Black History Month
THE 2025 BLACK HISTORY MONTH THEME
What is black health and wellness?
HE WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN TO PLAY IN MODERN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
Who is Jackie Robinson?
1947
"I NEVER RUN MY TRAIN OFF THE TRACK AND NEVER LOST A PASSENGER."
Who is Harriet Tubman?
HER REFUSAL TO GIVE UP A SEAT ON A PUBLIC BUS SPARKED A BOYCOTT OF MONTGOMEREY BUSES FROM 1955-1956
Who is Rosa Parks?
THE BIRTHPLACE OF JAZZ
What is New Orleans?
THE IDEA FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH WAS FIRST CONCEIVED BY HISTORIAN CARTER WOODSON IN THIS YEAR
What is 1926?
SHE WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN TO WIN THE MISS AMERICA TITLE
Who is Vanessa Williams?
1984
"THE TIME IS ALWAYS RIGHT TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT."
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.?
HE WON THE 1964 NOBEL PEZCE PRIZE FOR LEADING NONVIOLENT CIVIL RIGHTS DEMONSTRATIONS
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
THIS QUEEN OF SOUL PERFORMED AT BARACK OBAMA'S FIRST PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION
Who is Aretha Franklin?
FEBRUARY WAS CHOSEN FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH BASED ON THE BIRTHDAYS OF THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS
Who are Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln?
HE WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN TO WIN AN ACADEMY AWARD IN A LEADING ROLD
Who is Sidney Poitier?
1964
Who is Barack Obama?
HE FORMED THE ORGANIZATION OF AFRO-AMERICAN UNITY IN 1964 TO FIGHT FOR THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS
Who is Malcolm X?
THE BIRTHPLACE OF HIP HOP
What is the Bronx, New York City?
THIS PRESIDENT WAS THE FIRST TO OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZE BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Who is Gerald Ford?
1976
HE WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN TO SERVE AS THE UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF STATE
Who is Colin Powell?
2001
"HATING PEOPLE BECAUSE OF THEIR COLOR IS WRONG AND IT DOESN'T MATTER WHICH COLOR DOES THE HATING."
Who is Muhammad Ali?
THIS FOURTEEN YEAR OLD WAS MURDED IN MISSISSIPPI AFTER ALLEGEDLY WHISTLING AT A WHITE WOMAN
Who is Emmett Till?
1955
THE ORIGINAL SOUL SISTER AND THE GODMOTHER OF ROCK-N-ROLL
Who is Sister Rosetta Tharpe?
THIS GROUP SELECTS THE THEME FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH
What is the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH)?
HE WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN TO HAVE HIS LIKENESS ON A U.S. POSTAGE STAMP
Who is Booker T. Washington?
1940
"I DON'T WANT A BLACK HISTORY MONTH. BLACK HISTORY IS AMERICAN HISTORY."
Who is Morgan Freeman
THIS PRESIDENT SIGNED THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964
Who is Lyndon Johnson
THIS BLUES SINGER RELEASED "HOUND DOG" THREE YEARS BEFORE ELVIS PRESLEY
Who is Mae "Big Mama" Thornton?