Black History Trivia

What is song is called “The Black National Anthem” ?

• My Country Tis Of Thee

• The Star Spangled Banner

• Lift Every Voice and Sing

• God's Plan

Called "the mother of the civil rights movement"; refused to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama.

• Harriet Tubman

• Michelle Obama

• Sojourner Truth

• Rosa Parks

Well known football who played for the 79ers, Raiders and the Seahawks

• Deion Sanders

• Terrell Owens

• Randy Moss

• Jerry Rice

Became the first African American Secretary of State in 2001.

• Ben Carson

• Colin Powell

• Barack Obama

• Michael Powell

Refused to fight in a war because of his religious beliefs; was a professional boxer

• Mike Tyson

• Floyd Mayweather

• Muhammad Ali

• Malcolm X

Born into slavery but became America's leading black educator

• Mary McLeod Bethune

• Booker T Washington

• George Washington Carver

• Madam C.J. Walker

Knew from an early age she wanted to be a singer; won 22 Grammy awards

• Ella Fitzgerald

• Rihanna

• BIllie Holiday

• Beyonce Knowles

Plays for the Golden State Warriors; first player to be voted MVP anonymously

• Stephen Curry

• Kobe Bryant

• Michael Jordan

• Lebron James

Became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball; played for the Brooklyn Dodgers

• Malcolm X

• Jackie Robinson

• Jesse Owens

• Josh Gibson

Escaped slavery by traveling through the Underground Railroad

• Frederick Douglass

• Rosa Parks

• Sojourner Truth

• Harriet Tubman