Black History Month Inspiration
This person mailed himself in a box from Virginia to Pennsylvania.
A. Johnny "Cardboard" Jones
B. Henry Box Brown
C. Marcus Mailer
B. Henry Box Brown
"A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything."
A. Martin Luther King, Jr.
B. Malcolm X
C. John Lewis
B. Malcolm X
This athlete protested against the Vietnam War and was stripped of his heavyweight boxing title championship in 1967.
A. Muhammad Ali
B. George Foreman
C. Joe Louis
A. Muhammad Ali
This was the year that the Civil Rights Act was passed.
A. 1964
B. 1965
C. 1966
A. 1964
This movie portrayed the true story of 855 woman who were the first and only black Women's Army Corps to serve in Europe. They resolved a three-year mail backlog despite discrimination and terrible conditions.
A. Eight Triple six
B. Six Triple Eight
C. Eight Sixty Eight
B. the Six Triple Eight?
The story with Katherine Johnson who worked for NASA and excelled in math.
A. Unsung Heroes
B. Hidden Figures
C. Saving Space
B. Hidden Figures
"When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time."
A. Maya Angelou
B. Rosa Parks
C. Nina Simone
A. Maya Angelou
This person has won 24 world championship medals, 7 Olympic medals and has four gymnast skills named after her.
A. Gabby Douglas
B. Simone Biles
C. Luci Collins
B. Simone Biles
This Amendment abolished slavery.
A. 11th
B. 13th
C. 14th
B. the 13th Amendment
This is a 6 part series on Netflix that looks at the evolving and often lethal fight for equal rights in America. (Hosted by Will Smith)
A. Amend
B. Amen
C. American Rights
A. Amend: The Fight for America?
This woman was the poet at the inauguration for President Biden.
A. Amanda Forman
B. Amanda Norman
C. Amanda Gorman
C. Amanda Gorman
"Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced."
A. Rev. Jesse Jackson
B. James Baldwin
C. Ray Charles
Who was James Baldwin?
This is Jackie Robinson's number?
A. 44
B. 24
C. 42
C. 42
These are the colors that represent the pan-African flag.
A. Red, Yellow and Black
B. Green, Yellow and Red
C. Red, Black and Green
C. red, black and green.
This movie is a true story about the first all-Black regiment, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. (Denzel Washington was amazing in his role!)
A. North and South
B. Glory
C. Band of Brothers
B. Glory
She was the first Black woman in space.
A. Mae C. Jemison
B. Jessica Watkins
C. Stephanie Wilson
A. Mae C. Jemison
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
A. Malcolm X
B. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
C. Nelson Mandela
B. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
This famous African American won 4 medals in the Berlin Olympics?
A. Archie Williams
B. Cornelius Johnson
C. Jesse Owens
C. Jesse Owens
This era lasted 12 years before it was destroyed taking away renewed power, economics, growth and generational wealth.
A. Reconciliation Era
B. Reconstruction Era
C. Recreational Era
B. the Reconstruction Era
This movie follows the life of Isabel Wilkerson as she researches caste systems in the United States, Germany and India while writing her book, Caste.
A. Caste
B. Origin
C. I Am Isabel
B. Origin
This woman refused to give her seat to a white man before Rosa Parks.
A. Fannie Lou Hamer
B. Diane Nash
C. Claudette Colvin
C. Claudette Colvin
"In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute."
(First Black Supreme Court Justice)
Who was Thurgood Marshall
Jon Batiste won an Academy Award, British Academy Film Award, and a Golden Globe Award for his original score of the 2020 Disney-Pixar film (name the film).
A. Roots
B. Soul
C. Blues
B. Soul
This party started the first free breakfast program.
A. Independent or Green Party
B. Black Panther Party
C. Republican Party
B. the Black Panther Party
This movie had everyone singing "Aaron Pierre that's........"
A. Mufasa
B. Simba
C. Nala
A. Mufasa