African American Holiday
What month is known as Black History Month?
What is February?
“I have a dream”
Who is Martin Luther King Jr
What is the Lowndes County Freedom Organization in Alabama's symbol?
What is A black Panther
What year was the “cha cha slide” song made ?
When is the year 2000?
Oprah Winfrey is best known for her internationally famous talk show that has been running since 1986, what is the name of her talk show?
What is The Oprah Winfrey Show
What holiday celebrates the end of slavery in the United Stated?
What is Juneteenth?
“For score and seven years ago”
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
What was the name of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s father's church?
Who is Ebenezer Baptist?
Where did African American music came from?
Slaves used to sing while cooking to pass the time.
Who was the first African American professional baseball player to play in Major League Baseball?
Who is Jackie Robinson?
What year was Martin Luther King Day first observed as a federal holiday?
When is 1986?
“All I was doing was trying to get home from work”
Who is Rosa Parks?
What group launched the Freedom Rides in 1961?
What is CORE-Congress of Racial Equality?
Who was the first African american to win a Grammy award?
Who is Ella Fitzgerald?
This 18-time All-Star NBA player led the league in 2005-2006 in Points Per Game with an average of 35.4. Who is this athlete?
Who is Kobe Bryant?
What Holiday was established in California in 1966 by scholar/activist DR. Maulana Karenga?
What is Kwanzaa?
“The ballot or the bullet”
Who is Malcolm X?
Members of what labor union helped to build the nation’s black middle class and civil rights movement?
What is Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters?
Who was the first black musician?
Who is George Washington Johnson?
Besides boxing, Muhammad Ali was known for what?
What is Philanthropy and/or Activism?
Name 5 African-American Holidays:
What are: Black Love Day, Malcolm X Day, African Liberation Day, Caribbean Heritage Month, and Marcus Mosiah Garvey's Birthday. Other holidays include Harriet Tubman Day and Edward “Duke” Ellington Day. Black History Month, Juneteenth, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Kwanzaa
“My fellow Americans we are and always will be a country of immigrants, we were strangers once too”
Who is Barack Obama?
This native Houstonian was the first African American woman in Texas to be elected to the state Senate and the U.S. Congress.
Who is Barbara Jordan?
What are 5 different genres that are considered a part of black music?
What is: Gospel, blues, jazz, rumba, bomba, salsa, R&B, samba, rock & roll, calypso, soul, cumbia, funk, ska, reggae, house, hip/hop, gqom, afrobeat, funk carioca, country?
Four time Grammy Award winner Will Smith is famous for starring in multiple blockbuster films. What is Will Smith’s actual full name?
Who is Willard "Will" Carroll Smith Jr?