Martin Luther King, Jr.
Black History
Black People in America
Black People in Entertainment
Firsts
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When is Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday?
January 15
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What month is Black History Month?
February
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What network was Harriet Tubman a conductor in?
The Underground Railroad
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Who's that?
Juice WRLD
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Who was the first black President of the United States?
Barack Obama
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What element in protesting did MLK not condone?
Violence
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In the landmark Supreme Court case Brown vs. Board of Education, the justices unanimously voted to end what practice?
Segregation in schools
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Who famously refused to give her seat up in the front of a bus and inspired the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Rosa Parks
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Who's that?
Oprah Winfrey
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Who was the first black golf champion in 1997?
Tiger Woods
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What are the first four words of King's most famous speech?
"I have a dream"
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In what year was the Black Lives Matter movement established?
2013
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Who created around 300 uses for the peanut?
George Washington Carver
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What basketball player starred in the 1996 movie Space Jam?
Michael Jordan
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In 1909, Matthew Henson became the first black man to explore what cold arctic area?
The North Pole
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Where was MLK born?
Atlanta, Georgia
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What former South African president was vital in ending apartheid?
Nelson Mandela
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What famous boxer said this quote? "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee."
Muhammad Ali
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Who is this famous trumpeter?
Louis Armstrong
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Jackie Robinson was the first black player in Major League Baseball. His number is now the only one retired for every team. What number is it?
42
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What was Martin Luther King, Jr.'s original first name?
Michael
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From 1791-1804, the slaves in a French colony island successfully revolted and gained independence. What is this country called now?
Haiti
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Who famously spoke out against segregation and discrimination during the same time period as MLK? His message encouraged more violence than King's did...
Malcolm X
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Who is this famous actor?
Morgan Freeman
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Who was the first black woman to win a Grammy award?
Ella Fitzgerald
