Kevin Hart's Guide to Black History

What was the Underground Railroad?

• A railroad that ran underground like a subway

• A secret railroad that ran from Georgia to Pennsylvania

• A network of homes and people who helped slaves escape to the North

• A network of Southern spies during the Civil War

How did Henry Brown escape slavery?

• A clever disguise

• He had himself shipped in a wooden box from Virginia to Philadelphia

• Traveling along the Underground Railroad

What is an abolitionist?

• Someone who supported the end of slavery

• A runaway slave

• A soldier for the Confederacy

• A supported of slavery

Who was Frederick Douglas?

• A president during the Civil War

• The most important African American abolitionist and intellectual of his day

• A journalist that published the Black Abolitionist Papers

• A sailor

When Robert Smalls met Abraham Lincoln at the White House, Smalls convinced Lincoln to...

• End the war

• Appoint him as Vice President

• Allow black people to fight in the U.S. Armed Forces

Who was the first human to step foot on the North Pole?

• Robert Peary

• Sir Edmund Hillary

• Matthew Henson

• Reinhold Messner

According to Kevin Hart, Jimi Hendrix, Keith Richards, Jimmy Page, and Eric Clapton all worshiped this OG guitar god.

• B.B. King

• Robert Johnson

• Muddy Waters

• Stevie Ray Vaughan

Who was the first black woman astronaut?

• Sally Ride

• Shannon Lucid

• Mae C. Jemison

George Speck/Crum invented the...

• Tater Tot

• French Fry

• Baked Potato

• Potato Chip

Joe Louis was a famous...

• Basketball player

• Football player

• Boxer