Women of Black History Month
As a 6-year-old, I entered an all-white school.
Who is Ruby Bridges?
This man had a dream that all people will be equal.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
This sport was invented by a black man.
What is basketball?
This is the month of Black History Month
What is February?
What was the name of the organization founded 60+ people including W.E.B. Du Bois?
What is The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
This woman refused to give her seat to a white man.
Who is Rosa Parks?
He was the first black president.
Who is Barack Obama?
Who was the first African American golf champion to tour on the Professional Golf Association (PGA) circuit?
Who is Tiger Woods?
This is an annual celebration of the Black heroes in history.
What is Black History Month?
These were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation
What are Jim Crow laws?
This African American woman helped 300 slaves escape to freedom.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
The first African American to play a major sport. When this player joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, baseball was segregated.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
He was the first African American Supreme Court Justice
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
These are the colors that represent Black History Month.
What is red, green, black and yellow.
**Double point bonus if you can explain the meaning behind each color**
This is the first female African American Vice President
Who is Kamala Harris?
This African American female tennis player is known as a GOAT
Who is Serena Williams?
Her memoir is " I know why the caged bird sings" she was also a poet, activist, and mother.
Who is Maya Angelou?
She is the first African American woman to be employed at the American Ballet Theatre (ABT).
Who is Misty Copeland?
How many Historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are in Georgia?
Bonus: Name them all
What is 10?
Albany State University
Clark Atlanta University,
Fort Valley State University,
Interdenominational Theological Center,
Morehouse College,
Morehouse School of Medicine,
Morris Brown College, Paine College,
Savannah State University,
and Spelman College.
This was the first African American self-made millionaire
Who is Madame CJ Walker?
This African American woman wrote the book "Becoming" and was a former First lady.
Who is Michelle Obama?
This is the first Black incorporated town.
Where is Eatonville?
This African American basketball player played for the Chicago Bulls and won finals MVP 6 times.
Who is Michael Jordan?
The father of Black History month is.
Who is Carter G Woodson?
A network of secret routes used by enslaved African Americans to escape into free states.
What is The Underground Railroad?