Civil Rights Movement
What was the Civil Rights Movement about?
A struggle for social justice for African Americans to gain equal rights under the law in the U.S.
Who delivered the famous "I have a dream" speech?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Which African American man was elected President of the United States in 2008?
Barack Obama
Who was told "Bye" in the movie "Friday"?
Felicia
What was the name of the book that Frederick Douglass wrote?
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Whose refusal to give up her seat on a public bus sparked a boycott of Montgomerey, AL buses from 1955-1956?
Rosa Parks
Who said "Ain't a woman alive that could take my mama's place"?
Tupac Shakur
Where was Kamala Harris, our new Vice President, born?
Oakland, CA!!
What was the name of the TV show in the 90's starring Will Smith?
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
This woman, author, poet and civil right activist, published the autobiography "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" in 1969.
Maya Angelou
Which city was the Black Panther Party founded?
OAKLAND, CA
Who said "Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me any best place! And ain't I a woman?"
Sojourner Truth
What Supreme Court decision decreed that public schools should be integrated?
Brown v. Board of Education
Who played "T'Challa" in the film Black Panther?
Chadwick Boseman (RIP)
Alice Walker wrote this famous novel, published in 1982, which was later turned into a movie starring Whoppi Goldberg, Danny Glover and Oprah Winfrey.
The Color Purple
What year did African Americans get the right to vote?
1965 with the Voting Rights Act
Which famous athlete said "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee"
Muhammad Ali
Who was the first Black U.S. Supreme Court Justice?
Thurgood Marshall
Name of a black actor who played multiple characters in 6 movies?
Eddie Murphy
This American poet wrote the famous line "What happens to a dream deferred" in the 1951 poem "Harlem"
Who is Langston Hughes?
When did the civil rights movement start and end?
1954-1968
Who said "I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history."?
Morgan Freeman
Who was the first Black women elected to the U.S. Congress?
Shirley Anita Chisholm
Which TALK SHOW HOST became the first African-American female Billionaire?
Oprah Winfrey
This author wrote the 1953 semi-autobiographical novel "Go Tell it on The Mountain."
Who is James Baldwin