Black History Month I
Black History Month II
Black Inventors
Black History Month Entertainers
Vocabulary
Sports
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What month is considered Black History Month?
WHAT IS: February
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What was the name of the African American woman who helped hundreds of slaves in the southern United States escape to freedom?
Who is: Harriet Tubman
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What black inventor invented the elevator?
Who is Alexander Miles
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Who is known as the King of Pop?
Who is: Michael Jackson
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What does achievement mean?
WHAT IS: Something done successfully with effort, courage and skill
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Who is the first African American Olympian to win the All-Around Title in gymnastics?
Who is Gabby Douglas
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Who started Black History Month?
WHO IS: Carter J. Woodson
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Who was the first Woman that won a case against a white man in court?
Who was: Sojourner Truth
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What black inventor invented peanut butter?
Who is: George Washington Carver
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Who is know as one of the greatest guitarist of all time?
A.) Pince
B.) Jimi Hendrix
C.) B.B. King
D.) Chuck Berry
Who is Jimi Hendrix
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What is activism?
WHAT IS: Action of using campaigning to bring about political or social change.
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Who is the fastest man in the world?
Who is Usain Bolt
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Who was the first African American to obtain a Doctorate degree from Harvard?
a. Malcolm X
b. W.E.B Du Bois
c. Marcus Garvey
d. Carter Woodson
WHO IS: W.E.B Du Bois
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True or False: The Emancipation Proclamation gave African Americans the right to vote?
WHAT IS: False.
It was an executive order by President Abraham Lincoln to free the slaves.
300
What black inventor invented the horse shoe?
Who is Oscar E. Brown
300
Who was the star in the movie Black Panther?
WHO IS: Chadwick Boseman
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What is emancipation?
WHAT IS: The process of being set free from legal restrictions.
300
Who was the first Black Major League Baseball player?
Who is Jackie Robinson.
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Who triggered a boycott of the Montgomery, Alabama, bus system in 1955 by refusing to give up their seat to a white passenger on a bus?
WHO IS: Rosa Parks
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What was the name of MLK's most famous speech?
WHAT IS: "I Have A Dream"
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What black inventor invented the letterbox?
Who is G.E. Becket
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Who was the first black poet to ever sell a bestseller in fiction.
Hint she also wrote the famous poem: "Still I Rise:
WHO IS: Maya Angelou
400
What is justice?
WHAT IS: Just behavior or treatment.
400
Who was the first Black quarterback to lead his team to a Super Bowl championship ?
Who is Doug Williams.
500
Who was the first African American to travel into space?
WHO IS: Guion Stewart Bluford
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Who was the woman that led voting drives and co-funded the Mississipi Freedome Democratic Party?
A.) Katherine Johnson
B.) Rosa Parks
C.) Maya Angelou
D.) Fannie Lou Hamer
Who is: Fannie Lou Hammer
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What black inventor invented the traffic signal?
Who is Garret Morgan
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Who was the person that created the form called "Jazz Poetry"
Who is: Langston Hughes
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What is segregation?
WHAT IS: The act of segregating, separation or isolation of race, class, or ethnic group by enforcement.
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Who is one of the greatest black boxers of all time?
WHO IS: Muhammad Ali