Black History Theme
Resistance Music Makers
Matriarchs & Patriarchs
Civil Movements
Black Culture
100

 Black History theme for year 2023

Black Resistance

100

Song written by Wallace Willis in the cotton fields of Oklahoma in the mid-1800's

"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"

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100

Eldest Deacon, father and mother to 22 children

Deacon William and Mattie Harrison

100

NAACP

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

100

Main source of meat

Pork

200

Time Period in the USA that is defined by actions to promote Black Resistance in "peaceful Manner". 

A, 1920s-1940s

B. 1940s-1950s

C. 1950s-1970s

C. 1950s-1970s

200

Song written by Carla Ward in 1951 and sung by this American artist became a national icon during Dr. MLK speech on the March in Washington, DC on Aug. 28, 1963

Mahalia Jackson- 1963   "How I Got Over"

200

Large family of dynamic vocal singers, deacons, preacher, twins, musicians

Davis Family

200

Identify this picture


March on Washington, DC

200

Leafy Green

Turnip Salad /Collards

300

Founder of Black History Week

Carter G Woodson

300

 This artist addressed the prejudice towards Blacks in America and the need for Black empowerment.  The hit topped the R&B singles chart for six weeks.

James Brown-1968-- "Say It Loud" 

300

Former Principal Hecks' Grove Community School

Jerome Branch

300

He signed the Civil Rights Act since Reconstruction

Lyndon B. Johnson / LBJ

300

Source of food

Gardening

400

Flo JO, Serena Williams, Jesse Owens, Jackie Robinson, LeBron James, John Carlos, have this in common

Black athletes in sports who advocate for social justice

400

IN the last year of his life this artist's song would be quoted by America's first Black president in the 2008 election of Barack Obama

.Sam Cooke, 1964--"A Change is Gonna Come"

400

Known as "Legendary"

Roxanna B. Hood

400

Civil Rights Movement Period

1954-1968

400

Communication in code used for bondage, escape, and strength

Songs/hymns

500

Travon Martin, Michael Brown, Sandra Bland, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd deaths prompted this national movement.

Black Lives Matter

500

Song first published as a gospel track composed by Rev. Charles Albert Tindley in Philadelphia in 1901, sung at the funeral of Dr. MLK Jr. and crossed over from church to protests becoming a key anthem of the Civil Rights Movement.

"We Shall Overcome"

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500

Longest Reigning pastor of Union Grove Baptist Church

Rev. P. G. Davis

500

Name 3 of 5 Basic Civil Rights

1. the right to be free from discrimination

2. freedom to worship

3. right to vote,

4. protection of due process

5. right to privacy

500

Faith based religion

Baptist

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