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Who made the term "YOLO" (You Only Live Once) popular?
Drake
This woman refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Who is Rosa Parks?
Who was the first Black President of the United States
Barack Obama
This court case ended legal segregation in public schools.
Brown v Board of Education.
Who invented peanut butter?
George Washington Carver.
I scored 100 points in an NBA game
Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia Warriors
The first African American to play in the Major League Baseball and for which team?
Jackie Robinson, Brooklyn Dodgers
He started the "Back to Africa Movement" and was later deported back to his homeland in Jamaica
Marcus Garvey
This amendment to the constitution abolished slavery
13th amendment
I successfully separated conjoined twins at the head
Ben Carson
What city is known as the birthplace of Hip-Hop
The Bronx, New York
This R&B legend also known as the "prince of soul" was killed by his father over a dispute about money.
Marvin Gaye
First African American to hold a seat on the Supreme Court.
Thurgood Marshall
Laws that created a system of legal segregation
Jim Crow Laws
First Black Woman to enter space.
Mae Jemison.
This black rapper has made millions from several multi-platinum albums and has also starred on the famous television Power
50 Cent
The first Black governor of Virginia
Douglas Wilder
What is the meaning behind the African hairstyles known as "Cornrows"?
Enslaved people used this hairstyle as a map, weaving escape route patterns to guide their journey to freedom.
What case resulted in a US Supreme Court ruling that no black-free or slave could be a US citizen.
Dred Scott Case.
This black hair entrepreneur invented the hot comb
Madame CJ Walker
Muhammad Ali's birth name.
Cassius Clay
This abolitionist and former enslaved person became known as the "Moses of her people" for leading many enslaved individuals to freedom via the Underground Railroad.
Harriet Tubman
Why is February recognized as Black History Month
Because it coincides with the birthdays of two important figures in African American history: Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln.
This woman said "I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired" She was an American voting and women's rights activist, community organizer, and leader of the civil rights movement.
Fannie Lou Hammer
Who performed the world's first open heart surgery?
Dr Daniel Hale William