BLACK HISTORY MONTH
This Civil Rights Activist curated the famous "I Have A Dream" speech.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.
This year's Superbowl was historical because...
The first time two black quarterbacks were playing against one another.
The letters "NAACP" stands for
What is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
I just wanna rough neck n__ on the tongue (big mad)
He just wanna see me automatic with a drum (grrt, grrt, grrt)
Ask me if I'm finished, "Nah, b__, I just begun"
Nah, I ain't givin' out no 'nani to no n__ just for fun, are you dumb? (Uh-uh)
The current president of Rutgers University
Jonathan Halloway
This woman was an abolitionist and social activist who freed 70 slaves during the Civil Rights Era
Who is Harriet Tubman
This African-American singer holds the record for most Grammys. (29)
Beyonce
NAACP was founded in the year
What is 1909
I used to pray for times like this, to rhyme like this
So I had to grind like that to shine like this...
In a matter of time I spent on some locked-up sh__
In the back of the paddy wagon, cuffs locked on wrists
Seen my dreams unfold, nightmares come true
It was time to marry the game and I said, "Yeah, I do."
If you want it, you gotta see it with a clear-eyed view
Got a shorty, she tryna bless me like I said achoo
The living quarters on College Avenue are named after this famous African-American abolitionist
This movement was an intellectual and cultural revival of African American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater, politics and scholarship centered in New York City spanning the 1920s and 1930s
What is The Harlem Renaissance
This person was famously known for their extensive career in sketch comedy then transition into a successful writer and director of psychological horror.
Jordan Peele.
The name of the current national president of NAACP.
Derek Johnson.
I wanna go missin'
I need a prescription...
I wanna go higher, can I sit on top of you? (Ooh-la-la-la, la-la-la)
I wanna go where nobody's been (wanna go where nobody's been)
Have you ever had fun like this? (Have you ever had fun? Yeah)
We gon' F__ up the night, black lights
The first African American football player at Rutgers University
Paul Robeson
An African-American lawyer who was appointed as an associate justice of the Supreme Court in 1967
Who is Thurgood Marshall
This person is a famous African-American basketball player who has acted in films and famously popularized the Nike brand with his shoe line.
Who is Michael Jordan
This man was one of many founders of the NAACP and wrote the famous "The Souls of Black Folk" in 1903.
Who is W.E.B Dubois
21, can you do somethin' for me? (21)
Can you hit a lil' rich flex for me? (21)...
And 21, can you do somethin' for me? (21, 21)
Drop some bars to my - ex for me
And 21 (21), can you do somethin" for me? (Yeah)
Can you talk to the opps necks for me? (Okay)
21, do your thing, 21, do your thing (21)
Do your thing, 21, do your thing
The year Rutgers was established as a university.
1766
The year of Black History Month being recognized as a National Holiday.
1976 when U.S. president Gerald Ford extended the recognition to “honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of Black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history.”
This famous African-American Billionaire graduated from Texas State University and has gone onto be a successful talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and philanthropist.
Who is Oprah Winfrey.
This campaign was central to NAACP's agenda when it was formed in 1909.
The anti-lynching campaign.
Lift every voice and sing
Till earth and heaven ring,
Ring with the harmonies of Liberty;
Let our rejoicing rise
High as the listening skies,
Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.
Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us, Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us, Facing the rising sun of our new day begun
Let us march on till victory is won.
This campus was where the first African-American housing called the "Robeson Village" was located at Rutgers University.
What is Douglass Campus.