Put Some Respect On It
He was the first Black president of the United States?
Who Is Barack Obama
These schools were created mainly to educate Black students after slavery.
What are HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)?
This culture created hip-hop, which includes rapping, DJing, breakdancing, and graffiti.
What is Black culture / Black and Latino communities in the Bronx?
Black History Month is celebrated during this month.
What is February?
Finish this phrase made famous by Nina Simone: “Young, gifted and ___.”
BLACK
This Black man was the first Black Supreme Court Justice and fought many cases to end segregation.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
This Black scientist invented the Super Soaker water gun.
Who is Lonnie Johnson?
This dance style, created by Black communities, influenced modern music videos and TikTok dances.
What is breakdancing / stepping / Chicago footwork?
This secret network helped enslaved people escape to freedom.
What is the Underground Railroad?
Name one way young people can make change today.
Speak up, lead clubs, create art, help community, vote later, etc.
He founded Negro History Week, which became Black History Month.
Who is Carter G. Woodson
This Black man helped create peanut products and improved farming methods.
Who is George Washington Carver?
This Black poet and writer was a major voice of the Harlem Renaissance.
Who is Langston Hughes?
This movement worked to end segregation and discrimination in the 1950s and 1960s.
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
This Black middle schooler started a movement called #1000BlackGirlBooks.
Marley Dias
This Black woman was the first Black woman elected to the U.S. Congress and said, “Unbought and unbossed.”
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
This Black man invented the folding chair.
Nathaniel Alexander
This Black filmmaker directed Black Panther, Creed and Sinners
Who is Ryan Coogler?
This 1954 Supreme Court case made school segregation illegal.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
What does “representation” mean?
Seeing people like you in leadership, media, and success
Name a Black leader you admire and explain why they inspire you.
Various Responses
Name something Black people have created or influenced that the world uses every day, and explain why it matters.
Any thoughtful response: music, medicine, technology, food, fashion, language, sports, etc.
This Black athlete is considered one of the greatest basketball players of all time.
LeBron James / Michael Jordan
Why is it important to know where you come from?
various responses
What is one gift or talent you bring to the world?
VARIOUS