Black History Month Connections

Since 1976, every U.S. president has officially designated the month of February as Black History Month.

• True

• False

What Amendment legally gave some African Americans the right to vote?

• 14

• 15

• 13

• 19

This woman fed and funded the Civil Rights Movement by cooking and selling meals.

• Ella Baker

• Rosa Parks

• Jo Ann Robinson

• Georgia Gilmore

Hattie McDaniel was the first African American to win an Academy Award for this movie.

• Wizard of Oz

• Gone With the Wind

• Singin' in the Rain

• Casablanca

In 1866, this woman joined the military as a man and eventually became the only female Buffalo Soldiers

• Claudette Colvin

• Bessie Coleman

• Cathay Williams

• Fannie Lou Hamer

Who were the Tuskegee Airmen?

• a group of African-American tank commanders

• the first African-American submarine squad

• the first African-American pilots to serve in the Air Force

• None of these

Who was the first African American man to play Major League Baseball?

• Luke Easter

• Jackie Robinson

• Willie Mays

• Hank Thompson

On May 17, 1954, what was the ruling in Brown v. Board of Education?

• Segregation was legal under the Constitution.

• Segregation in public schools violated the 14th Amendment.

• All schools need to be segregated.

• Students have the right to free speech.

The Civil Rights Movement occurred in the mid-1920s.

• True

• False

What was Maya Angelou famous for?

• her singing

• her acting

• her poetry

• her dancing