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Who was the first African American elected President of the United States?
Who is Barrack Obama?
In what year did the transAtlantic Slave trade begin in the English colonies?
What is 1619?
Who in 1963, gave the famous “ I have dream” speech?
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
Who 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?
Who said, 'I never run my train off the track and never lost a passenger'?
Who is Harriet Tubman?
She became the first woman of African American or Asian descent elected Vice President of the United States in 2021?
Who is Kamala Harris?
The shipboard part of the journey from West Africa to the New World was known as this?
What is the Middle Passage?
What woman refused to give up her bus seat to a white man and began the Montgomery bus boycott?
Who is Rosa Parks?
This amazing man is the self-proclaimed "greatest [boxer} of all time" was originally named after his father, who named him after the 19th century abolitionist and politician Cassius Marcellus Clay.
Who is Muhammed Ali?
Who said, “I can accept failure. Everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying”?
Who is Michael Jordan?
Who is the true first person to refuse to give up her seat on the bus?
Who is Claudette Colvin?
What ancient civilization is best known for pyramids, palaces, and tombs?
What is Ancient Egyptian Civilization?
This Civil Rights leader wanted African Americans to establish separate communities, he did not believe that being peaceful had achieved anything and should blacks should act in their own self defense when violence was inflicted upon them.
Who is Malcolm X?
Who is ranked as the second best-selling female artist of the 21st century with record sales of over 37 million dollars?
Who is Beyonce Knowles?
Who said, “I had no idea that history was being made. I was just tired of giving up”?
Who is Rosa Parks?
11 years after Jackie Robinson became the first African American Major League Baseball player, Canadian Willie O'Ree became the first African American in this league in 1958.
What is the National Hockey League (NHL)?
What is the name of this time period in American history when many talented African American artists of all kinds came to New York City to take advantage of Harlem’s inexpensive housing, and they created a rich community where writers, poets, entertainers, painters, and sculptors flourished.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
The main goal of the Civil Rights Movement was to?
What is to end segregation based on race?
At the Berlin 1936 Summer Olympics he won 4 gold medals in Track and Field
Who is Jesse Owens?
Who said, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere”?
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
I was the first black female to be published.
Who is Anne Hutchinson?
This man, who is known as the "Father of Black History", felt that this month should focus on the many Black men and women who contributed to the advancement of human civilization.
Who is Carter G Woodson?
This Civil Rights leader thought that segregation should end now! Blacks should not have to wait for or try to earn their equality from whites. Blacks should also have the option to have whatever type education they wanted whether it be practical or academic.
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?
This soulful singer is well known for singing about Strange Fruit.
Who is Billie Holiday?
Who said "I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history."?
Who is Morgan Freeman?