Black History Month began as this event in 1926.
What is Negro History Week
What year was the first Tuskegee Airmen squadron formed?
When was 1941?
What was the first Black-owned company to be traded on the New York Stock Exchange?
What is BET Black Entertainment Television?
Who led the bus boycott widely seen as a pivotal moment in the civil rights movement?
Who is Rosa Parks
This 6 year old was one of the first to go to a formerly segregated school.
Who is Ruby Bridges?
This person is the second African American to hold the office of New York City Mayor.
Who is Eric Adams?
Booker T. Washington was the founder and president of what educational institution?
Tuskegee Institute
When did Martin Luther King Jr. give his “I Have A Dream Speech”?
What is Aug. 28, 1963
This 1963 march brought over 250,000 people together in support of human civil rights, and is where Martin Luther King Jr gave his now iconic "I Have a Dream" speech
What is the March on Washington
Which president ended racial segregation in the U.S. armed forces in 1948?
Who is President Harry Truman?
This person was the first black woman to own a TV studio.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
What organization formed Feb. 12, 1909?
What is "The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People"
What year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?
What is 1863?
This "royally" famous jazz musician performed often in NYC and is most well known for the orchestra bearing his name.
Who is Duke Ellington?
This African American 16-year old girl led a student strike for equal education at R.R. Moton High School in Farmville, Virginia
What is Barbara Johns?
Who wrote the bestselling memoir “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”?
Who is Maya Angelou
Denzel Washington, a famous Black actor, went to this prestigious university.
what is Fordham University?
This movement was a major flourishing of Black culture in NYC.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
This movie told the story of African-American women and their role at NASA
What is Hidden Figures?
Where did former Pres. Obama serve before becoming President?
What is U.S. Senator of Illinois