Black Powerful Women
This African American woman wrote the book "Becoming" and was a former First lady.
Who is Michelle Obama?
This man had a dream that all people will be equal.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
She is considered as the greatest female tennis player of all time.
Who is Serena Williams?
Who is considered King of Pop
What is Michael Jackson?
What month is black history month in Canada?
What February?
She is the first female African American Vice President.
Who is Kamala Harris?
He was the first black President.
Who is Barack Obama?
Who was the first African American Olympian to win the all-around title in gymnastics?
Who is Simone Biles
Who was the first African American actress to win an Academy Award for best actress?
A) Angela Bassett
B) Halle Berry
C) Whoopi Goldberg
Who is Halle Berry?
What was the name of Canada’s first and only all-Black battalion?
A) The Black Loyalists
B) No. 2 Construction Battalion
C) 1st Black regiment
What is No. 2 Construction Battalion?
This African American woman helped 300 slaves escape to freedom.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
He was an American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a vocal advocate for Black empowerment and the promotion of Islam within the Black community
A) Marcus Garvey
B) Malcolm X
C) James Baldwin
Who is Malcolm X?
He is the fastest person in the world. He holds world records in the 100-meter and 200-meter Olympic sprints.
Who is Usain Bolt?
Michael Jordan was a professional athlete who played basketball for the Chicago Bulls. What was his jersey number?
A) 12
B) 23
C) 30
What is 23?
In 1946, Nova Scotian businesswoman Viola Desmond challenged racial segregation by:
A) Refusing to sit at the back of a public bus
B) Drinking from a whites-only water fountain
C) Refusing to leave the whites-only section of a movie theatre in New Glasgow
What is Refusing to leave the whites-only section of a movie theatre in New Glasgow
She triggered a boycott of the Montgomery, Alabama, bus system in 1955 by refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger on a bus
Who is Rosa Parks?
Who invented the traffic signal?
A) Booker T. Washington
B) Garret Morgan
C) George Washington Carver
Who is Garret Morgan?
Who was the first African American Major League Baseball player?
A) Hank Aaron
B) Jackie Robinson
C) Sammy Sosa
Who is Jackie Robinson?
What actor has played a Fresh Prince, a Bad Boy, and a Magic Blue Genie?
A) Denzel Washington
B) Morgan Freeman
C) Will Smith
Who is Will Smith?
In 1967, ten Torontonians - all with a common Caribbean heritage - founded what popular cultural festival?
A) Nuit Blanche
B) Caribana
C) WestFest
What is Caribana?
In 1960, she was the first Black child to racially integrate an all-white elementary school in the South. On her first day of school at William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana, she had to be escorted through an angry crowd of white parents and students by four federal marshals.
Who is Ruby Bridges?
Who was the first African American justice on the U.S. Supreme Court
A) Clarence Thomas
B) Thurgood Marshall
C) Colin Powell
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
This African American basketball player played for the Chicago Bulls and won finals MVP 6 times.
Who is Michael Jordan?
Who was the first African American Olympian to win the all-around title in gymnastics?
A) Gabby Douglas
B) Serena Williams
C) Simone Biles
Who is Simone Biles?
What was the name of the route used by enslaved people in the American South to escape to Canada?
A) Underground Rail Road
B) Emancipation Path
C) Freedom Express
What is The Underground Railroad?