Black History Month

Important Dates

100

This is the month black history is celebrated.

What is February?

200

This is what happened for the first time in 1619

Slaves were brought to America

300

This is the first year black history was celebrated

What is 1926?

400

In this year, the 13th Amendment was passed

What is 1865?

Goodbye to Slavery

100

This is how more than 300 slaves escaped.

What is the Underground Railroad?

200

This is the amendment that abolished slavery

What is the 13th Amendment?

300

This is what the group of people is called who fought for the freedom of slaves

What is an abolitionist?

400

This black man who helped pass laws to eliminate slavery was born in the same month as Abraham Lincoln

Who is Frederick Douglass?

Rethinking History

100

This woman helped slaves escape

Who is Harriet Tubman?

200

This horrible act was done to many black people until the 1900s

What is lynching?

300

This what Black History Month was called when it was first celebrated

What is Negro History Week?

400

This book was written by the person who first celebrated black history

What is The Mis-Education of Negroes?

Black History Month History

100

Black history is celebrated in the month this person was born 

Who is Abraham Lincoln?

200

 The man who wanted black history to be celebrated went to this college

What is Harvard?

300

This journal was founded in 1916 and was dedicated to the contributions of Black Americans in history

What is the Journal of Black History?

400

This scholar first wrote about the contribution of black Americans in history

Who is Carter Goodwin Woodson?