State of Black History
The Harlem Renaissance is closely tied to this state.
What is New York?
Celebrated on June 19, this holiday marks the end of slavery in Texas in 1865.
What is Juneteenth?
She became the first Black woman to headline Coachella (2018), often called “Beychella.”
Who is Beyoncé
Poet of the Harlem Renaissance who wrote “I, Too.”
Who is Langston Hughes?
This 1954 Supreme Court case ruled school segregation unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
The 1955–56 Montgomery Bus Boycott took place in this state.
What is Alabama?
The secret network that helped enslaved people escape to freedom was called this.
What is the Underground Railroad?
He was the “King of Pop,” known for the album Thriller.
Who is Michael Jackson?
Author of Their Eyes Were Watching God.
Who is Zora Neale Hurston?
Rosa Parks’ arrest helped spark this year-long boycott in Alabama.
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre destroyed the Greenwood District (“Black Wall Street”) in this state.
What is Oklahoma?
During World War II, these pioneering Black military pilots trained in Alabama.
Who are the Tuskegee Airmen?
This music style, rooted in Black communities, rose to mainstream popularity in the Bronx in the 1970s.
What is hip-hop
She wrote the memoir I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
Who is Maya Angelou?
This 1963 event featured Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech.
What is the March on Washington?
Juneteenth began here, when freedom was announced on June 19, 1865.
What is Texas?
The 1921 destruction of a prosperous Black community in Oklahoma is known as this
What is the Tulsa Race Massacre (or Black Wall Street)?
Known as the “Queen of Jazz,” she popularized scat singing.
Who is Ella Fitzgerald?
This author won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993.
Who is Toni Morrison?
Signed in 1964, this law outlawed segregation in public places and banned job discrimination.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
The “Mother of the Civil Rights Movement,” Rosa Parks, is buried in this state.
What is Michigan?
This movement saw millions of Black Americans relocate from the South to Northern and Western cities (especially 1916–1970).
What is the Great Migration
She was the “Queen of Gospel,” famous for “Amazing Grace.”
Who is Mahalia Jackson?
His 1903 book The Souls of Black Folk introduced the idea of “double consciousness.
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?
Passed in 1965, this law protected access to voting and targeted unfair voting rules.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?