BLACK HISTORY
What music genre, characterized by its use of turntables and sampling, was founded in Black American communities in the Bronx, New York, in the 1970s?
What is Hip Hop?
Which war resulted in the ending of chattel slavery?
The Civil War
Beyoncé used to sing with this hit group.
Who is Destiny's Child?
This black hair entrepreneur invented the hot comb.
Who is Madame CJ Walker?
The first black woman to own a TV studio.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
This gymnast became the most decorated American gymnast in history, with 32 Olympic and World Championship medals.
Who is Simone Biles?
The first African American to play in the MLB.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
Name 3 African countries
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First Black President of the United States
Who is Barak Obama?
This music genre was invented by Black people in the South around the 1920s and prominently features horned instruments.
What is jazz
What day was "Juneteenth?"
June 19, 1985
This performer was often referred to as the “Queen of Soul” and is known for hits like “Respect” and “Natural Woman."
Who is Aretha Franklin?
This stringed instrument, often associated with country music, was actually created in Africa.
Banjo
This was the first fully successful revolt of enslaved Africans to result in the creation of a new Black country.
The Haitian Revolution
This thriving Black community in Oklahoma was burned down and bombed by angry whites.
Tulsa Oklahoma/Black Wall Street
This court case ended legal segregation in public schools
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This is the celebrated conductor of the Underground Railroad, a network of safe houses and secret routes that helped enslaved people escape to freedom.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
This organization was well known for saying "Black Power" and "Power to the People" and protested for Black empowerment.
The Black Panther Party
The ideas of this 1960s civil rights activist clashed with Dr. MLK Jr.'s philosophy of peaceful protest. His autobiography was titled "By Any Means Necessary."
Who is Malcolm X?
First African American to hold a seat on the Supreme Court.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks are well known for participating in which year-long protest?
Montgomery Bus Boycott
This viral fight which took place at a former slavery port, sometimes called the "Montgomery Boat Brawl" and "Fade in the Water" included a Black man hitting a white assailant with what?
A folding chair
Who is the first African American woman Supreme Court Justice?
Who is Ketanji Brown Jackson?
What group of Black pilots became legendary for their success in World War II?
Who are the Tuskegee Airmen?
This is what HBCU stands for.
What is "Historically Black College and University?"
Who is Carter G. Woodson?
The first African American actress to win an Academy Award for best actress.
Who is Halle Berry?
The longest river in the world which runs through Egypt and Sudan.
The Nile River
After the murder of George Floyd, this activist group led a worldwide protest of police brutality toward Black people.
Who is Black Lives Matter?
This activist declared, “If there is no struggle, there is no progress,” in his 1857 speech on abolition and self-determination.
Who was Frederick Douglass?