Black History Month
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Black History Month Music
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Black Literature
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This month has been the month for black history to be celebrated since 1976
What is February
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What was the name of the African American woman who helped hundreds of slaves in the southern United States escape to freedom?
Who is Harriet Tubman
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This city in Louisiana is the birthplace of Jazz
New Orleans
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This famous female African American Artist won in 2021 Grammy for 'Best R& B performance in" and the 2021 "NAACP Image" award for her song "Black Parade" which is featured on the "Lion King" soundtrack.
Beyonce
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This African-American sociologist, writer and author published "The Souls of Black Folk" in 1903, and also is one the founding members of the NAACP
Who is W.E.B. du Bois?
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The person responsible for starting Black History Month
Who is Carter J. Woodson?
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The first black president of the USA was born in this state known for its lovely weather
Hawaii
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This famous Jazz singer and scatter was known as the lady of song and also performed duets with Duke Ellington and Luis Armstrong.
Ella Fitzgerald
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The fastest man in the world who has a top run speed of 27.78mph for his 100-meter dash.
Who is Usain Bolt?
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This is the place where Martin Luther King delivered his famous "I have a dream" speech. It is a national monument
The steps of the Lincoln Memorial
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A reason to celebrate Black History Month
to celebrate famous African Americans
to educate about African Americans accomplishment
to learn about different people
all answers are correct
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The youngest American poet to recite poetry at a presidential inauguration
Amanda Gorman
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This King of Pop told Annie that you've been hit by a smooth criminal
Who is Michael Jackson?
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This South Carolina star who portrays the character T'Challa, a character who first appears in the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Captain America: Civil War
Who is Chadwick Boseman?
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The author of "The Bluest Eye" published in 1970. She is celebrated for her novels and has gained national acclaim for the writing style she uses.
Who is Toni Morrison
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She triggered a boycott of the Montgomery, Alabama, bus system in 1955 by refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger on a bus
Who is Rosa Parks?
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What was the name for his most famous speech?
"I Have a Dream"
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An important element of Jazz and what makes Jazz the music of freedom means to make up your own part
What is Improv?
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The first African American actress to win an Academy Award for best actress
Who is Halle Berry?
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This woman wrote about the harrowing experiences of slavery in her novel "Incidents in the Life of Slave Girl" and published it in 1861
Who is Harriet Jacobs?
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This black activist was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement, and a strong advocate for the Nation of Islam as well as black natonalism.
Who is Malcolm X?
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She is the first black vice president of the United States as well as the first female to hold the position.
Who is Kamala Harris?
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This Black National Anthem was first written as a poem by John Rosamond Johnson and later put to music by his brother James Weldon Johnson.
"Lift Every Voice and Sing."
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The first African American woman to be promoted to principal dancer for the American Ballet
Misty Copeland
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The most famous of slave narratives during the time of the antebellum south is titled what?
Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass