Black "Firsts"
Who said "I have a dream"
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Who was the first African American female engineer at NASA who assisted with getting astronauts into space based on her mathematical calculations
Who is Mary W. Jackson
The cookies "Famous Amos" was originally created by a black man named Wallace "Wally" Amos
True
Who is known as the King of Pop?
Who is Michael Jackson
Who said "float like a butterfly, and sting like a bee"
Who is Muhammad Ali
Rosa Parks was the first person to refuse to give up their seat on a bus
FALSE! There were several women before her - one of which is Claudette Colvin, who refused to move from one of the middle seats nine months before Rosa Park's refusal that launched the Montgomery Bus Boycotts
What couple is known as the "Black Bonnie & Clyde," who announced their first pregnancy on the VMAs, and their second pregnancy (with twins!) on social media
Who is Beyonce & Jay-Z
Who said "I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history."?
Who is Morgan Freeman?
The cartoon character, Betty Boop, was inspired by a Black jazz singer in Harlem
TRUE - Betty Boop was inspired by Esther Jones, aka "Baby Esther," during the 1930s
Who said "A man who stands for nothing, will fall for anything"
Who is Malcolm X
Stevie Wonder's hit song, "Happy Birthday," was originally written for Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday
True
Who is the first female vice president, as well as the first African American and first South Asian American vice president?
Who is Kamala Harris
Who said, 'I never run my train off the track and never lost a passenger'?
Who is Harriet Tubman
Who was the first Black child to integrate an all-white school in the South
Who is Ruby Bridges
Before he became the star actor in "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air," Will Smith was a Grammy winning rapper with his partner Jazzy Jeff
True - they won the Grammy for Best Rap Performance, but boycotted the awards because the category was still barred from television
Who is the "Queen of Soul" who was also the first woman, and the first African American woman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Who is Aretha Franklin