Black History Month Quiz

Frederick Douglass was a prominent abolitionist, author, public speaker and creator of what anti-slavery newspaper?

The Underground Railroad was a network of people offering shelter and aid to escaped enslaved people from the South.

Nikole Hannah-Jones created this project to reframe the history of slavery & the contributions of Black Americans

This entrepreneur and self-made millionaire invented an African American hair care line in 1905.

The Harlem Renaissance was the cultural, social, and artistic revival that took place in Harlem between 1918-1930s.

The assault on civil rights marchers in Selma, Alabama that lead to the Voting Rights Act is known as

Thurgood Marshall was the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court.

 Barack Obama was the first African American president of the United States.

The Black Lives Matter campaign against violence & systemic racism towards Black ppl was founded by 3 Black wmn in 2020.

Minister & civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King delivered his most famous speech "I Have a Dream" in what year?

In 1957, Black students blocked from integrating into Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas are known as the

Black Americans organized the Civil Rights Movement to end racial discrimination & gain equal rights under the law.

The Black History Month theme for 2021 is

The creator of Black History Month is

Jackie Robinson, the first Black baseball player in major league baseball, wore this permanently retired number?