Black History Month Females
As a 6-year-old, I entered an all-white school.
Who is Ruby Bridges?
This man had a dream that all people will be equal.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
This is the team Jackie Robinson played for.
What is the Brooklyn Dodgers?
This is the month of Black History Month?
What is February?
Who is the first African-American female millionaire?
Madam CJ Walker
This woman refused to give up her seat to a white man, a violation of the city's racial segregation laws
Who is Rosa Parks?
He was the first black President.
Who is Barack Obama?
What year did the first African American play in the NFL?
A) 1920
B) 1940
C)1946
A) 1920
In 1920, Fritz Pollard became the first African-American to play in the NFL during its formative years. However, in the years after Fritz's departure, the NFL owners imposed a “gentleman's agreement” preventing the signing of more black players, until the re-integrating of the NFL in 1946.
Other than Black History Month, African American also celebrate their freedom during this Holiday.
What is Juneteenth.
This man was the first African-American to attend Harvard.
W.E.B. Dubois
Who helped 300 slaves escape to freedom?
Harriet Tubman
Who is the first African American to play a major sport. When this player joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, baseball was segregated.
who is Jackie Robinson?
What year did the NBA integrate, allowing African American in the league?
What is 1950.
These are the colors that represent Black History Month.
What is red, green, black and yellow.
In what year did interracial marriage become legal in all 500 states, thanks to Mildred and Richard Loving's case?
1878
1923
1967
1967
This woman traveled internationally, shedding light on lynchings in America. She wrote under the name Iola.
Ida. B. Wells
Who is the first President of South Africa to be elected in a fully representative democratic election, as well as the country's first black head of state?
Who is Nelson Mandela?
This famous African American won 4 medals in the Berlin Olympics?
Who is Jesse Owens?
This person was the first African-American Supreme Court Justice.
Thurgood Marshall
Where was "Black Wall Street" located?
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Three brilliant African-American women at NASA that served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history: the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit, a stunning achievement that restored the nation's confidence, turned around the Space Race and galvanized the world.
Who is Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson?
He was an African American leader in the civil rights movement, minister and supporter of Black nationalism.
Who is Malcolm X.
This black man is the only athlete who is also a billionaire.
Michael Jordan
What is Ruby Bridges famous for?
She's famous for being the first black student to attend an all-white school.
What was the Emanicipation Proclamation
President Lincoln's executive order declaring that all Southern slaves were free.