Civil Rights Movement
Whose refusal to give up her seat on a public bus sparked a boycott of Montgomerey, AL buses from 1955-1956?
Who is Rosa Parks
I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise I rise I rise."?
Maya Angelou
who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games
Jesse Owens
A 2016 American biographical drama film, about three African American females staring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, and Janelle Monáe, who worked at NASA during the Space Race.
Hidden Figures
Who sung this hook "Say it louder (I'm Black and I'm proud)"
James Brown
What was the name of the organization founded by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?
What is The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
I’m not concerned with your liking or disliking me… All I ask is that you respect me as a human being
Jackie Robinson
Who became a world-record-holding Olympic champion and international sports icon in track and field
Wilma Rudolph
This is a 2018 American biographical comedy-drama film, Inspired by the true story of a 1962 tour of the Deep South by African American pianist Don Shirley and Italian American bouncer and later actor Frank "Tony Lip" Vallelonga, who served as Shirley's driver and bodyguard.
Green Book
Who sung this hook "It's been a long
A long time coming, but I know
A change gone come"
Sam Cook
Who left The Nation of Islam group in 1964 and formed his own group, the Organization of Afro-American Unity?
Who is Malcolm X
In this 1998 movie directed by Ice Cube Players Club who said this line "Make the money, don't let it make you"
LisaRaye McCoy
Who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era
Jackie Robinson
A 2019 American drama film, about Race and Redemption in the New South by Osha Gray Davidson, which focuses on the rivalry between civil rights activist Ann Atwater and Ku Klux Klan leader C. P. Ellis.
The Best of Enemies
Who sung Wade in the Water” a Negro spiritual whose lyrics were first published in the 1901 edition of New Jubilee Songs as Sung by the Fisk Jubilee Singers
Ella Jenkins
Who was the main leader of the civil rights movement in the United States during the 1950's and 1960's?
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.
In the 1989 movie Harlem Nights, who said this quote "You shot me in my pink toe."
Della Reese
Who played as a center for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association from 1956 to 1969
Bill Russell
This is a 2012 American war film about the Tuskegee Airmen, a group of African-American United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) servicemen during World War II.
Red Tails
What were the main religious songs of enslaved people of North America called?
Negro Spirituals
Which racially motivated attack on a church caused the death of four girls in Alabama?
What is the Alabama Church Bombing
Who said this in line in the 2011 movie The Help "You is kind, you is smart, you is important"
Viola Davis
Nicknamed "The Greatest", he is regarded as one of the most significant sports figures of the 20th century and is frequently ranked as the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time
Muhammad Ali
Based on Alex Haley's family history. Kunta Kinte is sold into the slave trade after being abducted from his African village, and is taken to the United States.
Roots
Who was the Queen of Gospel fired up the crowd with a powerful pair of selections, “How I Got Over."
Mahalia Jackson