Black History Month
Hip hop music is said to have originated this borough of New York.
What is the Bronx
Who was the first African American golf champion to tour on the Professional Golf Association (PGA) circuit?
Who is Tiger Woods?
Martin Luther King Jr.'s role model as he pursued justice through peace and passive resistance?
Who is Gandhi?
Who is MLK Jr.
Former chairman of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and is a current US Representative.
Who is John Lewis
In what year did the African American History Museum open to the public.
2016
This amazing man is the self–proclaimed “greatest [boxer] of all time” was originally named after his father, who was named after the 19th century abolitionist and politician Cassius Marcellus Clay.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
Name of civil rights organization started by MLK Jr.?
What is the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
Whatever fear I have inside, my desire to win is always stronger.
Who is Serena Williams
Served as the 66th Secretary of State, the second person to hold the position under George W. Bush
Who is Condoleezza Rice?
Who was the first African American to have his likeness portrayed on a U.S. postage stamp?
Who is Booker T. Washington?
Who is ranked as the second best-selling female artist of the 21st century with record sales of over 37 million dollars?
Who is Beyonce Knowles?
Retail store/supermarket where Greensboro Sit-Ins took place
What is Woolworth's?
I never run my train off the track and
I never lost a passenger
Who is Harriet Tubman?
What Supreme Court decision decreed that public schools should be integrated?
What is Brown v. Board of Education
The book "Unbought and Unbossed" is about this woman. She was the first black woman elected to the United States Congress, representing New York's 12th Congressional District for seven terms.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
A lifelong resident of New Jersey. She was the first woman to win five Grammy's in one night.
Who is Lauryn Hill
Location where Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus (1/2 credit for state and no city)
What is Montgomery, AL?
I am for truth, not matter who tells it. I am for justice, no matter who is for it or against it.
Who is Malcolm X
Which Supreme Court case stated that segregation was legal and constitutional as long as "facilities were equal"?
What is Plessy v. Ferguson
The first US President to recognize Black History Month
Gerald Ford
Which author became the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature. (Hint: Her resume includes "Sula" and "The Bluest Eye")
Who is Toni Morrison?
The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, a racially motivated attack on a church, caused the death of four girls in this city in Alabama
What is Birmingham?
I don't want a Black History Month. Black History is American History .
Who is Morgan Freeman
Who was the first African American to serve as the United States Secretary of State?
Who is Colin Powell?