BLACK HISTORY
What are the colors that represent Black History Month?
a) Red, Green, Yellow, Black
b) Red, White, Black, Green
c) Green, Yellow, Red
a) Red, Green, Yellow, Black
The practice of treating people unfairly is called ____________.
Discrimination
Michael Jackson
This movie is based on an African American man who was shipped over to North America as a slave and his descendants.
Roots
What is the name of the baseball team that Jackie Robinson played for?
Brooklyn Dodgers
TRUE OR FALSE:
There is a theme every year for Black History Month
TRUE
Segregation
An iconic trumpeter who developed a style of playing Jazz in the 1920's. His music style still influences people today.
Louis Armstrong
These were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation.
Jim Crow Laws
This African American basketball player played for the Chicago Bulls and won finals MVP 6 times.
Michael Jordan
The time period when African American music, dance, art, literature, etc. flourished is called ?
Harlem Renaissance
The movement led by MLK over 60 year ago where black people asked for equal rights is called the ____ _______ __________.
Civil Rights Movement
This musician served as a world ambassador for Reggae music and sold more than 20 million records throughout his career.
Bob Marley
This important element of Jazz and what makes Jazz the music of freedom means to make up your own part.
Improvisation
Born Cassius Clay, he is the self-proclaimed greatest of all time in boxing and is know for rhymes like "float like a butterfly, sting like a bee".
Muhammad Ali
What word was used to describe people who worked to end slavery?
a) Slavery enders
b) Abolitionists
c) Emancipators
b) Abolitionists
A 6 letter word for "grow or develop well; to succeed at something."
Thrive
Music that fight for racial equality and communicating anger at socio-economic conditions that challenged the lives of many Black people.
Hip-Hop
Malcom X
In 1997, he was the first African American professional golfer to win the Masters Golf Tournament.
Tiger Woods
What amendment abolished slavery?
13th amendment
"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."
A word to describe everyone being treated fairly or to receive the same treatment.
Equality
What artist coined the popular phrase "I'm Black and I'm Proud" used by the black panther party.
James Brown
TRUE OR FALSE:
The Emancipation Proclamation gave African Americans the right to vote
FALSE
It was an executive order by President Abraham Lincoln to free the slaves
This African American was a World Heavy Weight Boxing Champion.