Black History 1
Black History is celebrated this month
February
When was Dr. Martin Luther King born?
January 15, 1929
I dream of traveling to space and became the first African American female to travel into space
Mae Jemison
How many slaves did Harriet Tubman free using the underground railroad?
300
What did Fannie Lou Hamer fight for ?
Voter's Registration
The famous speech given by Dr. King was called
"I have a dream"
Sojourner Truth real name is
Isabella Baumfree
First African American major league baseball player
Jackie Robinson
Rosa Parks graduated from high school in what year?
1933
Denied to be served at a restaurant because they were black
The Greensboro Four
She was the conductor of the underground railroad
Harriet Tubman
Jackie Robinson was born where
Cairo, GA
I was born on August 4, 1901 in Ne Orleans, Louisiana
Louis Armstrong
Duke Ellington was born in
Washington D.C
Who created hip hop?
DJ Kool Herc
She was arrested December 1, 1955 for refusing to sit in the back of the bus.
Rosa Parks
She was a former slave and became an outspoken advocate for abolition and women's right
Sojourner Truth
Born April 29, 1899, was an American composer, pianist, and leader of a jazz orchestra. Who am I?
Duke Ellington
Mae Jemison studied chemical engineering at the age of
16
Who was the first African American justice on the Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall
who is the current US vice president ?
Kamala Harris
In what year did four black men (Greensboro four) get denied to be served at a diner
1960
I invented Peanut butter
George Washington Carver
Who invented the traffic light
Garrett Morgan
What does NAACP stand for
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People