Dates
When did the celebration of Black History Month begin?
1923
Who spent 11 years guiding other enslaved people to freedom through the Underground Railroad as a "conductor"?
Harriet Tubman
Who is the King of Pop?
Michael Jackson
Who was the first fighter to earn the world heavyweight title three times?
Muhammad Ali
What do you say to a black person every time you see them during Black History Month?
Happy Black History Month
What year did Rosa Parks’ bus boycott happen?
1955
Which President officially recognized Black History Month?
President Gerald Ford
Who did not attend their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony due to their fear of flying?
Aretha Franklin
Before Barack Obama became President (2009-2017), he served as what?
U.S Senator
It's the shortest month.
What year did Martin Luther King Jr. give his “I Have A Dream Speech”?
1963
Who said: "A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything" ?
Malcom X
Who debuted the album The Block is Hot when they were seventeen?
Lil Wayne
What is this year's Black History Month theme?
Black Resistance
First person to dismiss someone by using the phrase "Girl Bye!"
Tessa Higgins
What year did the Voting Rights Act get signed?
1955
Who said, "if there is no struggle, there is no progress"?
Frederick Douglass
What artist was given their own color purple in 2017?
Prince
What city was the first colony to ban slavery? (Bonus points for the year)
Vermont in 1777
Go to the back of the bus!
Not on Black History Monthhhh
What year was The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (BPP) founded?
1966
Who was the first African American Nobel Peace Prize winner?
Ralph Bunche
Who sings this lyric:
"From Oakland to Sacktown, The Bay Area and back down."
Tupac Shakur
Who was the first self-made black female millionaire?
Madame C.J. Walker
Was the underground railroad an actual railroad?
No