Who said that?
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
In 1953, the song “Hound Dog” was released by this blues singer before Elvis Presley’s 1956 version.
Willie Mae "Big Mama" Throton
When did Rosa Parks’ bus boycott happen?
(Month & Year)
December 1955
Who was the first Black American woman chosen as Miss America?
Vanessa Willams
Taraji P. Henson played Katherine G. Johnson in the movie Hidden Figures. What was Johnson known for?
NASA Calculations
"When they go low, we go high"
Michelle Obama
This Renaissance man has a gift for producing, composing, arranging and performing!
Quincy Jones
When did Martin Luther King Jr. give his “I Have A Dream Speech”?
Sept. 9, 1965
Who founded the National Negro Business League in 1900?
Booker T. Washington
She invented the Hot Comb
Elroy J. Duncan
"If not us, then who? If not now, then when?"
John Lewis
The legendary band Parliament Funkadelic helped usher in a revolutionary decade of Funk music...
Doo Wop Group
What organization formed Feb. 12, 1909?
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
He was the first African American television host.
Nat King Cole
He invented the Three-Light traffic light
Garrett Morgan
"Character, not circumstances, makes the person.”
Booker T. Washington
Which gospel singer would go on to be called the “Godmother of Rock-N-Roll?”
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
What year did celebration of Black History Month begin?
1926
This respect artist has won 18 Grammys.
Aretha Franklin
He created the modern elevator.
Alexander Miles
"As I give, I get"
Mary McLeod Bethune
This US city is hailed the birthplace of Jazz.
New Orleans
January 1st of this year the Emancipation Proclamation was signed.
1863
Boasting twelve number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, what female singing group was the most successful American vocal group of all time?
The Supremes
He discovered the many uses of blood plasma.
Dr. Charles R. Drew