Black History - Important/Famous People
Pivotal figure in the American Civil Rights Movement who was also a Baptist minister.
What is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
Happened on April 4, 1968.
What is Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination?
A fusion of African rhythms, blues, and European musical traditions that emerged in New Orleans in the early 20th century.
What is jazz music?
Baseball legend who was the first African American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era.
What is Jackie Robinson?
Diana Ross was born on this day.
What is March 26, 1944?
SNCC (Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee) was led by this person.
Happened on May 17, 1954.
What is Brown v. Board of Education overturns Plessy v. Ferguson?
Known as the "King of Ragtime".
What is Scott Joplin?
United States athlete whose success in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin outraged Hitler.
What is Jesse Owens?
She is known as this title.
What is the Queen of Motown?
First African-American to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States.
What is Thurgood Marshall?
Happened on February 23, 1909.
What is NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) was founded by interracial activists including W.E.B Dubois?
Known as the "Queen of Soul".
What is Aretha Franklin?
First African-American winner of a major men's tennis singles championship.
What is Arthur Ashe?
When Diana (Diane) was six, her mother was stricken with a serious case of this disease.
What is tuberculosis?
First female African-American billionaire in the United States.
What is Oprah Winfrey?
Happened on August 28, 1963.
What is Martin Luther King Jr. delivers the "I Have a Dream" speech?
First Black female choreographer at New York's Metropolitan Opera.
What is Katherine Dunham?
Overcame childhood polio to become "the fastest woman in the world".
What is Wilma Rudolph?
Diana Ross was a member of this girl group from 1959-1970.
What is The Supremes? (The Primettes and Diana Ross & The Supremes are also acceptable answers.)
What is Ida B. Wells?
Happened on July 2, 1964.
What is Civil Rights Act passed and banned discrimination?
A common musical structure in African and African American music.
What is polyrhythms?
First African American to win an individual medal in the Winter Olympics.
What is Debi Thomas?
When she graduated from Cass Technical High School, her classmates voted her as this senior superlative.
What is the Best-Dressed Girl?