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This woman refused to give her seat to a white man.
Who is Rosa Parks?
This man had a dream that all people will be equal.
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
Who is the first African American to play a major sport. When this player joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, baseball was segregated.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
Other than Black History Month, African American also celebrate their freedom during this Holiday.
What is Juneteenth?
This female is the first black female millionaire.
Who is Madame CJ Walker?
Who is Harriet Tubman?
He was the first black President.
Who is Barak Obama?
What year did the first African American play in the NFL?
A) 1920
B) 1940
C)1946
A) 1920
In 1920, Fritz Pollard became the first African-American to play in the NFL during its formative years. However, in the years after Fritz's departure, the NFL owners imposed a “gentleman's agreement” preventing the signing of more black players, until the re-integrating of the NFL in 1946.
These are the colours that represent Black History Month.
What are red, green, black and yellow?
This man was the first black man to attend Harvard University.
Who is W.E.B. Dubois?
This woman was the first black woman on the moon.
Who is Mae Jemison?
This man became a beacon for kids everywhere when he starred in a Marvel film.
Who is Chadwick Boseman?
What year did the NBA integrate, allowing African American in the league?
When is 1950?
This person was the first African-American Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
In what year did interracial marrage become legal in all 50 states?
A) 1878
B) 1923
C) 1967
D) 1980
Correct Answer is:
C) 1967 - thanks to Mildred and Richard Loving's case.
A fiercely private tennis player, she took guitar lessons and appeared in a music video.
Who is Serena Williams?
He is the first President of South Africa to be elected in a fully representative democratic election, as well as the country's first black head of state.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
This famous man won 4 medals in the Berlin Olympics?
Who is Jesse Owens?
This person is famous for being the first black student to attend an all-white school at the age of 6.
Who is Ruby Bridges?
This is the location of "Black Wall Street."
Where is Tulsa, Oklahoma?
This woman travelled internationally, shedding light on lynchings in America. She wrote under the name Iola.
Who is Ida B. Wells?
He was an African American leader in the civil rights movement, minister and supporter of Black nationalism.
Who is Malcolm X.?
This black man is the ONLY athlete who is also a billionaire.
Who is Michael Jordan?
This man launched Black History Month in 1976.
Who is Carter G. Woodson?
Explain the Emanicipation Proclamation and who ordered it.
Who is President Lincoln? The emancipation order declared that all Southern slaves were free.