Black History Month Inspiration
This woman was the poet at the inauguration for President Biden.
Who is Amanda Gorman?
"Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced."
Who was James Baldwin?
This is Jackie Robinson's number
What is 42?
These are the colors that represent the pan-African flag.
What is red, black and green.
This movie is a true story about the first all-Black regiment, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. (Denzel Washington was amazing in his role!)
What is Glory?
She was the first Black woman in space.
Who is Mae C. Jemison?
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
This famous African American won 4 medals in the Berlin Olympics in 1936
Who is Jesse Owens?
This era lasted 12 years before it was destroyed taking away renewed power, economics, growth and generational wealth.
What is the Reconstruction Era?
This movie follows the life of Isabel Wilkerson as she researches caste systems in the United States, Germany and India while writing her book, Caste.
What is Origin?
This inventor invented a key component of the light bulb, the filament, while working for Thomas Edison
Who is Lewis Latimer?
"A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything."
Who is Malcolm X
This athlete protested against the Vietnam War and was stripped of his heavyweight boxing title championship in 1967.
Who was Muhammad Ali?
This was the year that the Civil Rights Act was passed.
What is 1964?
This movie portrayed the true story of 855 woman who were the first and only black Women's Army Corps to serve in Europe. They resolved a three-year mail backlog despite discrimination and terrible conditions.
Who are the Six Triple Eight?
A key organizer of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and was one of Martin Luther King Jr.’s closest advisors, also fought for LGBTQIA+ rights
Who is Bayard Rustin?
"When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time."
Who was Maya Angelou
This person has won 24 world championship medals, 7 Olympic medals and has four gymnast skills named in their honor
Who is Simone Biles?
This Amendment abolished slavery.
What is the 13th Amendment?
This is a 6 part series on Netflix that looks at the evolving and often lethal fight for equal rights in America. (Hosted by Will Smith)
What is Amend: The Fight for America?
This woman refused to give her seat to a white man before Rosa Parks.
Who is Claudette Colvin?
"In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute."
(first Black supreme court justice)
Who was Thurgood Marshall
She was the first Black person to ever win a Grand Slam event in tennis AND the first Black player to compete in the Ladies Professional Golf Association.
Who is Althea Gibson?
This party started the first free breakfast program.
What is the Black Panther Party?
This movie follows Katherine Johnson, an extraordinary mathematician working at NASA
What is Hidden Figures?