Black Women in History
As a 6-year-old, she entered an all-white school.
Who is Ruby Bridges?
He had a dream about equality and the end of racism in the United States.
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.?
He was the first African American to play in Major League Baseball.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
Black History Month is celebrated each year during this month.
What is February?
He was the first black President.
Who is Barack Obama?
She refused to give her seat to a white man.
Who is Rosa Parks?
Jackie Robinson played for this team.
What is the Brooklyn Dodgers?
She helped many people escape slavery through the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 for peacefully destroying the Apartheid regime and laying the foundation for democracy in South Africa.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
He was an American professional boxer and activist, nicknamed "The Greatest."
Who is Muhammad Ali?
These four colors represent Black History Month.
What are black, red, green, and yellow?
She wrote the bestselling memoir “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”
Who is Maya Angelou?
He said the famous quote “A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.”
Who is Malcolm X?
He won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin.
Who is Jesse Owens?
This U.S. President officially recognized Black History Month in 1976.
Who is Gerald Ford?
She was the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize.
Who is Gwendolyn Brooks?
She led the charge to desegregate the all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957
Who is Daisy Bates?
One of the most prominent black scientists of the early 20th century, he found hundreds of uses for peanuts.
Who is George Washington Carver?
This tennis player became the first African American to win a Grand Slam title.
Who is Althea Gibson?
Each year, Black History Month is given a theme. This is the theme for 2023.
What is Black Resistance?