Civil Rights
This organization, founded in 1909, is known for fighting segregation and discrimination through the courts.
What is the NAACP ?
He became the first African American President of the United States in 2008.
Who is Barack Obama ?
She is known as the “Queen of Soul.”
Who is Aretha Franklin ?
He broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier in 1947.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
This 1990s sitcom followed Will Smith’s character living with his wealthy relatives
What is The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air?
One preached Violence and the other preached non-violence
Who is Martin Luther King ?
Who is Malcom X ?
This abolitionist escaped slavery, became a Union spy, and later advocated for women’s suffrage.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
This 1920s cultural movement celebrated Black art and literature in New York.
What is the Harlem Renaissance ?
This former NFL quarterback began kneeling during the national anthem in 2016 to protest racial injustice.
Who is Colin Kaepernick ?
This 1995 comedy starred Ice Cube and Chris Tucker and became a cult classic.
What is Friday ?
This 1954 Supreme Court case ruled school segregation unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education
This founder of Black History Week, which later became Black History Month, was a historian and educator.
Who is Carter G. Woodson ?
This Detroit-based record label launched artists like The Supremes, Marvin Gaye, and Stevie Wonder.
What is Motown Records ?
She won four Olympic gold medals in track at the 1984 Los Angeles Games.
Who is Florence Griffith Joyner?
Regina King Stars in this Animated Series
What is the Boondocks?
Who was the Leader of the Black Panther Party ?
Who is Fred Hampton ?
Who founded Rainbow Push Coalition ?
Who is Jesse Jackson?
This singer was known as the “Godfather of Soul.”
Who is James Brown ?
She became the first Black woman to win Olympic gold in individual gymnastics
Who is Gabby Douglas ?
This Actor Stars in a Malcom X film
Who is Denzel Washington ?
This 1955–1956 protest began after Rosa Parks’ arrest and lasted over a year in Alabama.
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
A formerly enslaved person who became a leading abolitionist orator and author.
Who is Frederick Douglass ?
Who is Langston Hughes ?
This Detroit Pistons player was nicknamed “Zeke.”
Who is Isiah Thomas ?
This 2005 film about a Memphis hustler trying to become a rapper starred ******* and won an Oscar for Best Original Song.
What is Hustle & Flow?