Black History
What Month is considered Black History Month
FEBRUARY
Who triggered a boycott of the Montgomery, Alabama, bus system in 1955 by refusing to give up their seat to a white passenger on a bus?
ROSA PARKS
What is an Activist?
SOMEONE WHO WORKS TO BRING SOCIAL CHANGE
Who said, "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by their character?"
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR
What was the name for his most famous speech?
I HAVE A DREAM
Who started Black History Month ?
CARTER J WOODSON
Who was the first African American Major League Baseball player?
JACKIE ROBINSON
What is Racism?
WHEN PEOPLE TREAT PEOPLE UNFAIRLY BASED ON THEIR COLOR OF THEIR SKIN
Who said, "Arrest me for sitting on a bus? You may do that?”
ROSA PARKS
Who was the First Black President?
Barrack Obama
Why is Black History Celebrated?
TO REMEMBER THE STRUGGLES OF AFRICAN AMERICANS AND ALL THEY HAVE ACCOMPLISHED
This Civil Rights icon has a birthday on January 15th, even though we celebrate him on the third Monday in January?
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR
What does integrate mean?
Who said, " I have a dream that enough is enough. That this should be a gun-free world?"
YOLANDA RENEE KING
Who freed the African Americans from Slavery?
PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN
What year was Black History Month created?
1926
She is the granddaughter and uses her voice for change as well.
YOLANDA RENEE KING
What is Segregation?
SEPERATION OF PEOPLE INTO RACIAL GROUPS
Who said, "Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he's losing; nobody wants you to quit when you're ahead?"
JACKIE ROBINSON
Who is the first African American female billionaire?
OPRAH WINFREY
Why did Woodson choose February for Black History Month?
BECAUSE IT WAS ABRAHAM LINCOLNS BIRTHDAY
Who is a civil rights activist that got escorted to school to make sure she was safe?
RUBY BRIDGES
What is Civil Rights Movement?
A MOVEMENT WITH THOSE WHO REFUSED DISCRIMINATION
Who said, "I passed every morning as I walked up the school's steps were full of hate but my teacher was one of the most loving people I had ever known?"
RUBY BRIDGES
Who is the first African American Vice President?
CAMILLE HARRIS