Black Music
This African-American singer is often credited as "the mother of soul"
Aretha Franklin
This man was the first black American to earn a PhD from Harvard. He was a prominent sociologist and historian who wrote extensively about the role of Black people throughout history. Some of his more famous works include "Black Reconstruction", "The Souls of Black Folk", and "The World and Africa"
W.E.B DuBois
School Daze, He Got Game, Do the Right Thing, Malcom X, Da5Bloods, and Blackkklansmen, are famous films of what director?
Spike Lee
We get this food either mild, hot, or spicy. You either love it or you are very tired of it.
Fried Chicken
Who said, 'I never run my train off the track and never lost a passenger'
Harriet Tubman
This group was famous for pioneering political hip-hop in the 1980s and 1990s
Public Enemy
This civil rights activist was arrested at the age of 15 in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman on a crowded, segregated bus
Claudette Colvin
What was the first African American family sitcom?
Good Times
Is a type of bread that yellow and buttermilk
Cornbread
Who said "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere"?
MLK Jr
This 20th-century African-American Gospel song is heavily associated with the Civil Rights Movement. It is also known as the National Anthem for Black people.
Lift Every Voice and Sing
This African-American leader taught himself to read and write. He was a prolific author and abolitionist who dedicated his life to various social justice movements after having escaped slavery
Frederick Douglass
What black television show became the highest ranking sitcom for 5 years in a row?
The Cosby Show
Type of pie that made out of sweet potato
Sweet Potato Pie
Who said, "we who believe in freedom can not rest."
Ella Baker
This music genre allowed slaves to think about a new world where there would be freedom from toil and strife.
Spirituals
This act was passed in 1964. It prohibited discrimination in public places, provided for the integration of schools and other public facilities, and made employment discrimination illegal
Civil Rights Act
This TV show centers the lives of students at Hillman College, a fictional historically black college in Virginia. It was inspired by student life at historically black colleges and universities.
A Different World
A type of food that you add pork/hamhocks (or turkey) to
Greens
Which famous athlete said "Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong."?
Muhammad Ali
Finish the song lyric: "To be young, gifted, and ..
Black"
From the song Young, Gifted, and Black, by Nina Simone.
The first African-American to be elected to the Senate
Hiram Revels
This show showcased the talents of two brothers who were already well-known from the sketch comedy show In Living Color along with the comedic talents of John Witherspoon that was ired from 1990 to 1994
Wayan Bros
You may have had this flavor of soda with some crackers whenever you were sick growing up.
Ginger-ale
Who said "I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history." ?
Morgan Freeman