Historical Black Women
This historical black woman is credited as "the mother of the civil rights movement." In Montgomery, Alabama, this queen refused to give up her bus seat to a white man.
Who is Rosa Parks?
What term is known as a condition in which one human being was owned by another?
What is Slavery?
This series was an American adult animated sitcom for Cartoon Network's late-night programming block, Adult Swim. The show focuses on a Black American family, the Freemans, settling into the fictional, friendly and predominantly white suburb of Woodcrest.
What is The Boondocks?
The National Black Anthem goes as follows:
Lift every voice and sing,
'Til earth and heaven ring,
Ring with the harmonies of Liberty;
Let our rejoicing rise...
What is the official name of the Black National Anthem?
What is Life Every Voice and Sing?
This historical black man is credited as becoming the first black president of the United States. This king served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017 and was a member of the Democratic Party.
Who is President Barack Obama?
This historical black woman is recognized for ensuring the final defeat of slavery in the United States by aiding the Union during the American Civil War. This queen is the first black woman in history to lead a military expedition. This queen is amongst the most well-known Underground Railroad "conductors".
Who is Harriet Tubman?
What term is known as folk songs created by the enslaved Africans after their arrival in North America between 1619 and 1860.
What are Negro Spirituals?
This movie was set in South Central Los Angeles, it follows unemployed friends Craig Jones and Smokey, who face troubles after becoming indebted to a local drug dealer while also contending with the neighborhood bully.
What is Friday?
This black musician was an American electric guitarist legend. This person is one of the most influential musicians and performers in the rock genre. He also started a music group called The Velvetones.
Who is Jimi Hendrix?
This historical black man led the movement to end segregation and counter prejudice in the United States through the means of peaceful protest. This king is remembered for his masterful oratorical skills, most memorably in his "I Have a Dream" speech.
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
This historical black woman is credited as the first African American woman to win a lawsuit in the United States. This queen also helped recruit black troops for the Union Army and was an outspoken advocate for abolition, temperance, and civil and women's rights in the 19th century.
What is the name of the Supreme Court Case that occured in 1954, where the Supreme Court unanimously strikes down segregation in public schools, sparking the Civil Rights movement.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This series was an American sitcom television series that has been hailed as the precursor to many other black American sitcoms. The series follows Fred G. Sanford, known for his bigotry and cantankerousness, and Lamont Sanford, his long-suffering, conscientious, peacemaker son. Both characters are occasionally involved in get-rich-quick schemes to pay off their various debts.
What is Sanford and son?
This black musician is known as "The Queen of Funk." Her career has spanned more than five decades beginning in the early 1970s as the lead vocalist of the funk band Rufus. Her birth name is Yvette Marie Stevens.
Who is Chaka Khan?
This historical black man was a slave who led the only effective, sustained slave rebellion (August 1831) in U.S. history. This king was also an educated minister.
Who is Nat Turner?
This historical black woman became an aviator who, in the face of adversity, learned to speak French, then left to train in France, where Black people were permitted to become aviators. Within seven months, this queen officially became a pilot, making her the first Black woman to do so. Furthermore, after training with the German military aces, this queen successfully became a "barnstormer," or pilot who did stunts at airshows.
Who is Bessie Coleman?
Sparked by the arrest of Rosa Parks on 1 December 1955, the _____ was a 13-month mass protest that ended with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that segregation on public buses is unconstitutional.
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
This series was an American television sitcom that aired for six seasons. It was television's first African American two-parent family sitcom. It involved an African-American family in an inner-city housing project. Esther Rolle starred as matriarch Florida Evans, John Amos was her hard-working husband James, and Ja'Net DuBois played their feisty neighbor Willona Woods.
What is Good Times?
This black musician was an American jazz and swing music singer. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music partner, this musician made a significant contribution to jazz music and pop singing. Her vocal style, strongly influenced by jazz instrumentalists, inspired a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo.
Who is Billie Holiday?
This historical black man is a famous jazz pianist and composer that was known for his handsome features and flashy style. This king is considered a musical genius and one of the greatest American composers of all time. He has penned more than one thousand compositions during his storied career.
Who is Duke Ellington?
This historical black woman became the first black woman to be elected to the United States Congress in in 1968. This queen served seven terms in Congress and made inroads by helping to expand the food stamp program. She also introduced legislation to benefit racial and gender inequality, and became a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
Who was fatally shot by George Zimmerman in Sanford, Florida, on February 26, 2012 ? This sparked one of the earliest symbols of a movement that now wields influence in politics, law enforcement and broader conversations about racial progress in and outside the U.S.
Who is Trayvon Martin?
This movie follows the lives of three young males living in the Crenshaw ghetto of Los Angeles, dissecting questions of race, relationships, violence, and future prospects. It is a 1991 American coming-of-age hood crime drama film written and directed by John Singleton in his feature directorial debut.
What is Boyz n the Hood?
This black musician was an African American singer, pianist, composer, and music icon. He combined combined soul music, R&B, jazz, gospel, pop and country. He was completely blind by the age of seven. Despite this adversity, this man escaped the Jim Crow south to become one of the 20th century's greatest musical artists.
Who is Ray Charles?
This historical black man was the man who organized and strategized in the shadows though Dr. King is usually credited for the March on Washington in August 1963. This king was a gay man who had controversial ties to Communism, he was considered too much of a liability to be on the front lines of the movement (which is why Dr. King is credited openly).
Who is Bayard Rustin?