Black Historical Figures
The woman who sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Who is Claudette Colvin?
The name of Maya Angelou's first body of work
What is "I know why the caged bird sings"?
The decade when the word "Cookout" was first used
What is the "1940's?
Dance company who does the piece "Revelations"
What is the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater?
The original name of Black History Month
What is "Negro History Week"?
The first female self-made millionaire
Who is Madame C.J. Walker?
The writer of "The Weary Blues"
Who is Langston Hughes
The question you always ask when invited to a cookout
What is "Can I bring something"?
The song and artist who made these lyrics: I think it’s time to kill for our women, time to heal our women, be real to our women.
What is Tupac's "Keep Ya Head Up"?
The four countries that observe Black History Month
What is "United States, Canada, Ireland, United Kingdom"?
The city where Martin Luther King was assassinated.
What is Memphis, Tennessee ?
The person who wrote these words in a speech:"Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is in an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob, and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe."
Who is Fredrick Douglas?
The first thing you do when you get to the cookout
What is "walk in and speak to everyone"?
First Black actress to win Best Actress at the Oscars
Who is Halle Berry?
The theme of black history month this year
What is "African Americans and the Arts"?
The first African American child to attend formerly whites-only William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana
Who is Ruby Bridges?
The first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize.
Who is Gwendolyn Brooks?
The dish people mess up often
What is "The potato salad"?
First Black person to win album of the year at the Grammy's
Who is Stevie Wonder?
The president who officially recognized black history month.
What is President Gerald Ford?
The first black photographer of "Life" magazine and one of the founders of "Essence" magazine.
Who is Gordon Parks?
The person who wrote these words: "Not everything that is faced can be changed; but nothing can be changed until it is faced"
Who is James Baldwin?
5 line dances done at the cookout
What is the cupid shuffle, the cha cha slide, the wobble, electric slide, Tamia line dance, before I let go, ?
The Founders of BET
Who are Sheila Johnson and Robert L. Johnson?
The year the celebration of black history month began
What is 1926?