Who Said That
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”
Martin Luther King Jr.
What 2020 movement surged internationally after the murder of George Floyd?
Black Lives Matter (BLM) Protests
African American revolutionary and human rights activist who founded Muslim Mosque
Malcolm X
Potato Chip – invented by a Black inventor.
True or False?
True (George Crum)
A group of young men navigate life, violence, and brotherhood in South Central LA.
Boyz n the Hood
“My fellow Americans, we are and always will be a nation of immigrants. We were strangers once, too.”
Barack Obama
What 1954 Supreme Court case declared segregated schools unconstitutional?
Brown v. Board of Education
Political activist and scholar, associated with prison abolition and Black feminist thought.
Angela Davis
Windshield Wipers – invented by a White inventor.
True or False?
False (Mary Anderson)
Two friends experience a wild day off after one gets fired—set entirely on their neighborhood block.
Friday
“I done wrestled with an alligator, I done tussled with a whale… I’m so mean I make medicine sick.”
Muhammad Ali
What was the 1995 gathering in Washington D.C. aimed at promoting Black unity and responsibility?
The Million Man March
Influential Black nationalist who founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA).
Marcus Garvey
Sewing Machine – invented by a white inventor.
True or False?
False (Elias Howe / Isaac Singer popularized)
A biographical film following the life, struggles, and legacy of Ray Charles.
Ray
“People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
Maya Angelou
When did slaves first come to America
1619
Question: Has America ever truly lived up to its ideals?
Co-founder of the Black Panther Party.
Huey P. Newton
Helicopter Improvements/Designs – partly advanced by a Black inventor.
True or False?
True (Paul E. Williams—he patented an early helicopter design)
The story of Celie, a Black woman in the early 1900s South, who survives abuse and finds her voice.
The Color Purple
“We all require and want respect… it’s our basic human right.”
Aretha Franklin
When was Barack Obama elected president (year)? What president was he?
2008, 44th
Former Black Liberation Army member and activist who later received asylum in Cuba.
Assata Shakur
Telescope – invented by a white inventor.
True or False?
False (Hans Lippershey often credited)
A comedic look at life inside a barbershop on the South Side of Chicago.
Barbershop