For the Culture
Popular card game where the partners with the most books wins.
What is spades?
"When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time."
Who is Dr. Maya Angelou
Who is Carol Mosely Braun
One of the earliest inventors of the literary art called Jazz Poetry
Who is Langston Hughes
First Black Supreme Court Justice
Who is Ketanji Brown Jackson
What are "bones?"
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that."
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
He was the first African American to play major league baseball.
Who is Jackie Robinson
He founded the Tuskegee Institute for African Americans in 1881 in Alabama
Who is Booker T. Washington
This women refused to give up her seat to a white man
Who is Rosa Parks
What is "Sit down and let the Lord do His work?"
"I don't advocate violence; but if a man steps on my toes, I'll step on his..."
Who is Malcolm X?
This actor was the first African American to appear on a U.S. postage stamp.
Who is Hattie McDaniel
Who invented electric elevator doors that automatically open and close
Who is Alexander Miles
He was one of the founders to the Head Start Program
Who is Dr.Edmond Gordon
Who is "Boo-Boo the Fool?"
"If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring in a folding chair."
She was the first black women in space
Who is Mae C. Jemison
Who invented the home security system
Who is Marie Van Britten Brown
Who was Malcolm X
An African American leader in the civil rights movement, minister and supporter of black nationalism
This activity is a staple at most family reunions and cook-outs.
What is line dancing?
"My feat was not of death itself, but a death without meaning."
Who is Huey Newton (Leader of the Black Panther Party)
First African American woman to hold a pilots license
Who is Bessie Coleman
Who invented the shoe assembly machine
Who is Jan Matzeliger
Who started Black History Month
Who is Carter G. Woodson