Events
What day is Juneteenth celebrated on?
June 19th
Who was the first black president
Barack Obama
What does HBCU stand for
Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Were peanut butter invented by a black person
yes
What is the only country in Africa to never be colonized?
Ethiopia
What is the name of the event where Martin Luther King jr. had his "I have a dream" speach?
March on Washington
which enslaved man taught himself to read and later became an abolitionist
Fredrick Douglass
What is Brown V Board of education
It was a supreme court case to desegregate schools across America
Who created the first hair line catered toward Black hair
Madame CJ Walker
What country in the Caribbean successfully were able to break free from European rule?
Haiti
What is the name of the event where black wall street was destroyed
Tulsa Race Massacre
Who was the first black supreme justice
Thurgood Marshall
What lawsuit that occurred in Trenton, New Jersey help build the case for Brown V Board of education
the case of Gladys Hedgepeth and Berlin Williams
Which on of these were created by a black person
stop sign or traffic light
traffic light
What are citizenship schools
grassroot education programs, created in 1957 that taught literacy and voter education to African American adults in the Jim Crow South
What was the Harlem Renaissance about?
This was an expansion of African American culture, art, music and literature that occurred in Harlem in New York
Who is the richest person in history
Mansa Musa
What state in 1990 required that Black history should be taught in schools
Illinois
who created the belt for elevators so they could automatically close and open
Alexander Miles
What are the Bantu speaking people
a diverse group of over 400 ethnic groups in Africa, united by their use of Bantu languages and a shared history of migration and cultural practices.
What was the 1985 event that occurred in Philadelphia where police dropped an explosive on the home of a Black liberation group, killing 11 people — including 5 children — and destroying 65 homes in a predominantly Black neighborhood called?
the Move bombing
What is the name of the all-female African warriors
Dahomey Warriors
What was the first school in America to be desegregated after brown v board of education
Lowell High School in massachusetts
Who created the first water gun named the super soaker
Lonnie Johnson
Who is the Jamaican Maroon leader who used guerrilla warfare to defeat British forces in the 1700s, becoming one of the most successful military strategists in the African diaspora.
Queen Nanny