The Females of Black History Month
This woman refused to give her seat to a white man.
Rosa Parks
Who was the iconic civil rights leader known for his “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963?
Martin Luther King Jr.
This is the team Jackie Robinson played for.
What is the Brooklyn Dodgers?
This is the month of Black History Month?
What is February?
What movement in the early 19th century advocated for the immediate abolition of slavery?
Abolitionism
As a 6-year-old, I entered an all-white school.
Ruby Bridges
He was the first black President.
Who is Barack Obama?
This is the first African American in the major Leagues?
Who is Jackie Robinson?
This is an annual celebration of African American heroes in history.
What is Black History Month?
Who believed this?
Believed equality could be achieved by temporarily accepting social segregation (equal rights a little at a time).
Booker T. Washington
Who was the celebrated conductor of the Underground Railroad, a network of safe houses and secret routes that helped enslaved people escape to freedom?
Harriet Tubman
Who was Malcolm X ?
Malcolm X was an African American leader in the civil rights movement, minister and supporter of Black nationalism.
What is Jackie Robinson's number?
42
These are the colors that represent Black History Month.
What is red, green, black and yellow.
Believed equality could be gained by fighting for civil rights -- right now.
Founded the NAACP
Who believed/did this?
W.E.B. DuBois
Who is Serena Williams?
African American female tennis player
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?
Who is the King of Pop?
Michael Jackson
Who was a leader of the Harlem Renaissance and a great poet, activist, novelist and playwright?
Langston Hughes
Who is the first female African-American Billionaire?
Oprah Winfrey
She was only 12 when she became the first female African American author published. Who is she?
Phillis Wheatley
He played for the Los Angeles Lakers for 12 years, until he retired in 1991 due to his HIV diagnosis.
Magic Johnson
This famous African American won 4 medals in the Berlin Olympics?
Who is Jesse Owens?
Which abolitionist and author published “The Liberator,” an influential anti-slavery newspaper, for over 30 years?
William Lloyd Garrison
What famous novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe depicted the harsh realities of slavery and became one of the most influential anti-slavery works in the 19th century?
Uncle Tom's Cabin
When did Loretta Lynch become the first African American women to be a U.S Attorney General?
April 27, 2015
What are the names of Barack Obama's two daughters?
Malia and Sasha
Who was the first African-American to win the masters golf tournament?
Tiger Woods
Who was the first African American pilot to fly solo around the world?
Barrington Irving Jr.
What 2017 film, directed by Jordan Peele, addresses issues of race in America through a horror-thriller narrative?
Get Out
Who was the first African-American president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences?
Cheryl Boone
American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. Became one of the most important leaders of the movement for African American civil rights in the 19th century. Who is this?
Frederick Douglass
Who is known as the “Godfather of Soul” and is famous for hits like “I Got You (I Feel Good)” and “Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag”?
James Brown
Who started Black History Month in 1976?
Carter G. Woodson
Who was the First African american woman to win the academy award for best actress
Halle Berry
When was Lisa Perez Jackson Born
February 8, 1962
Who developed his stage name as a reference to New York's J/Z Subway which has a stop in Brooklyn?
Jay-Z
Who was the first African-American president of an Ivy League institution?
Dr. Ruth Simmons
Who was the first African-American to graduate from Harvard?
Richard Theodore Greener
Aretha Franklin acted in only one movie, What is the name of that movie?
The Blues Brothers
Phillis Wheatley is famous for being the first _________.
African American to publish a book of poems.
How did Robert Johnson become the first African American Billionaire?
He sold BET to Viacom for 3 billion.
Which Super Bowl did Mike Carey Referee?
XLII
Who wrote the poem "Still I Rise"?
Maya Angelou
When did Tyler Perry launch his own television studio?
2006
In 1993 this pediatrician became the first woman and the first African American to be named the U.S. Surgeon General.
Dr. Joycelyn Elders
Though Thomas Edison is recognized as the inventor of the light bulb, Which African-America inventor played an important role in it's development.
Lewis Howard Latimer
Who was the first Black quarterback to play professional football?
Willie Thrower
Who was one of the first African-American women to appear on the cover of Seventeen magazine?
Whitney Houston
Who was the first African-American U.S. attorney general?
Eric Holder