Black Arts/Culture
What was the genre of music from the 70s created in NYC by primarily black and latino youth?
Hip-hop!
Which black basketball player has won four championships and has scored over 40,000 points in their career.
LeBron James!
The Montgomery Bus Boycott!
Which famous black activist wrote and delivered their “I Have a Dream“ speech?
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.!
Who was the first black person to ever play in the MLB?
Jackie Robinson!
What was the monumental march lead by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
The March on Washington!
Which black was the first black president, and stayed in office for two terms?
Barrack Obama!
Who was the Brooklyn-born globally renowned street painter who was quite popular in the 70’s and 80’s?
Jean-Michelle Basquiat!
Which famous black tennis-star sisters have the record amount of tennis Grand Slams?
Venus and Serena Williams?
What were the racist laws that the Civil Rights Movement fought?
The Jim Crow Laws!
Who was the black activist that changed his last name to “reject his slave name?”
Malcom X!
Which black inventor invented peanut butter?
George Washington Carver!
What was the group of nine young black individuals enrolled in an all white school?
The Little Rock Nine!
Who was the first black person to run for president?
Shirley Chisholm!
Which important cultural revolution in black history occurred in the 1920’s?
The Harlem Renaissance!
Which black track star set the standing record for the women’s 100 meter dash?
Florence Griffith-Joyner (a.k.a Flo-Jo)!
What was the chain of lawsuits across the US that gradually desegregated public schools?
Brown vs. Board of education!
Who is the youngest poet and activist ever to speak at a presidential inauguration?
Amanda Gorman!