Black History Month
February
Who is considered the King of Pop?
Michael Jackson
This Civil Rights icon has a birthday on January 15th, even though we celebrate him on the third Monday in January?
Martin Luther King Jr.
On what American holiday did we see Will Smith knock out a space alien as he 'welcomed him to Earth'?
Independence Day
What Michael Jackson music video gets replayed more than any other music video at Halloween time?
Thriller
Who triggered a boycott of the Montgomery, Alabama, bus system in 1955 by refusing to give up their seat to a white passenger on a bus?
Rosa Park
Who is the star of the film Black Panther?
Chadwick Boseman
Who was the 44th President of the United States?
Barack Obama
Who are the first, last, and only line of defense... and they dress in black?
Men In Black
The Kwanzaa holiday began in 1966 as a way to celebrate whose heritage?
African-American
Who was the first African-American justice on the Supreme Court?
Thurgood Marshall
Who is known as the fastest man in the world?
Who is Usain Bolt?
Who beat the Nazis in their own Olympics?
Jesse Owens
What movie tells the true story of how the U.S. Space Program really got off of the ground?
Hidden Figures
What does NAACP stand for?
National Association for the Achievement of Colored People
What was the name of the African American woman who helped hundreds of slaves in through the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman
Michael Jordan was a professional athlete who played basketball for the Chicago Bulls. What was his jersey number?
23
Who famously said: "You get a car! You get a car! You get a car!"
Oprah Winfrey
What movie did Denzel Washington star in as a high school football coach?
Remember the Titans
This amazing man is the self–proclaimed “greatest [boxer] of all time” was originally named after his father, who was named after the 19th century abolitionist and politician Cassius Marcellus Clay.
Muhammad Ali
Who started Black History Month?
Carter J. Woodson
What actor has played a Fresh Prince, a Bad Boy, and a Magic Blue Genie?
Will Smith
Who invented the traffic signal?
Garret Morgan
What movie tells the story of Michael Jordan and the Looney Tunes battling against the Monstars in a basketball game?
Space Jam
In what year were the first Africans brought to American to work as slaves?
1619