What month is considered Black History Month?
WHAT IS: February
What was the name of the African American woman who helped hundreds of slaves in the southern United States escape to freedom?
Who is: Harriet Tubman
What black inventor invented the elevator?
Who is Alexander Miles
Who is known as the King of Pop?
Who is: Michael Jackson
What does achievement mean?
WHAT IS: Something done successfully with effort, courage and skill
Who is the first African American Olympian to win the All-Around Title in gymnastics?
Who is Gabby Douglas
Who started Black History Month?
WHO IS: Carter J. Woodson
Who was the first Woman that won a case against a white man in court?
Who was: Sojourner Truth
What black inventor invented peanut butter?
Who is: George Washington Carver
Who is know as one of the greatest guitarist of all time?
A.) Pince
B.) Jimi Hendrix
C.) B.B. King
D.) Chuck Berry
Who is Jimi Hendrix
What is activism?
WHAT IS: Action of using campaigning to bring about political or social change.
Who is the fastest man in the world?
Who is Usain Bolt
Who was the first African American to obtain a Doctorate degree from Harvard?
a. Malcolm X
b. W.E.B Du Bois
c. Marcus Garvey
d. Carter Woodson
WHO IS: W.E.B Du Bois
True or False: The Emancipation Proclamation gave African Americans the right to vote?
WHAT IS: False.
It was an executive order by President Abraham Lincoln to free the slaves.
What black inventor invented the horse shoe?
Who is Oscar E. Brown
Who was the star in the movie Black Panther?
WHO IS: Chadwick Boseman
What is emancipation?
WHAT IS: The process of being set free from legal restrictions.
Who was the first Black Major League Baseball player?
Who is Jackie Robinson.
Who triggered a boycott of the Montgomery, Alabama, bus system in 1955 by refusing to give up their seat to a white passenger on a bus?
WHO IS: Rosa Parks
What was the name of MLK's most famous speech?
WHAT IS: "I Have A Dream"
What black inventor invented the letterbox?
Who is G.E. Becket
Who was the first black poet to ever sell a bestseller in fiction.
Hint she also wrote the famous poem: "Still I Rise:
WHO IS: Maya Angelou
What is justice?
WHAT IS: Just behavior or treatment.
Who was the first Black quarterback to lead his team to a Super Bowl championship ?
Who is Doug Williams.
Who was the first African American to travel into space?
WHO IS: Guion Stewart Bluford
Who was the woman that led voting drives and co-funded the Mississipi Freedome Democratic Party?
A.) Katherine Johnson
B.) Rosa Parks
C.) Maya Angelou
D.) Fannie Lou Hamer
Who is: Fannie Lou Hammer
What black inventor invented the traffic signal?
Who is Garret Morgan
Who was the person that created the form called "Jazz Poetry"
Who is: Langston Hughes
What is segregation?
WHAT IS: The act of segregating, separation or isolation of race, class, or ethnic group by enforcement.
Who is one of the greatest black boxers of all time?
WHO IS: Muhammad Ali