Martin Luther King Jr.
This famous speech was delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC on August 28, 1963.
What is "I Have a Dream?"
Inauguration Day falls on this date every four years.
What is January 20?
Artist:
Ray Charles
What is "Mess Around?"
The day before Ash Wednesday is known by this name.
What is Fat Tuesday?
The City of Chicago formally changed the name of a park to honor this well-known Abolitionist and his wife.
Who is Fredrick Douglass?
These three marches were held between Febuary to March 1965 and were responsible for the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to become law.
What are the Selma to Montgomery Marches?
He is the first African American President.
Who is Barack Obama?
Artist:
Coolio
What is "Gansta's Paradise?"
This city is famous for its Mardi Gras celebrations.
What is New Orleans?
This boxer was born Cassius Clay.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
This successful boycott from December 5, 1955 to December 20, 1956 led to Martin Luther King Jr. Being jailed for two weeks in protest of an unjust law.
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
These two presidents both died on the 50th Independence Day.
Who are Thomas Jefferson and John Adams?
Artist:
Tina Turner
What is "Proud Mary?"
These colors represent Mardi Gras.
What are green, gold, and purple?
She is the author of the 1969 memoir, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings."
Who is Maya Angelou?
This was Martin Luther King Jr's final speech given on the Eve of his April 4th, 1968 assassination.
What is "I've Been to the Mountaintop?
This President was the only President to serve more than 2 terms.
Who is Franklin D Roosevelt?
Artist:
Lil' Nas X (Feat Billy Ray Cyrus)
What is "Old Town Road?"
He is the "King" of Mardi Gras.
Who is King Rex?
He is known for his work with the peanut and sweet potato.
Who is George Washington Carver?
Martin Luther King Jr. stated that he had never seen mobs as hateful and as violent as he had seen in this northern city.
What is Chicago?
This President set the challenge of landing on the moon.
Who is John F Kennedy?
Artist:
Darius Rucker
What is "Wagon Wheel?"
Mardi Gras is the last day of this larger celebration starting on January 6.
What is Carnival?
This Hall of Fame driver was the first African American to win a NASCAR race on December 1, 1963.
Who is Wendell Scott?