Did You Know?
The original creator of Black History Month
Who is Carter G Woodson
First Black woman to run for US president
Who is Shirley Chisholm
Name of Beyoncé's hair care line
What is Cécred
City with the largest population of Black residents
What is New York City
The first Black woman to be elected vice president
Who is Kamala Harris
This country also celebrates Black History Month in February
What is Canada
First African-American self made millionaire
Who is Madam CJ Walker
First Black artist to win a Grammy
Who is Stevie Wonder
The percentage of the Black/African-American population in the US
What is 13%
Largest movement/protest in US history
What is the Black Lives Matter movement
The precursor to Black History Month
What is Black/Negro History Week
Most decorated NBA player of all time
Who is Bill Russell
Highest grossing Black led film in 2018
What is Black Panther
The most educated group in the US, according to the National Center for Education Statistics
Kendrick Lamar (2025)
The year Black History Month was officially recognized
What is 1976
A founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Who is W.E.B. De Bois OR Who is Ida B Wells
The first Black man to win an Academy Award for Best Actor
Who is Sidney Poitier
Number of SCOTUS judges in US history
What is 3/Three
(Thurgood Marshall, Clarence Thomas, Ketanji Brown Jackson)
The year Juneteenth was declared a federal holiday
What is 2019
This person's birthday falls in February and is one of the attributions of Black History Month
Who is Abraham Lincoln OR Who is Frederick Douglass
Known as the father of ice cream
Who is Augustus Jackson
First African-American artist to have work collected by MoMA
Who is Jacob Lawrence
Quoted for saying "Black history is American history"
Who is Morgan Freeman
The Black history figure to be printed on the $20 bill in 2030
Who is Harriet Tubman