Celebrations
Celebration honoring African heritage in Africian-American cuture, observed from December 26 to January 1.
What is Kwanzaa?
Debuted in 1947 as the first Aferican American Major League Baseball player.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
He became the first in Bowie, Maryland.
Who is Tim Adams?
Conductor of a train full of soul.
Who is Don Cornelius?
She was known as "the Moses" of her people.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
The day Africian Americans celebrating Freedon from Slavery.
What is Juneteenth?
He received the 2018 National Education Association Human and Civil Rights Presidential Award.
Who is Colin Kaepernick?
He was the frist to hold the highest office in the country.
Who is Barack Obamb?
Main character in Alex Haley's book "Roots".
Who is Kunta Kinte?
Cicely Tyson's character was bold enought to drink from the "Whites Only" water fountain in this movie.
What is "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman"?
James Brown, Paxton Baker and Doyle are Founding Partners and Minority Owners.
Who are the Washington Nationals?
First president of South Africia after apartheid ended.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
She was the first Aferican American to win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award.
Who is Whoopi Goldberg?
They intergrated into a Central High School with the asistance of President Dwight D. Eisenhower and the protection of Federal Troops.
Who are the Little Rock Nine?
Violet Palmer was the first woman to officiate a major professional men's sport in this league.
What is the National Basketball Association?
She was the first Black woman elected to congress.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
She is the proud founder, chairperson, and owner of both "Radio One & TV One".
Who is Cathy Hughes?
Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors and Opal Tometi created this movement to improve the lives ofAferican-americans and rebuild the Black National Movement.
What is "Black Lives Matter"?
Octavia Spencer, in her role as Minnie Jackson, made a gift of her creative pastry in this movie.
What is "The Help"?