Black History Month Trivia

Robert Clemente is known as a major Latino role model for all Latino athletes in America.

Who was the Author of "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in The Age of Colorblindness".

This Actor has played roles of innovating Americans such as Jackie Robinson, Thurgood Marshall, and James Brown.

Shirley Chisholm's famous motto was

The March on Washington where Dr. MLK Jr. delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech happened in the year 1965.

This Black Activist was arrested and put on trial from 1970-1972

This person was the youngest person to win the Nobel Peace prize at just 35 years old.

Bayard Rustin assisted Dr. MLK Jr. in organizing the Montgomery Bus Boycott

These people were instrumental in executing nonviolent protesting and peace in order to accomplish their goals.

Who was not involved in the March on Washington?

Shirley Chisholm was the first African American Woman to be nominated for U.S President.

These people are New York Natives

This writer/essayist is a Harlem Native

Bayard Rustin spent 60 days in Jail for being an openly gay man.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s cause of death was a heart attack.