Important Figures
Often referred to as "the mother of the civil rights movement", she refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white person.
Who is Rosa Parks?
Commemorates the day that slaves were freed in Galveston, Texas
What is Juneteenth?
The drag queen that threw the first brick at the Stonewall Riots
Who is Marsha P. Johnson?
Rapper turned actor that boycotted the Grammy's after they refused to air any rap categories on TV
Who is Will Smith?
The first Black President and First Lady
Who are Barack Obama and Michelle Obama
The year that the Voting Rights Act was signed
What is 1965?
What is Ballroom culture?
Where Barack Obama worked in high school
What is Baskin Robbins?
The first Black Women to win an Emmy for her show How to Get Away with Murder
Who is Viola Davis?
The year that Pastor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream" speech
What is 1963?
Who is Lil Nas X?
The first state to outlaw slavery in the south
What is virginia?
A mathmetician for NASA that figured out the launch and landing for the first American orbit around the Earth
Who is Katherine Johnson?
The year of the first official Black History Month
What is 1986?
Who is Lorraine Hansberry?
The first president to officially recognize Black History Month as a national holiday
Who is President Gerald Ford?
A Black Rights activist that was on the FBI most wanted list in the 1970s
Who is Angela Davis?
The year that the Surpreme Court had the first Black justice?
What is 1967? (Thurgood Marshall)
Willi Ninja
The only other country that celebrates Black History Month in February
What is Canada?