African American People
She was the first female African American Vice President
Who is Kamala Harris
These were the state and local laws that enforced racial segregation
What are Jim Crow Laws
two famous tennis playing sisters
Who are Serena and Venus Williams?
the leader of the Civil Rights Movement
Who was Martin Luther King Jr?
This man had a dream that all people will be equal
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.
He was the first black President
Who is Barack Obama
This is the month of Black History Month
What is February
famous golfer
Who is Tiger Woods?
the first slave ship came to North America this year
When was 1619?
This women refused to give up her seat to a white man
Who is Rosa Parks
She refused to give up her seat on the bus
Who was Rosa Parks?
This is an annual celebration of the black heroes in history
What is Black History Month
this boxer changed his name from Cassius Clay since this was a name given to him by slave owners
Who was Muhammed Ali?
An African American leader in the civil rights movement, minister and supporter of black nationalism. He supported the use of violence. He was assassinated in 1965.
Who was Malcolm X?
What is the Civil War?
Who helped 300 slaves escape to freedom
Who is Harriet Tubman
These are the colors that represent Black History Month
What is red, yellow, green, and black
This famous African American won 4 medals in the Berlin Olympics
Who was Jesse Owens
A famous court ruling that made it illegal to have separate schools for Black and White students (1954)
What is Brown vs the Board of Education?
This Law outlawed the Jim Crow laws? 1964
What is the Civil Rights Act?
Justice Thurgood Marshall was the first...
Who was the first black Supreme Court justice
A network of secret routes used by enslaved African Americans to escape into free states
What is the Underground Railroad
this American woman is the most decorated gymnast in history. She won three gold medals in Paris 2024.
Who is Simone Biles?
a young boy from Chicago who was lynched and killed in Mississippi, 1955
Who was Emmet Till?
Football player Colin Kaepernick started this way of protesting in 2016
What is "taking the knee"?