People
This person was an olympic gold medal winner for running.
Jesse Owens
These people were the first black officers in the military for the United States. They flew planes.
Tuskeegee Airmen
What is the name of this Poem?
You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.
Still I Rise
What was the nickname of the Tuskeegee Airmen?
Red Tails
This person created a network of trails for black people to escape slavery.
Harriet Tubman
What did Mae C. Jemison do?
First black woman astronaut into space.
Who wrote this poem?
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
What was Jesse Owens nicknamed while running?
Buckeye Bullet
This person was the first black student at an all white school during the Civil Rights Movement.
Ruby Bridges
How did George Washington Carver help farmers?
Carver discovered more than 300 uses for peanuts and hundreds more uses for soybeans, pecans and sweet potatoes
Who sings this song?
Ben E. King
What school did Booker T. Washington become the principal of?
Tuskeegee Institute
This person changed his name after his father visited and met a priest in another country.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
This was the movement that was led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. that protested equal rights for ALL people.
Civil Rights Movement
What was the name of the city where black artists were making music, having parties, and writing poetry?
Harlem, New York
What famous black history month person went to the same college as Ms. Foy? What university was it?
Bo Jackson
Auburn University
This person was kidnapped as a baby and his slave owner adopted him as his own.
George Washington Carver
This was an evil thing that happened that made black people work for no pay and they were often beaten if they didn't follow orders of their owners.
Slavery
What instrument does Louis Armstrong also play?
Trumpet
Where was Louis Armstrong born?
New Orleans, Louisianna