black history month
The month that black history month is celebrated
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
Who invented the elevator?
Who is Alexander Miles
Who was the first African American Olympian to win the all-around title in gymnastics?
Gabby Douglas
“The time is always right to do what is right”
Martin Luther King Jr.
The man who started Black History Month
a. abraham lincoln
b. barack obama
c. carter j. woodson
d. jesse morlon
Who is Carter J. Woodson
Who was the first African American to win an Academy Award in a leading role?
a. halle berry
b. denzel washington
c. sidney poitier
Who is sidney poitier
Who invented peanut butter
Who is George Washington Carver
Who is known as the fastest man in the world?
Usain Bolt
"If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude"
Maya Angelou
a. Clarence Thomas
b. Thurgood Marshall
c. Colton Luther Powell
Who is Thurgood Marshall
The Emancipation Proclamation gave African Americans the right to vote. True or False
What is True?
Who invented the horse shoe?
Who is Oscar E. Brown
Who was the starring actor in Black Panther?
Chadwick Boseman
“Everything negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to rise.”
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 is Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous speech
What is "I have a Dream."
Who invented the letter box
Who is G.E. Becket
Who was the first African American actress to win an Academy Award for best actress?
Halle Berry
"You can’t make decisions based on fear and the possibility of what might happen."
Michelle Obama
Who was the first African American to travel in space?
Who is Guion Stewart Bluford
Who was the first African American Major League Baseball player?
Who is Jackie Robinson
Who invented the traffic signal
Who is Garret Morgan
Who was the first African American woman to be promoted to principal dancer for the American Ballet?
Misty Copeland
"Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen."
Michael Jordan