Civil Rights & African American History
The 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech was delivered at this DC location
What is the Lincoln Memorial?
Known as the "Queen of Soul, she sang "Respect"
Who is Aretha Franklin?
She was the first Black woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court
Who is Ketanji Brown Jackson?
This 1970s musical featured "Ease On Down The Road" and an all-Black cast.
What is The Wiz?
This doctor developed techniques for blood storage and founded the first blood bank.
Who is Charles Drew?
This network of secret routes helped enslaved people escape to free states.
What is the Underground Railroad?
This genre of music first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. This genre of music incorporates some of the musical elements of rhythm and blues (R&B), jazz, mento, calypso, African, and Latin American music, as well as other genres. Instruments that are typically played in this musical genre include: Bass, drums, guitar, organ, brass instrument, melodica. This genre of music is played in 4/4 time. What genre is it? A) Hip Hop B) Classical C) Reggae
What is Reggae
In 1947, he broke Major League Baseball's color barrier.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
This poet wrote "Still I Rise" and read at Bill Clinton's inauguration
Who is Maya Angelou?
She was a mathematician for NASA whose calculations were critical to 1960s space flights.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
This activist and scholar co-founded the NAACP and wrote The Souls of Black Folk.
Who is W. E. B. Du Bois?
This genre of music is characterized by "spoken or chanted rhyming lyrics". This genre of music is similar too spoken word poetry, the only difference is that it is performed in time to a beat. This genre of music is often associated with hip-hop music.
What is Rapping or Rap music
He was the first African American justice on the U.S. Supreme Court
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
This 2018 film was celebrated for its Afrofuturism and won multiple Oscars
What is Black Panther?
This physician pioneered blood banking and developed large-scale blood plasma preservation techniques during World War II.
Who is Daniel Hale Williams?
He founded the Tuskegee Institute and was a prominent Black educator and author of Up From Slavery.
Who is Booker T. Washington?
In the mid 1960's this festival was born, introducing new audiences to an interactive parade and raising the profile of African/Black/Caribbean foods, arts, culture, music and dance. It has now grown to become the largest such event in the world, bringing in thousands of people to share in the experience. It is held in the beginning of August in Toronto.
What is Caribana
She became the first African American female to travel to space
Who is Mae Jemison?
This 1920s artistic and cultural revival was centered in a New York neighborhood.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
100 BONUS: In 1964, this landmark legislation was signed into law, prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
This 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery protested violations of this right.
What is the right to vote?
This genre was a type of popular African-American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a heavy, insistent beat" was becoming more popular. This genre of music often encapsulates the African-American experience of pain and the quest for freedom and joy. It focuses heavily on the themes of triumphs and failures. Typical instruments include: Drum kit, bass guitar, saxophone, horns, piano, organ, electric guitar, vocals, background vocals What is the Genre: A) Rhythm and Blues (R&B) B) Pop Music C) Country Music
What is Rhythm and Blues (R&B) Music
Known as the "Father of Black History," he established Negro History Week in 1926.
Who is Carter G. Woodson?
This activist published the abolitionist newspaper The North Star.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
This NASA engineer broke barriers as the agency’s first Black female engineer.
Who is Mary Jackson?