Civil Rights Movement
He delivered the “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
The first Black president of the United States.
Who is Barack Obama?
The constitutional amendment that ended slavery.
What is the 13th Amendment?
This genre of music began in Black communities in the Bronx in the 1970s.
What is hip-hop?
HBCU stands for this.
What is a Historically Black College or University?
She refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in 1955.
Who is Rosa Parks?
The first Black person to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
A document you may need to register or vote in some places
What is voter ID?
This traditional African American food style includes dishes like collard greens, cornbread, and sweet potato pie.
What is soul food?
Founded in 1906, this is the first Black Greek-letter fraternity.
What is Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.?
This 1954 Supreme Court case ended legal school segregation.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
The first Black woman elected to the U.S. Congress.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
These were tests once used to block Black Americans from voting.
What are literacy tests?
This poet wrote “Still I Rise.”
Who is Maya Angelou?
There are ___ accredited Historically Black Colleges and Universities in Florida.
What is 4?
This 1965 event, known as “Bloody Sunday,” was a march for voting rights.
What is the Selma to Montgomery march?
First Black woman to win Olympic gold in gymnastics and first Black woman all-around world champion.
Who is Simone Biles?
This election is where the final winner is chosen, usually in November for many offices.
What is the general election?
This legendary jazz composer and bandleader wrote “Take the ‘A’ Train” and was known as the “Duke.”
Who is Duke Ellington?
This is a nickname for the National Panhellenic Greek Council
What is the Divine Nine?
This organization, founded in 1909, fought segregation through the courts.
What is the NAACP?
Member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., she is the first Black woman nominated for Vice President by a major party
Who is Kamala Harris?
The constitutional amendment that gave Black men the right to vote.
What is the 15th Amendment?
This inventor created hundreds of uses for peanuts and other crops at Tuskegee.
Who is George Washington Carver?
This HBCU in Atlanta is famous for its marching band, “The Sonic Boom of the South.”
What is Jackson State University?