Quotes
“I never run my train off the track and never lost a passenger”
Who is Harriet Tubman?
This Supreme Court decision decreed that public schools should be integrated.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
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?
This person was the main leader of the civil rights movement in the United States during the 1950's and 1960's, and won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize for leading nonviolent civil rights demonstrations.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
This parody movie is know as the “Black Dracula.” Name that movie.
What is Blackula?
"The time is always right to do what is right"
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.?
This Supreme Court case decreed a slave was his master's property and African Americans were not citizens.
What is Dred Scott v. Sandford?
These NBA legends starred in the movie Space Jam.
Who are Michael Jordan and LeBron James?
This person’s refusal to give up her seat on a public bus sparked a boycott of Montgomerey, AL buses from 1955-1956.
Who is Rosa Parks?
This person was the first African American to win a Nobel Peace Prize.
Who is Ralph Bunche?
"Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise I rise I rise."
Who is Maya Angelou?
This Supreme Court case stated that segregation was legal and constitutional as long as "facilities were equal.”
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
The first rapper to win a Pulitzer Prize.
Who is Kendrick Lamar?
This is the name (or acronym) of the organization founded by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
What is The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)?
This place is commonly know as “Black Wall Street.”
Where is Tusla, Oklahoma?
"Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong."
Who is Muhammad Ali?
This person was the first African American woman to be on the ballot as a candidate for President.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
The popular character Betty Boop is modeled after this famous singer.
Who is Esther Lee Jones?
This person was known as the Nation of Islam's most effective minister until he broke from the group in 1964 and formed his own group, the Organization of Afro-American Unity.
Who is Malcom X?
In 1993 this pediatrician became the first woman and the first African American to be named the U.S. Surgeon General.
Who is Dr. Joycelyn Elders?
"I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history."
Who is Morgan Freeman?
This is the year that Barack Obama was elected.
When is 2008?
This person made agricultural advancements and inventions pertaining to the use of peanuts and was one of the first African-Americans admitted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1990.
Who is George Washington Carver?
This racially motivated attack on a church caused the death of four girls in Alabama.
What is the Alabama Church Bombing?
Aretha Franklin acted in only one movie. Name that iconic movie.
What is “The Blues Brothers?”