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This Supreme Court case established “separate is inherently unequal”.
What is Brown v. The Board of Education?
She became the first woman, Black American, and South Asian American to be elected Vice President of the United States in 2021.
Who is Kamala Harris?
This college in Georgia boasts alumni such as Martin Luther King Jr., Spike Lee, Howard Thurman, Maynard Jackson, Senator Reverend Raphael G. Warnock, and Samuel Jackson, etc.
What is Morehouse?
"I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up, live out the true meaning of its creed: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.'"
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
This U.S. President officially recognized Black History Month in 1976, urging Americans to "seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of Black Americans".
Who is President Gerald Ford?
This literary and cultural rebirth occurred in New York in the '20s and '30s.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
This tennis legend has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles ( the most in the Open Era ).
Who is Serena Williams?
In 1974, he became the first African American Mayor of Atlanta.
Who is Maynard Jackson?
“I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”
Who is Michael Jordan?
It was in this year that Black History Month marked 50 years of official national recognition in the United States.
What is 2026?
The year in which the Black History Museum was built in Washington, D.C.
What is 2016?
This singer-songwriter, known as the "Queen of Soul," was the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.
Who is Aretha Franklin?
Historically, Auburn Avenue was recognized as one of the richest Black business districts in the United States, which is why it was coined this nickname.
What is Sweet Auburn?
Ahead of his 1964 fight against Sonny Liston, this boxer coined the phrase "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee -- his hands can't hit what his eyes can't see."
Who is Muhammad Ali?
February was chosen as Black History Month to coincide with the birthdays of these two famous figures.
Who are Abraham Lincoln (Feb. 12) and Frederick Douglass (Feb. 14)?
Martin Luther King helped establish this religious and civil rights organization in 1957.
What is the SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference)?
The novelist who wrote Song of Solomon, The Bluest Eye, and Sula.
Who is Toni Morrison?
Atlanta, being a cornerstone of American Black History, is also known as “the city too busy to ______.”
What is “to hate”?
This famous poet quoted, “I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
Who is Maya Angelou?
The U.S. is not the only country to celebrate Black History Month. Canada celebrates it in February, while the Netherlands, the U.K., and Ireland celebrate it in this month.
What is October?
The biggest enslaved rebellions that resulted in the death of enslaved owners and enslaved people before being put out by the military.
What is the Nat Turner Revolt of 1831?
This poet was the first black Pulitzer winner, who wrote the infamous poem “We Real Cool”.
Who is Gwendolyn Brooks?
In 1957, this was formed in Atlanta to coordinate protest activities across the South and was instrumental in the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
What is the SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference)?
This American host and TV producer said, “One of the hardest things in life to learn is which bridges to cross and which bridges to burn.”
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
Known as the “father of Black History,” this historian founded what was originally called “Negro History Week” in 1926, the precursor to Black History Month.
Who was Carter G. Woodson?