Black History Month Facts

Langston Hughes was the first black man to become a lawyer in 1854.

When was Martin Luther King Born?

Barack Obama was the second African American President of the United States?

When did Jackie Robinson become the first African American Major League Baseball player?

Claudette Colvin was arrested 9 months before Rosa Parks for not giving up her seat on the bus to white passengers.

In what year did Black History Month become a month long celebration

Madam C.J. Walker was the first woman to become a self-made millionaire.

Who was the first African American President of the United States?

George Washington created peanuts.

_____ was the first African American woman to not give her seat to a white passenger.