Black History Month Women
She created the pressing comb.
Who is Madam CJ Walker
This man had a dream that all people will be equal.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.
"Truth Hurts" was the first major single by which artist?
Who is Lizzo
This is an annual celebration in the US of the Black heroes in history.
What is February
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This term means, "Cool" or "Ok, I'm down"
What is "Bet"?
This woman refused to give her seat to a white man.
Who is Rosa Parks
He was the first black President.
Who is Barack Obama
This is the first African American in the major Leagues.
Who is Jackie Robinson
A stage of the Atlantic slave trade in which 12.5 million enslaved Africans were transported to America as part of the triangular slave trade.
What is the Middle Passage?
"Wakanda Forever!" was said in what popular Marvel production?
What is Black Panther?
Who helped 300+ slaves escape to freedom?
Who is Harriet Tubman
Which boxer was nicknamed "The Greatest"
Who is Muhammed Ali
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Refers to a person’s style and confidence. It is often used to describe someone who has a fashionable and cool demeanor.
What is Swag/Drip/On fleek?
These are the colors that represent Black History Month.
What is red, green, black and yellow/gold
"All my life I had to fight" was said in what movie.
What is the The Color Purple
An advocate for African-American equality, she was a leader for the civil rights movement in the 1960s. Her husband was also a big voice in the same movement
Coretta Scott King
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This young black artist and his artwork dealt with themes of racism, classism, colonialism, and other power structures and their effects on U.S. society
Who is Jean-Michael Basquiat?
Who is named the King of Pop?
Who is Michael Jackson
What year was slavery abolished in the US?
A) 1865
B) 1900
C) 2000
D) 1875
Originally used among Black and Latino people in the LGBT community, this term for talking bad about someone is “throwing” this, like a big Elm tree might do.
What is throwing shade?
Who is the most decorated gymnast in the history of Olympics?
Who is Simone Biles?
Who played Venus and Serena's dad in the movie King Richard?
Who is Will Smith
This music artist has the most Grammy's of all time
Who is Beyonce
A group of the first African American military pilots who fought in World War ll
Who are the Tuskeegee Airmen("Red Tails")?
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In African American slang, this is often used to describe something that is exciting, fun, or highly energetic. or good food.
What is Lit/slaps/bangin'/fresh?
Which woman said, "When they go low, we go high"
Who is Michelle Obama
Who played as Black Panther?
Who is Chadwick Boseman?
Who is the all time scoring leader in the NBA?
Who is LeBron James
Laws that created a system of legal segregation are called what?
What is Jim Crow laws
"Not TODAY boo boo, NOT TODAY" was said what popular TV show.
What is Martin
She starred in this tv series as Cookie Lyons
Who is Taraji P. Henson
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In 1964 this activist and organizer climbed the Gateway Arch to protest the exclusion of blacks from federal contracts and jobs related to the construction of the Arch.
Who is Percy Green?
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Ties the Beetles as only artist with at least 20 hot 100 top 10's in a single decade.
Who is Drake?
Who was a leader of the Harlem Renaissance and a great poet, activist, novelist and playwright?
Who is Langston Hughes
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This means “no lie” or “for real”
What is 'no cap'?
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The first African American child to attend a whites-only school in Louisiana during the New Orleans school desegregation crisis
Who is Ruby Bridges?
Which NBA legend starred in the movie Space Jam?
Who are Michael Jordan or LeBron James
Which rapper said, "Only God can judge me?"
Who is Tupac
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Once a symbolic way for enslaved people in the American South to recognize their marriages
What is Jumping the broom?
The dismissive farewell "Bye, Felisha" was said in what movie?
What is Friday?
She stared in the television show, How to Get Away With Murder.
Who is Viola Davis
The first black Supreme Justice
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
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What is the name of the team Jackie Robinson played for in the Negro Leagues, before joining the Major League?
What are the Kansas City Monarchs?
Most influential black power organization founded by college students Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seal to challenge politicians and protect black citizens from brutality.
What is the Black Panther Party?
"I got into one little fight and my mom got scared she said 'you're movin' with auntie and uncle in__" was said in what popular comedy TV show.
What is Fresh Prince of Bel Air
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Born in St. Louis, this author/poet’s autobiography “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” was published in 1969.
Who is Maya Angelou?
Who is the first President of South Africa to be elected in a fully representative democratic election, as well as the country's first black head of state?
Who is Nelson Mandela
Which artist sang this lyric..."And if at first you don't succeed, then dust yourself off and try again."
Who is Aaliyah
The federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States
Who is Juneteenth
"where's the future?" RIGHT HERE
"And whose life, is it?" MINE
"What are you going to do with it?" LIVE IT BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY
was said in what TV show.
What is Black Lightning