Events
In 2008, this person made history as the first Black President of the United States. What is this person’s name?
Who is Barack Obama?
This man served as a leader for the Civil Rights movement and gave the famous “I Have a Dream” speech.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
What is the name given to traditional African American cuisine?
What is soul foods?
What popular music genre originated from African American culture?
What is Jazz?
George Washington Carver is known to have created many products out of this grown food item?
What is peanuts and sweet potatoes (either answer works)?
What landmark court case ended segregation in the United States?
What is Brown v. the Board of Education?
This woman refused to sit in the back of the bus, where people of color were forced to sit before the Civil Rights movement.
Who is Rosa Parks?
William Tucker, the first Black person to be born in the American colonies, was born in which of the 13 original colonies?
What is Virginia?
What famous musician and singer, known for his talent on the trumpet, helped to write and record the title track of “Hello, Dolly!”?
Who is Louis Armstrong?
African American men made up 25% of what famous western occupation?
Who are cowboys?
What is the name of the executive order called by Lincoln which freed enslaved African Americans in the South?
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This man served as the first African American Supreme Court Justice and supported the ruling in the landmark Brown v. the Board of Education case.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
What university became the first historically Black public university to grant degrees?
What is Lincoln University?
This 2016 film honors a team of African American women who served major roles in the United States space race.
What is Hidden Figures?
In 1863, 750 enslaved peoples were freed from Confederate hands in a U.S. military operation led by this famous woman. What was her name?
Who is Harriet Tubman
Published in 1851, what famous book influenced major perceptions on slavery prior to the Civil War?
What is Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
This man famous boxer captured the heavyweight champion title three times and won an Olympic gold medal.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
This life-saving practice was introduced in the United States by an African man named Onesimus, leading to thousands of lives being saved in the generations following.
What is inoculation/vaccines?
What famous collaborative song was created by Black singers and songwriters to benefit charity?
What is “We Are the World”?
Matthew Henson, an African American explorer, was one of the first people to explore what remote location?
What is the true North Pole?
In 1862, a year after the initial shots of that started the war, Union soldiers near Fort Sumter were surprised to find what appear on the shore?
What is the C.S.S. Planter/A boat with lots of artillery stolen from the Confederates?
This woman worked on NASA’s space task force in the space race, providing math to ensure the safe launch and landing of Friendship 7 when crisis struck.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
In the 1940’s, Josephine Baker served as a spy for the French in WW2. What occupation did she use to relay secret messages to the Allied troops?
What is a performer?
Who is the first African American author to become the first woman to win a Nobel Prize for literature?
Who is Toni Morrison?
Madam C.J. Walker, the first female self-made millionaire, made her fortune by creating and selling what kind of product?
What is hair care products for African American women?