Black History Month

The US 10th Cavalry Regiment was formed in September 1866. Comprising African Americans they were called _______________ by the Comanche

• DOG
• Buffalo
• Eagle
• Bear

In October 1967 President Lyndon Johnson appointed this man to be a Supreme Court Judge. He is the first African American to hold this position

• Jackie Robinson
• Clarence Darrow
• Thurgood Marshal

On March 5, 1770 Crispus Attucks, a freed slave, was protesting British Policy. The British Army moved in and killed several men in the crowd, including Mr. Attucks. This event is known as the ________________________

• Battle of Boston
• Boston  Tea Party
• Boston Massacre

Who was the first African-American to appear on a U.S. postage stamp

• Harriet Tubman
• Jackie Robinson
• Booker T. Washington
• Martin Luther King Jr

Who was the first African American actor to receive an Oscar for Best Actor

• Viola Davis
• Densel Washington
• Ice Cube
• Halle Berry

Who was the first black woman to go to space

• SALLY RIDE
• JOHN GLENN
• MAE JEMISON
• HATTI MCDANIEL

Why is February Black History Month

• The Harlem Renaissance festival was always held this month
• To commemorate the founding of the NAACP
• It was voted on
• In honor of Abe Lincoln’s and Frederick Douglass’ birthdays
  

In 1938, first lady Eleanor Roosevelt challenged the segregation rules at the Southern Conference on Human Welfare in Birmingham, Alabama. Who was the African American educator and activist she sat next to?

• Booker T Washington
• Mary Mcleod Bethune
• WEB Dubois
• Harry Belafonte

Who was the first African American inducted into the Baseball hall of Fame

• WILLIE MAYS
• JACKIE ROBINSON
• SATCHEL PAGE

Who was the first black american to make a space flight

• Frederick Drew Gregory
• Ronald McNair
• Guions Bluford