Famous Black People
This man became the first black president of the United States
Who is Barack Obama
This woman refused to get up from her seat and give it to a white man sparking the bus boycott, and to some, the civil rights movement
Who is Rosa Parks ?
Who is ranked as the second best-selling female artist of the 21st century with record sales of over 250 million
Rihanna
This man said: "The time is always right to do what is right"
Martin Luther King Jr.
This type of cuisine fuses American, Western Europe, and Western African cuisine together
What is soul food ?
This amazing man is the self–proclaimed “greatest [boxer] of all time” was originally named after his father, who was named after the 19th century abolitionist and politician Cassius Marcellus Clay.
Who is Muhammad Ali
Supreme Court decision that ruled that schools should be integrated
What is Brown V Board of education ?
This artist won A Pulitzer Prize in 2018
Who is Kendrick Lamar?
This woman said: 'I never run my train off the track and never lost a passenger'?
Who is Harriet Tubman
This dish is comprised of pig intestines fried boiled or stuffed mincemeat
What are chitlins ?
Who became the first African American female millionaire with her revolutionary black hair products?
Madame CJ Walker
Supreme Court case stated that segregation was legal and constitutional as long as "facilities were equal
Plessy V Ferguson
The first rap song to reach number 1 on the pop charts
What is Ice Ice Baby
This woman said: "Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise I rise I rise."
This small green vegetable is an important part of both black southern cuisine, and many African dishes
What is okra ?
This fourteen year old black boy was lynched for whistling at a white woman
Who is Emmet Till?
This event was the largest civil rights demonstration in the nations history
The March on Washington
The first woman to win five or more awards in a single night
This man said: "consciousness over coochie, politics over punani"
Who is the illustrious Dr. Umar Johnson
What are collard greens ?
This man made agricultural advancements and inventions pertaining to the use of peanuts and was one of the first African-Americans admitted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1990
Who is George Washington Carver
The first African American woman to be on the ballot as a candidate for President
Shirley Chisholm
This multiple grammy award winning artist, also known as "the genius" was addicted to heroin
Who is Ray Charles
This man said: "I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history."
Who is Morgan Freeman
Deep fried pork skin also known as pork rinds
What are cracklins?