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Movie focused on the three unsung African American mathematicians whose efforts ensured John Glenn’s launch into space.
Selma
Hidden Figures
Get Out
Just Mercy
2
Speech shared in 1963 by MLK in Washington D.C. at the Lincoln Memorial.
"Where Do We Go From Here?"
"I've Been To the Mountaintop"
“I Have a Dream”
"Letter from the Birmingham Jail"
3
This executive order issued by the 16th president declared that all enslaved people would henceforth be free.
Declaration of Freedom
Emancipation Proclamation
Proclamation of Freedom
National Day of Unity
4
The girl who refused to give up her seat at the age of 14, nine months before Rosa Parks.
Claudette Colvin
Dorothy Heights
Coretta Scott King
Ella Baker
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This march gave a lot of people dreams and a chance to reflect on their lives and the monuments around them.
March on Washington
Vietnam War Opposition March
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Albany Movement
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This female multi-billionaire aired a show for 25 seasons, is a philanthropist, and now has her own network, OWN.
Tyra Banks
Wendy Williams
Queen Latifah
Oprah Winfrey
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The first black president of the United States.
Barack Obama
John Lewis
Thurgood Marshall
Clarence Thomas
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“The mother of the Civil Rights Movement” who refused to give up her seat to a white man in 1955.
Ella Baker
Rosa Parks
Coretta Scott King
Dorothy Heights
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This action film is the first in the Marvel universe to have a Black lead actor— Chadwick Boseman.
Avengers
Black Panther
Iron Man
Black Panther 2
10
This artist has the most Grammy Award nominations of all time.
Whitney Houston
Michael Jackson
Stevie Wonder
Beyonce
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This young poet performed her speech at President Biden's 2021 inauguration.
Simon Biles
Amanda Gorman
Morgan Parker
Tracy Smith
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He played on the Brooklyn Dodgers and made history by being the first black baseball player in the Major League.
Jackie Robinson
Babe Ruth
Mike Trout
Ken Griffey Jr.
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An entrepreneur and connoisseur of hair products, she was the first female self-made millionaire in America.
Madam CJ Walker
Oprah Winfrey
Beyoncé
Ella Fitzgerald
14
This television show is the original “ish”.
Mixed-ish
Brown-ish
Grown-ish
Black-ish
15
This song artist started young in a group of 5 and made every day a thriller while performing.
Louis Armstrong
Beyonce
Michael Jackson
Smokey Robinson
16
What was Aretha Franklin known for?
Going to the moon
Dancing
Acting
Singing and playing the piano
17
This woman is the first African American First Lady.
Kamala Harris
Shirley Chisolm
Maxine Waters
Michelle Obama
18
This country, in addition to the Netherlands, celebrates Black History Month in October (for 31 days).
UK
Germany
Canada
Sweden
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In this Supreme Court case involving Oliver and Linda Brown, segregation in public schools was deemed unconstitutional.
Brown vs. Board of Education
Schenck vs. United States
Tinker vs. Des Moines
Marbury vs. Madison
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This Newbery Award-winning graphic novel shines a light on being African American in an elite private school.
Beloved
Old School
Becoming
New Kid
21
Book about a family from Michigan headed to Birmingham, AL, “toward one of the darkest moments in America’s history.”
The Watsons Go to Birmingham— 1963
One Crazy Summer
Black Ships Before Troy
The Lions of Little Rock
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A "conductor" of the Underground Railroad, this woman was known as "Moses" and helped free many slaves in late 1800s.
Gertrude Mossell
Sojourner Truth
Madame CJ Walker
Harriet Tubman
23
This activist was the first African American woman to be elected to Congress.
Joyce Beatty
Karen Bass
Shirley Chisholm
Maxine Waters
24
Why is BHM celebrated during the month of February?
Because that's also the month of Valentine's day
Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass have birthdays in February
It was John F. Kennedy’s birthday in February
President Obama wanted it to be in February
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During this fight in Boston, a black man named Crispus Attucks was the first to be killed by a British soldier.
The Boston Massacre
Boston Tea Party
The Siege of Fort Ticonderoga
Lexington and Concord
26
This war between the North and the South changed American history forever.
The Civil War
The Cold War
World War I
World War II
27
Claudette Colvin, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Coretta Scott King were all impactful women in this social movement.
Civil Rights Movement
Solidarity Day March
March on Washington
Black Lives Matter Movement
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The first black vice president of the US.
Barack Obama
Lori Lightfoot
Kamala Harris
Kim Janey
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African American woman who worked at NASA and was a legislator and an activist.
Katherine Johnson
Mary Jackson
Kamala Harris
Minnie Harper
30
On December 5, 1955, this year-long Civil Rights movement began, changing transportation laws.
March on Washington
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Freedom Fighters
Sit-ins
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This man became the first African American justice on the Supreme Court.
Thurgood Marshall
Clarence Thomas
William H. Hastie
Barack Obama
