Women
As a 6-year-old, I entered an all-white school.
Ruby Bridges
He was the first African American President
Barack Obama
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The first African American quarterback to win a Superbowl?
Doug Williams
Who was the first African American to win an Academy Award?
Hattie McDaniel. She won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role as Mammy in Gone With the Wind (1939).
What year was Black History Month created?
1976
This woman refused to give her seat to a white man.
Rosa Parks
This man had a dream that all people will be equal.
Martin Luther King Jr.
The first African American to coach a professional sports team.
Bill Russell
When did Martin Luther King Jr. give his "I Have A Dream" speech?
Full date or year accepted
Sept. 9, 1965
Black History Month is celebrated in February to honor this individual.
Frederick Douglass
Who helped 300 slaves escape to freedom?
Harriet Tubman
He was the first African American Secretary of State
Colin Powell
Jackie Robinson's number
42
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A civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans by a group including W. E. B. Du Bois, Mary White Ovington, Moorfield Storey and Ida B. Wells.
NAACP
What is your favorite part of Black History Month?
Any Answer accepted
African-American journalist and activist who led an anti-lynching crusade in the United States in the 1890s. She also fought for woman suffrage.
Ida B. Wells
Who is the first President of South Africa to be elected in a fully representative democratic election, as well as the country's first African American head of state?
Nelson Mandela
Willie O'Rhee was the first African American player in the National Hockey League. On what team did he play?
The Boston Bruins
This amendment abolished slavery "within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."
The 13th Amendment
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What colors represent Black History Month?
Red, Black, Green and Yellow
She was only 12 when she became the first female African American author published
Phillis Wheatley
The first African American attorney to practice law in the United States and to hold a judicial position
Macon Bolling Allen
She set world records in 1988 for both the 100 and 200 meter
Florence Griffith-Joyner aka Flo Jo
What was the first HBCU in the U.S. to officially issue degrees to African-Americans?
Lincoln University
What is the theme of Black History Month 2023?
Black Resistance. This theme honors and recognizes the resistance of historic and ongoing oppression of Black Americans.