Black History Month Females
As a 6-year-old, she entered an all-white school.
Who is Ruby Bridges?
This man had a dream that all people will be equal.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
This is the team Jackie Robinson played for.
What is the Brooklyn Dodgers?
Which U.S. President officially recognized Black History Month in 1976?
Gerald Ford
Created black cosmetic products
Who is Madam C.J. Walker?
This woman refused to give her seat to a white man.
Who is Rosa Parks?
He was the first black President.
Who is Barack Obama?
American professional golfer. He is tied for first in PGA Tour wins, ranks second in men's major championships, and holds numerous golf records.
Who is "Tiger" Woods ?
Why was February chosen for black history month?
coincides with the birthdays of abraham lincoln and Frederick Douglass
The Carbon Filament for the Light Bulb.
Who is Lewis Latimer?
who wrote "I know why the Caged bird Sings"
Maya Angelou
Who is the first African American to play a major sport. When this player joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, baseball was segregated.
who is Jackie Robinson?
Gymnastic legend, who won 14 World Gymnastics medals, (most in U.S. history), won five gold medals at the World Championships in 2019 and broke the record of 25 medals by any male or female gymnast.
Who is Simone Biles?
These are the colors that represent Black History Month.
What is red, green, black and yellow.
Inventor who promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion. He was one of the most prominent black scientists of the early 20th century.
Who is George Washington Carver?
First black female Astronaut?
mae jemison
Who is the first President of South Africa to be elected in a fully representative democratic election, as well as the country's first black head of state?
Who is Nelson Mandela?
This famous African American won 4 medals in the Berlin Olympics?
Who is Jesse Owens?
Who started Black History Month in 1976?
Carter G. Woodson
Blazed a trail for African American inventors with his patents, including those for a hair-straightening product, a breathing device, a revamped sewing machine and an improved traffic signal.
Who is Garrett Morgan?
First black woman to fly solo across the atlantic ocean
Bessie coleman
He was an African American leader in the civil rights movement, a minister with the Nation of Islam and supporter of Black nationalism.
Who was Malcolm X?
Who was the youngest prizefighter ever to win the heavyweight championship of the world?
Mike Tyson
NAACP stand for what?
What is National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Self-educated astronomer, mathematician, and farmer. He is best known for a series of almanacs he published and helping to design the layout for Washington, D.C.
Who is Benjamin Banneker?