Famous Females
This woman refused to give her seat to a white passenger on a bus in 1955.
Who is Rosa Parks?
This man had a dream that all people would be treated with equality.
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
The first Black player to play in the NHL.
Who is Willie O'Ree?
Martin Luther King Jr. made his famous I have a Dream Speech at the March on Washington in which year?
When is 1963?
The reason Black History Month is in February.
What is the birth month of both Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass.
She created a beauty academy in Nova Scotia and a line of black hair products.
Who is Viola Desmond?
The first African American to play professionally in the MLB.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
Nicknamed "The Greatest" and considered one of the greatest professional heavy weight boxers of all time.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
Black History Month started as a week in the United States in which year?
When is 1926?
The inventor of automatic elevator doors.
Who is Alexander Miles?
The first Black female engineer for NASA?
BONUS POINTS if you can name the year.
Who is Mary Jackson? (Bonus 1958)
In 1954, he founded one of Canada's first hockey schools, Future Aces.
Who is Herb Carnegie?
Which athlete won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics held in Berlin, Germany?
Who is Jesse Owens
The Black Lives Matter movement was founded in which year?
When is 2013?
Langston Hughes was a well known writer and influence during this time period.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
The first female self made millionaire. She created her own line of black hair products.
Who is Madam C.J. Walker (aka Sarah Breedlove)?>
He became the president of South Africa after spending over 27 years in prison trying to stop the Apartheid.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
A professional tennis player who has won more grand slam tournaments than any other female player.
Who is Serena Williams?
The year Canada put in place a Charter of Rights and Freedoms that promoted the right to equality for all?
When is 1982?
The co-founder of The Clarion.
Who is Carrie Best?
The first Black woman to publish, edit and run a newspaper in North America
Who is Mary Ann Shadd Cary?
I was an African American leader in the civil rights movement, minister and supporter of Black Nationalism.
Who was Malcolm X?
The first African American woman to be promoted to principal dancer for the American Ballet Theatre
Who is Misty Copeland?
The number of years it took for the Government of Nova Scotia to give Viola Desmond a pardon, recognizing that she was innocent of a conviction.
What is 63 years?
An organized network of secret routes and safe houses used to escape into free states.