Black History Month
What is February
Who is Barack Obama
This is who is described as the "greatest boxer of all time"
Who is Muhammed Ali
This 2018 superhero film starred Chadwick Boseman as the king of Wakanda and became the first superhero movie to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture
What is Black Panther
Who is rankled as the second best selling female artist of the 21st century with record sales of of 37 million dollars
Who is Beyonce Knowles
This prominent abolitionist and writer published the North Star, an anti-slavery news paper
Who is Frederick Douglass
This is who sparked the Montgomery bus boycott by refusing to give up her seat on a bus
Who is Rosa Parks
This popular African American actor is known for his roles in movies like The Pursuit of Happyness and Ali, and is also an advocate for social justice and education.
Who is Will Smith
Who is Training Day
Known as the "Queen of Soul", she became one of the best selling music artists of all time with hits like "Respect" and "Think"
Who is Aretha Franklin
This woman served as a nruse, scout and spy for the Union Army
Who is Harriet Tubman
This is who broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball
This is who became the first African American female to become a billionaire in 2004
Who is Oprah Winfrey
In this 1992 film, starring Whoopi Goldberg, is about a lounge sister who helps protect a group of nuns by hiding them in a convent
What is Sister Act
This African American musician, known as the "Father of Jazz," is credited with shaping the genre and influencing countless artists.
Who is Louis Armstrong
This is who is 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 Afro-American Unity
Who is Malcom X
What is 1965
This popular figure from the Harlem Renaissance was a novelist and poet who wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God.
Who is Zora Neale Hurston
This 2009 drama, based on the novel Push, starred Gabourey Sidibe and Mo'Nique, telling the story of an illiterate teen in Harlem
What is Precious
This famous Black singer, known for hits like "Strange Fruit," was also a prominent civil rights activist.
Who is Billie Holiday
This is who quoted the line "The time is always right to do what is right"
Who is Martin Luther King Jr
This is the Supreme Court Case (in 1954) which outlawed segregation in public schools
What is Brown v Board of Education
This track and field athlete won four gold medals in the 1936 Berlin Olympics, defying Adolf Hitler’s notion of Aryan supremacy.
Who is Jesse Owens
This 1993 movie starred Angela Bassett as Tina Turner and tells the story of her rise to fame and her turbulent relationship with Ike Turner.
What is What's Love Got to Do with it
This rapper and entrepreneur became one of the best-selling artists of all time, with albums like The Blueprint and The Black Album
Who is Jay - Z