Black History Basics
Black History Month is celebrated in this month.
What is February?
This legendary dancer and choreographer founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
Who is Alvin Ailey?
This golfer is considered one of the greatest of all time, with 15 major championships.
Who is Tiger Woods?
He developed the process for preserving blood plasma.
Who is Dr. Charles Drew?
This movement was founded in response to police brutality in 2013.
What is Black Lives Matter?
Red, black, and green are the colors of this flag.
What is the Pan-African flag?
He released the iconic album “Illmatic” in 1994, often considered one of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time?
Who is Nas?
She is the most decorated track and field athlete in U.S. history.
Who is Allyson Felix?
This scientist invented the carbon filament for the light bulb.
Who is Lewis Latimer?
This civil rights leader co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
The first African American woman to win an Academy Award for Best Actress.
Who is Halle Berry?
The first African American to host a nationally syndicated TV talk show.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
This basketball legend was the first African American NBA head coach.
Who is Bill Russell?
This engineer developed the “Three-Light” traffic signal.
Who is Garrett Morgan?
This abolitionist and orator wrote Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
This movement in the 1950s–60s fought for equal rights.
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
This film was the first directed by a Black filmmaker to be nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards.
What is 12 Years a Slave?
The first Black coach to win a Super Bowl.
Who is Tony Dungy?
This NASA mathematician helped calculate spaceflight paths.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
This landmark 1965 act protected Black voting rights.
What is the Voting Rights Act?
This South African leader became president after fighting apartheid.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
The first Black woman to headline Coachella in 2018.
Who is Beyoncé?
This boxer held the heavyweight title longer than any other fighter.
Who is Joe Louis?
She was the first African American female astronaut in space.
Who is Mae Jemison?
The age of the youngest person arrested during the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham?
What is 9 years of age? (Audrey Fay Hendricks)