Civil Rights Movement
He delivered the “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
He was the first African American president of the United States.
Who is Barack Obama?
This music genre originated in African American communities in the Deep South.
What is blues?
Founder of the Tuskegee Institute.
Who is Booker T. Washington?
Celebrated on June 19th, marking the end of slavery in Texas.
What is Juneteenth?
This woman refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in 1955.
Who is Rosa Parks?
She was the first African American woman Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Ketanji Brown Jackson?
Harlem Renaissance poet known for “The Negro Speaks of Rivers.”
Who is Langston Hughes?
Co-founder of the NAACP and early civil rights activist.
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?
Annual celebration of African American culture held every February.
What is Black History Month?
This major Civil Rights Act was passed in 1964 to end segregation.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
He was the first African American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
Who is known as the “Queen of Soul.”
Who is Aretha Franklin?
Known for his speeches promoting Black empowerment and self-defense.
Who is Malcolm X?
This food tradition includes dishes like collard greens and cornbread.
What is soul food?
This organization, led by young activists, was known as SNCC.
What is the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee?
She was the first Black woman to win an Academy Award (for “Gone with the Wind”).
Who is Hattie McDaniel?
This dance style and culture began in the Bronx in the 1970s.
What is hip hop?
She founded the National Council of Negro Women.
Who is Mary McLeod Bethune?
This principle-based celebration African lasts seven days.
What is Kwanzaa?
This 1965 event protested voting rights and included the Selma to Montgomery march.
What is Bloody Sunday?
He became the first African American billionaire through entertainment and business ventures.
Who is Jay-Z?
Author of “Beloved” and Nobel Prize-winning writer.
Who is Toni Morrison?
This modern activist helped start the Black Lives Matter movement.
Who is Alicia Garza? (also acceptable: Patrisse Cullors or Opal Tometi)
He was the first African American Supreme Court Justice
Who is Thurgood Marshall?