African American First
Who was the first African American to have his likeness portrayed on a U.S. postage stamp?
-Who is Booker T. Washington
What music contained coded language and symbols that were intended to help slaves escape to the northern United States or to Canada.
-What Are Negro Spirituals
Who was the main leader of the civil rights movement in the United States during the 1950's and 1960's, and won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize for leading nonviolent civil rights demonstrations?
- Who is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
In what year were the first Africans brought to American to work as slaves?
-What is 1619
Who is known as the father of Gospel Music
- Who Thomas A. Dorsey
Who was known as the Nation of Islam's most effective minister until he broke from the group in 1964 and formed his own group, the Organization of AfroAmerican Unity?
-Who is Malcom X
Who is the first African and Asian American female vice president in U.S. history.
-Who is Kamala Harris
This hymn is sung in a slow, ornamental style, with each line being “lined out” (chanted in a quick, rhythmic manner) by one of the singers before it is sung together by the congregation.
- What is Dr. Watts
Which fourteen-year-old black boy was lynched for “supposedly” whistling at a white woman?
Who is Emmet Till
Who was the First African-American to win an Oscar
-Who is Hattie McDaniel
This term is used to describe black music.
-What is Soul Music
She was the first black child to attend an all-white school in Louisiana in 1960.
-Who is Ruby Bridges
Who is the First African-American First Lady of the United States?
-Who is Michelle Obama
This Black National Anthem, was written as a poem and set to music by the Johnson brothers.
-What is Lift Every Voice and Sing
This historian, scholar, educator, and publisher created “Negro History Week” in 1926, which is what we now know as Black History month.
-Who is Carter G. Woodson