When Juneteenth is celebrated.
What is June 19th?
True or False: June is National African American Music Month.
True.
The Greenwood neighborhood in this city, known as Black Wall Street.
What is Tulsa?
This HBCU in Washington, D.C., founded in 1867, is known for producing prominent African American leaders and professionals.
What is Howard University?
The state that first recognized Juneteenth as a state holiday.
What is Texas?
This song, often referred to as the Black National Anthem, was written by James Weldon Johnson.
What is "Lift Every Voice and Sing"?
Known as the Black Business District, this city in Alabama was the heart of Black commerce and civil rights movement.
What is Birmingham?
This HBCU, founded in 1867 in Atlanta, Georgia, is known for being the only historically Black college dedicated to educating women.
What is Spelman College?
Other names for Juneteenth.
What is Emancipation Day or Freedom Day?
This song, co-written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie, was performed by an all-star ensemble to raise money for African famine relief in 1985.
What is "We Are the World"?
This city in Virginia was once known as the "birthplace of black capitalism."
What is Richmond?
This HBCU in Daytona Beach, Florida, was founded in 1904 by an African American educator and civil rights leader.
What is Bethune-Cookman University?
The year the Emancipation Proclamation issued.
What is 1863?
This artist's song "A Change Is Gonna Come" became an anthem for the Civil Rights Movement.
Who is Sam Cooke?
This New York neighborhood was the epicenter of a cultural renaissance in the 1920s, known for its flourishing arts, music, and literature scene.
What is Harlem?
Founded in 1866, this HBCU's Jubilee Singers played a crucial role in preserving the tradition of Negro spirituals.
What is Fisk University?
The all-Black military group responsible for leading the troops to Galveston, TX, to deliver the Emancipation news.
Who are the US Colored Troops, later nicknamed "Buffalo Soldiers"?
This song, performed by Billie Holiday, was a powerful protest against racism and lynching.
What is "Strange Fruit"?
This Georgia lake, now a popular recreational spot, once thrived with Black-owned businesses and farms.
What is Lake Lanier?
Founded in 1837, this institution holds the distinction of being the first HBCU ever established.
What is Cheyney University of Pennsylvania?