Civil Rights Movement
This word means treating someone unfairly because of race.
Discrimination
What sport did famous African American athlete Michael Jordan play?
Basketball. He is widely considered to be the greatest basketball player of all time. Though he is less known for it, he also played football and baseball.
Beginning in the 1600s and ending in the 1800s, traders captured and sold over eleven million African people into slavery in the Americas. What does slavery mean?
Slavery is a condition in which one human being is owned by another. Under slavery, an enslaved person is considered by law as property and forced to do work under threat of violence and death.
This Black female artist, nicknamed Queen B, is the most Grammy-Award nominated female artist of all time.
Beyoncé
What is racism?
To discriminate against someone based on their race
Who organized the 1963 March on Washington and delivered the iconic “I Have a Dream” speech?
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Which African American woman is widely considered to be the greatest women's tennis player of all time?
Serena Williams
One of the factors that caused the US Civil War, which started in 1861 and ended in 1865, was the issue of slavery. Which side won the Civil War, the North or the South?
The North (Union) won and the South (Confederacy) lost.
Beyoncé used to sing with this hit group.
A) Destiny's Child
B) K Pop Demon Hunters
C) Southwest Airlines
A) Destiny’s Child
What does HBCU stand for?
A) Historically Black College and University
B) Heroically Black College and University
C) Historically Black College and Universe
A) Historically Black College and University. Some examples are Howard, Spelman and Morehouse.
Where did Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his famous ‘I Have A Dream’ speech?
Washington, D.C.
Simone Biles is the most decorated sportsperson in which sport?
A) Gymnastics
B) Rugby
C) Pickleball
A) Gymnastics
Was the Underground Railroad an actual railroad?
No. The Underground Railroad was an organized network of secret routes and safe houses used by freedom seekers to escape to the abolitionist Northern United States and Eastern Canada. It was not a literal, but a metaphorical railroad to freedom.
What music style began in the African American communities and including rapping and DJing?
Hip hop
What does NAACP stand for?
A) National Association for the Advancement of Cartoon People
B) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
C) National Association for the Achievement of Crazy People
B) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
B) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
What African American woman refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus in 1955?
Rosa Parks. In doing so she was intentionally arrested and sparked a boycott of Montgomery, AL buses from 1955-1956.
Who broke the Major League Baseball color barrier in 1947, becoming the first Black player in modern Major League Baseball?
Jackie Robinson
What did abolitionists do?
Abolitionists believed slavery was wrong and should be abolished. Despite the danger, they worked to end slavery through protests and helping enslaved people escape from their oppressors.
What African American singer, famous for her song Respect, is known as the Queen of Soul?
A) Marie Curie
B) Sasha Obama
C) Aretha Franklin
C) Aretha Franklin
Can African Americans have white ancestors?
Yes, many African Americans have white ancestors and relatives. Former president and first Black president Barack Obama, for example, had a white mother.
What was the name of the Supreme Court case that declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional?
Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
Who beat the Nazis in their own Olympics in 1936 in Berlin?
A) Gabby Douglas
B) Jesse Owens
C) Usain Bolt
Jesse Owens, a track and field athlete. He won four gold medals!
Which abolitionist helped lead enslaved people to freedom through the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman
The musical traditions that enslaved people brought with them from Africa became part of many forms of popular music in the United States. Which of the following is NOT one of these forms of popular music?
A) Blues
B) Jazz
C) Heavy Metal
C) Heavy Metal
Who was the first African American to travel into space?
A) Guion Stewart Bluford
B) Neil Armstrong
C) Kanye
A) Guion Stewart Bluford in 1983