Black History Month Inspiration
This person mailed himself in a box from Virginia to Pennsylvania.
Who is Henry Box Brown?
"A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything."
Who is Malcolm X
This athlete protested against the Vietnam War and was stripped of his heavyweight boxing title championship in 1967.
Who was Muhammad Ali?
This was the year that the Civil Rights Act was passed.
What is 1964?
These are the names of the current executive board members.
Who are Dani, Branden, Aramis, Hirlary, Betsy, Momo, and Faith?
The story with Katherine Johnson who worked for NASA and was very good in math.
What is the story Hidden Figures?
"When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time."
Who was Maya Angelou
This person has won 24 world championship medals, 7 Olympic medals and has four gymnast skills named after her.
Who is Simone Biles?
This Amendment abolished slavery.
What is the 13th Amendment?
This is the name of our chapter advisor.
Who is Adonis Richards?
This woman was the poet at the inauguration for President Biden.
Who is Amanda Gorman?
"Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced."
Who was James Baldwin?
This is Jackie Robinson's number?
What is 42?
These are the colors that represent the pan-African flag.
What is red, black and green.
This is the year the Union College NAACP chapter was founded.
What is 2023?
She was the first Black woman in space.
Who is Mae C. Jemison?
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
This famous African American won 4 medals in the Berlin Olympics?
Who is Jesse Owens?
This era lasted 12 years before it was destroyed taking away renewed power, economics, growth and generational wealth.
What is the Reconstruction Era?
This is our chapter’s unit number.
What is 29B2-B?
This woman refused to give her seat to a white man before Rosa Parks.
Who is Claudette Colvin?
"In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute."
(first Black supreme court justice)
Who was Thurgood Marshall
This Black person is your favorite basketball player.
Who is: Any answer is accepted
This party started the first free breakfast program.
What is the Black Panther Party?
Under our current NAACP National Convention registration allotment, this is the number of voting delegates our Union College NAACP unit is allowed to send.
What is 2?