Black History
This woman’s refusal to give up her seat on a Montgomery public bus in 1955 sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955‑1956.
Who is Rosa Parks?
The three colors mainly associated with Black Student Union.
What is red, green and black?
This makeup artist created a beauty line for women of color.
Who is Pat McGrath?
This satin/silk head you wear when going to sleep to protect your hair.
What is a bonnet or durag?
Starring Nick Cannon, this movie is a music-oriented story based in college about humility, hard work and romance.
What is Drumline?
He was a key leader of the U.S. civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s and won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize for leading nonviolent demonstrations.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr?
This is the phrase said to catch attention or start a BSU Meeting.
What is Power to The People?
This scientist was the first Black student at Iowa State and taught Black farmers more efficient ways to grow crops for self-sufficiency.
Who is George Washington Carver?
This is where all the pots and pans are stored in the kitchen.
What is under the stove?
In a span of one day, a fight happened, someone got fired, robbed, bit by a dog and were caught in a drive by.
What is Friday?
This Amendment ended slavery.
The student that started Black Student Union at NKCHS.
Who is Mr. Smith?
She developed haircare products and became the first self-made female millionaire in America.
Who is Madam C.J Walker?
This is a well known website in the ghetto community. This is also what people yell when 2 or more people are fighting and someone is recording it.
What is WOOORRRLLLDDD STAARRR?
Two athletes fall in love via a shared love for a sport that leads them to the same college.
What is Love & Basketball?
This author became the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature; her works include “Sula” and “Beloved.”
Who is Toni Morrison?
What is Jambo?
Despite only having an elementary education, this inventor developed the improved 3-light traffic signal and the gas mask.
Who is Garrett Morgan?
This Vice President of the United States graduated from Howard University.
Who is Kamala Harris?
In "The Wiz," this actress played Dorothy.
Who is Diana Ross?
She was one of the first African-American women to work as a NASA Scientist & often referred to as, "The Human Computer."
Who is Katherine Johnson?
The first year NKCHS had a Black History Month assembly.
What is 2018?
The roof-mounted refrigerated cooling systems on grocery trucks.
Who is Frederick McKinley Jones?
Your mother says this to you when you're talking to her crazy.
What is, "I ain't one of your little friends."
This movie tells the story of three Black women mathematicians at NASA.
What is Hidden Figures?