Black History
During this month we celebrate Black History
What is February?
This former football player made headlines when he began to kneel during the National Anthem during NFL games
Who is Colin Kaepernick?
Wife of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Who is Coretta Scott King?
He became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era. He broke the baseball color line when he started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
"R-E-S-P-E-C-T, find out what it means to me
R-E-S-P-E-C-T, take care, TCB, oh"
Who is Aretha Franklin?
Selma marches took place in this state
What is Alabama?
According to Forbes, this rapper made 29 million dollars in 2019 without releasing an album that year.
Who is Nicki Minaj?
Who is Serena Williams?
An African who first appeared in Fantastic Four #52 (July 1966). He was originally conceived by Jack Kirby as a character named "Coal Tiger" and is the first black superhero.
Who is Black Panther?
"You got it, girl, you got it (ayy)
You got it, girl, you got it…"
Who is Chris Brown feat. Drake?
First black woman to earn a pilot's license
Who is Bessie Coleman?
In 2001, Robert L. Johnson became the first black billionaire, he owns what major black television network?
What is BET?
Who is Claudette Colvin?
These two basketball players went straight into the NBA after high school.
Who is Kobe Bryant and Lebron James?
"Clap for the heavyweight champ, me!
But I couldn't do it all alone, we!
Young Money raised me, grew up out in Baisley
Southside Jamaica, Queens and it's crazy
'Cause I'm still hood, Hollywood couldn't change me"
Who is Nicki Minaj?
On this day we remember when slavery was abolished some refer to it as Freedom Day but there is a more popular name to celebrate this day
What is Juneteenth?
Television network that initially refused to air black artists music videos
Who is MTV?
First black woman to be elected into congress as well as the first black woman to campaign for the presidential seat
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
He was an American vaudevillian, comedian, and film actor of Jamaican and Bahamian descent, considered to be the first black actor to have a successful film career. He was better known by the stage name Stepin Fetchit.
Who is Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry?
"I've been a victim of a selfish kind of love
It's time that I realize
That there are some with no home, not a nickel to loan
Could it be really me, pretending that they're not alone?"
Who is Michael Jackson?