Black History
This month is designated as Black History Month in the United States.
What is February?
Known for her bus protest, she is called the “Mother of the Civil Rights Movement.”
Who is Rosa Parks?
Known as “The Greatest,” he was a world champion boxer and civil rights activist.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
He was the first African American president of the United States.
Who is Barack Obama?
Known as the “King of Pop,” he revolutionized music and dance with hits like Thriller
Who is Michael Jackson?
This proclamation, signed by Abraham Lincoln, declared freedom for enslaved people in Confederate states.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
He delivered the “I Have a Dream” speech at the March on Washington in 1963
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
She became the first Black woman to win an individual Olympic gold medal in gymnastics.
Who is Gabby Douglas?
She was the first African American woman elected to Congress
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
She was the first African American woman to headline Coachella, earning her performance the nickname “Beychella.
Who is Beyoncé?
This network of secret routes helped enslaved people escape to freedom.
What is the Underground Railroad?
This leader founded the Tuskegee Institute and focused on education for African Americans.
Who is Booker T. Washington?
He broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier in 1947.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
He was the first African American Supreme Court Justice
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
He wrote the Harlem Renaissance anthem “Lift Every Voice and Sing.”
Who is James Weldon Johnson?
Known as the “Black Wall Street,” this thriving African American community was destroyed in 1921.
What is Tulsa, Oklahoma?
She was the co-founder of the NAACP and fought for women’s and civil rights.
Who is Ida B. Wells?
Known as the fastest man alive, he won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin.
Who is Jesse Owens?
The first Black woman to win an Olympic gold medal in track and field was in 1948
Who is Alice Coachman?
This jazz musician, known for his trumpet skills, performed classics like What a Wonderful World.
Who is Louis Armstrong?
This landmark Supreme Court case ended school segregation in 1954
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
He led the Freedom Rides in the 1960s and later served as a U.S. Congressman.
Who is John Lewis?
This tennis legend won 23 Grand Slam titles and is considered one of the greatest athletes of all time.
Who is Serena Williams?
He was the first African American to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1950.
Who is Ralph Bunche?
Known as the “Queen of Gospel,” her voice inspired both the Civil Rights Movement and the music world.
Who is Mahalia Jackson?