Black History Month
What month is Black History Month in ?
February
Where did Martin Luther King Jr. do his ‘I Have A Dream’ speech?
Washington D.C
Who was the first African American President ?
Barack Hussein Obama II
Who is the most decorated gymnast of all time?
Simone Biles
Which fourteen year old black boy was lynched for whistling at a white woman?
Emmet Till
When did they start celebrating black history month ?
1926
What is Martin Luther Kings birth name ?
Micheal
Who was the first African American female pilot?
Bessie Coleman
Who was the first Black boxer?
Muhammed Ali
What summer holiday commemorates the emancipation of Black slaves in the U.S.?
Juneteenth
This president signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 freeing slaves in the southern states.
Abraham Lincoln
What year was Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated?
1968
What was Malcolm X’s birth name?
Malcolm Little
Who was the first black NBA Player?
Earl Lloyd
Starting with $1.50 in cash, what college did Mary McLeod Bethune found?
Bethune Cook man College.
Who started the Black History Month holiday ?
Carter G. Woodson
When did Martin Luther King Jr. give his "I Have A Dream" speech?
Sept. 9, 1965
Who was this man, grand promoter of peanuts, sweet potato and soybeans, widely credited with inventing peanut butter?
George Washington Carver
Who was the first African American Supreme Court Justice?
Thurgood Marshall
Who invented the clothes dryer?
G.T. Sampson.
What was the first historically Black college in the US?
Cheyney University
Where did Martin Luther king earn his doctorate in systematic theology ?
Boston University in 1955
Who was referred to as the " Queen of Jazz "
Ella Fitzgerald
She triggered a boycott of the Montgomery, Alabama, bus system in 1955 by refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger on a bus.
Claudette Colvin
How many trips did Harriet Tubman make to the South to rescue Black slaves?
19