black history month
Who started Black History Month
A) Abraham Lincoln
B) Barack Obama
C) Carter J. Woodson
What is Carter J. Woodson?
Who is/was considered the King of Pop?
A) Michael Jackson
B) Prince
C) Stevie Wonder
Who is Michael Jackson?
Who wrote "Still I Rise," "Phenomenal Woman" and "Touched by An Angel"
Who is Maya Angelou?
what state was the first to have more blacks than whites?
What is South Carolina
Which popular rap artist's real name is Nayvadius Wilburn?
Who is Future?
Who triggered a boycott of the Montgomery, Alabama, bus system in 1955 by refusing to give up their seat to a white passenger on a bus?
A) Martin Luther King, Jr.
B) Malcolm X
C) Rosa Parks
Who is Rosa Parks?
Who is known as the fastest man in the world?
A) Michael Jordan
B) Usain Bolt
C) Will Smith
Who is Usain Bolt?
Who wrote "Native Son"
Who is Richard Wright?
Who was the first African American to serve as the United States Secretary of State?
Who is Colin Powell?
Beyonce, Kelly Rowland, Latavia Roberson left Girls Tyme, and joined with LeToya Lucket to form this group in 1996.
What is Destiny's Child?
True or False: The Emancipation Proclamation gave African Americans the right to vote?
A) True
B) False
False. It was an executive order by the president Abraham Lincoln to free the slaves.
What actor has played a Fresh Prince, a Bad Boy, and a Magic Blue Genie?
A) Denzel Washington
B) Morgan Freeman
C) Will Smith
Who is Will Smith?
Which author was also a U.S. President?
Who is Barack Obama?
What does the X stand for in Malcom X's name?
He didn't want to use a slave master's name
Which female artist is recognized as the most awarded in history according to Guinness World Records?
Who is Whitney Houston?
Who was the first African American Major League Baseball player?
A) Hank Aaron
B) Jackie Robinson
C) Sammy Sosa
Who is Jackie Robinson?
What movie tells the true story of how the U.S. Space Program really got off of the ground?
A) Bad Boys
B) Hidden Figures
C) A Wrinkle In Time
What is Hidden Figures?
Which author wrote Born a Crime and can speak five languages?
Who is Trevor Noah?
what is the title of the black national anthem?
What is "Lift Every Voice and Sing"?
Who is considered the founder of Bad Boy Records?
DIDDY
Who was the first African American justice on the U.S. Supreme Court
A) Clarence Thomas
B) Thurgood Marshall
C) Colin Powell
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
Who famously said: "You get a car! You get a car! You get a car!"
A) Bernie Mac
B) Eddie Murphy
C) Oprah Winfrey
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
Which author learned how to read while enslaved?
Who is Frederick Douglass?
name a historical black college in North Carolina
-north carolina central university
-shaw university
-Bennett
-NC A&T
-Winston-salem state
-St. Augustine's
-Elizabeth City State
-Fayetteville State
-Johnson C. Smith
-Livingston
DMX said " y'all gon' make me lose my....."
MIND