Firsts
Barack Obama
What famous black male athlete is known for his exceptional basketball career in the NBA and sneaker line?
Michael Jordan
What name was given to the period of cultural rebirth that took place in Harlem, NYC.
Harlem Renaissance
What Supreme Court decision decreed that public schools should be integrated?
Who was the first African American to play in the MLB (Major League Baseball)?
Who is referred to as the Black Mamba?
Kobe Bryant
What famous black poet spoke the words, "You may write me down in history with your bitter, twisted lies, you may trod me in the very dirt but still, like dust, I'll rise"?
Maya Angelou
What year was slavery abolished?
1865
You ask your mom for McDonalds, how does she respond?
DO YOU HAVE MCDONALDS MONEY?
Who was the 1st African American portrayed on a US postage stamp?
Booker T Washington
Who was the first African American athlete to win 4 gold medals in one Olympic year?
Jesse Owens
What is the name given to the journey in which slaves were transported from West Africa to the Americas in ships?
The Middle Passage
Sing one verse from the Black National Anthem
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.
Who was the first African American woman millionaire?
Madame CJ Walker
She was the first black gymnast to win gold medals in the team and individual title and the "all-around" title.
Gabby Douglas
What album is this famous song from?
What was Black History Month originally called?
Negro History Week
Your mom always reminds you that she is not one of these
One of your little friends
Who was the first African American women to win an academy award?
Hattie McDaniel
She became the first American woman to win 3 gold medals in track during a single Olympic Games. The events she won were the 100 and 200 meter sprints and the 4x100 meter with fellow Tigerbelles Martha Hudson, Lucinda Williams, and Barbara Jones.
Wilma Rudolph
Uncle Tom's Cabin
This is the oldest, grassroots Civil Rights organization still working today
The NAACP
What does it mean to "stay woke" or to be "woke"?
To be socially and politically conscious