Women in Black History
As a 6 year old she entered an all-white school as a symbol of the civil rights movement and the end of segregation .
Who is Ruby Bridges?
Truth Hurts was the first major single by this artist
Who is Lizzo?
This man has a dream that all people will be equal
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
Laws that created a system of legal segregation.
What are Jim Crow Laws?
This region of Africa is where most African immigrants in Australia are from.
What is Southern and Eastern Africa?
This women refused to give her seat to a white man on the bus in 1955 Montgomery, AL.
Who is Rosa Parks?
In 2018, this person became the first athlete and the first black person to win an Oscar for Best Animated short for his film Dear Basketball. He was a credited writer for the project.
Who is Kobe Bryant?
He was the first black president of the United States
Who is Barack Obama?
In the wake of the assassination of the Black nationalist Malcolm X, this political organization was founded in 1966, dressed in black berets and black leather jackets. Despite being associated with a militant "by any means necessary" philosophy, they launched programs such as free dental care, free breakfast, and drama classes in underserved black communities.
Who are the Black Panthers/Black Panther Party?
This is the year Africans first arrived on British ships to Australian shores as chattel.
What is 1788?
She delivered the famous powerful speech called "Ain't I a Woman?"
Who is Sojourner Truth?
This music artist has the most Grammys of all time (32 total).
Who is Beyonce?
He played T'Challa in Black Panther.
Who was Chadwick Boseman?
This amendment abolished slavery
What is the 13th?
This Brisbane(Austrialian) based activist group was founded by Aboriginal activists Denis Walker and Sam Watson to fight against police brutality, racism, and land rights.
What are the Australian Black Panthers?
She wrote the poem "Still I Rise" and the book, I know why the caged bird sings
Who is Maya Angelou?
In 1956, she was the first African American woman to win a Grand Slam title (French Championships).
Who is Althea Gibson?
Though Thomas Edison is recognized as the inventor of the light bulb, this African American inventor played an important role in its development.
Who is Lewis Latimer?
This historian started Negro history week, later renamed Black History Month in 1976. He was also notably the second African Amercian to graduate from Harvard University with a doctorate degree
Who is Carter G. Woodson?
This century contains the first documented artifacts and trades between Africa (by way of Tanzania) and Australia.
What is the 12th Century?
In 1993, this pediatrician became the first woman and the first African American to be named the U.S Surgeon General.
Who is Dr. Joycelyn Elders?
Rogers Nelson's stage name
Who is Prince?
He wrote the book Roots: The Sage of an American Family which was later adapted as a television miniseries in 1977 to a record-breaking audience of 130 million viewers. In the United States, the book and miniseries raised public awareness of Black History. He also wrote The Autobiography of Malcom X, published in 1965, a collaboration through numerous lengthy interviews with Malcom X.
Who is Alex Haley?
This movie is a historical war drama about the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, one of the Union Army's earliest African-American regiments in the Civil War. Starred Matthew Broderick, Morgan Freeman, Denzel Washington.
What is Glory?
This Australian publication was heavily criticized for failing to detail Australia's slave trading past.
What is the Australian Dictionary of Biography?