good data on who you might want to teach out.

PLEASE NOTE: Using the resource as a game is at the discretion of the teacher and is IN NO WAY intended to minimize or simplify any of the contributions of Black people to American history, nor is the suggestion intended to offend, deem “small,” make light of, or belittle the struggles of any marginalized group whatsoever. This product is intended to teach facts.

It is recommended that the cards be used as a supplement to lessons or storybooks about individuals, but of course is not necessary and is up to you.

Individuals Included on cards are:

Alice Walker

Angela Davis

James Baldwin

Maya Angelou

Langston Hughes

Octavia Butler

Phyllis Wheatley

Ralph Ellison

Richard Wright

Terry McMillan

Toni Morrison

Zora Neale Hurston

Booker T Washington

Frederick Douglass

Huey Newton
Jesse Jackson
Malcolm X

Henry “Box” Brown

Harriet Tubman

Ruby Bridges

Rosa Parks

Dorothy Height

Mary McLeod Bethune

Sojourner Truth

Martin Luther King Jr.

Thurgood Marshall

Nelson Mandela

Nat Turner

A. Phillip Randolph

Marcus Garvey

Fannie Lou Hamer

Jo Ann Robinson

Daisy Bates

Ella Baker

Diane Nash

Amelia Boynton Robinson

Dizzy Gillespie

Art Tatum

Art Blakely

Charles Mingus

Charlie Parker

Duke Ellington

John Coltrane

Johnny Hartman

Thelonius Monk

Miles Davis

Louis Armstrong

Nat King Cole

Nancy Wilson

Etta James

Ella Fitzgerald

Nina Simone

Sarah Vaughan

Billie Holiday

Alice Coltrane

Bessie Smith

Dinah Washington

Mary Lou Williams

Melba Liston

Terri Lyne Carrington

Alexander Miles

Jan Ernst Matzeliger

Lewis Latimer

Elijah McCoy

George Washington Carver

Madame CJ Walker

Sarah E. Goode

Marie Van Brittan Brown

Dr. Patricia Bath

Mary Kenner

Barack Obama

Benjamin Banneker

Benjamin O. Davis

Bessie Coleman

Bill Pickett

Colin Powell

Condoleeza Rice

Edna Lewis

Goose Tatum

Katherine Johnson

Marian Anderson

Sammy Davis Jr.

Scott Joplin

Kamala Harris