African American Leaders
Who delivered the speech Titled " I Have A Dream"
Martin Luther King Jr.
In 1949, what religious movement did Malcolm X join?
Nation of Islam
Eartha Kitt played what role in the Batman series?
Cat Woman
Bill Cosby, Will Smith and Kobe Bryant were born in “the city of brotherly love.” What is the name of the city?
Philadelphia
Juneteenth – also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Liberation Day, and Emancipation Day – is a holiday celebrating the emancipation of those who had been enslaved in the United States falls on what date ?
June 19th is currently recognized by 47 states and the District of Columbia as a state holiday or observance
What did George Washington Carver use to develop over 300 uses for ? Hint: shaving cream, paper, ink, rubbing oil, synthetic rubber, and instant coffee?
Peanuts
What was Muhammad Ali's original name?
Cassius Clay
What civil rights leader from Mississippi was slain in 1963?
Medgar Evers
He got his break on American Bandstand in the 1960s for recording, dancing, and popularizing the twist. Name him.
Chubby Checker
The Black Panther Party was founded in what California city?
Oakland
In what year did all 50 states recognize Martin Luther King Day?
1993
Who invented directional signals for the automobile?
Richard Spike
Who wrote the bestselling memoir "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"?
Maya Angelou
What national organization was founded on President Lincoln‟s Birthday?
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (or NAACP)
Eddie Murphy played an African prince in what motion picture?
Coming to America
What city located in the Mississippi Delta has a blend of French, Spanish, Creole, African and English cultures?
New Orleans
In what year did “Black History Month” officially begin?
1976
August Jackson created what well-known desert?
Ice Cream
At the time of her historic bus incident, what was Rosa Parks' occupation?
A Department Store Seamstress
What was the nickname given to Harriett Tubman because of her efforts to free the slaves?
Moses
Pianist Duke Ellington was a bandleader and a great composer who played at what famous New York City club from 1927 to 1931?
Cotton Club
Birthplace of Billie Holiday, Pennsylvania Avenue became the center of black life through the 1930s in what city?
Baltimore
What date is noted as the day when Western Kentucky African Americans learned that slavery had ended and, therefore, is a day of celebration for families in communities such as Paducah and Crofton, Kentucky?
August 8 (or 8th of August)
Hyram S. Thomas was a chef who created what popular snack?
Potato chip
What group launched the Freedom Rides in 1961?
CORE-Congress of Racial Equality
What was the purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation issued by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863?
It abolished slavery in the rebel states but not in the border states
Who provided the voice for Darth Vader in the movie Star Wars?
James Earl Jones
As of July 1, 2007, which state, at 38%, had the highest percentage black population?
Mississippi
When was Denmark Vessey‟s army of Blacks organized to fight slavery?
1822 (forty years before the Civil War)
What Black American woman used the trial and error method to invent hair care products in 1905?
Madam C.J. Walker