BLACK HISTORY MONTH

In addition to the United States, identify the other countries below that devote a month to celebrate African-Americans in history.

• United Kingdom

• Germany

• Canada

• India

Who is the only African-American honored by a national holiday and gave a famous speech "I Have A Dream" during the March on Washington?

• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Barack Obama

• Reverend Jesse Jackson

What African-American woman made history when she refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man?

• Rosa Parks

• Aretha Franklin

• Wilma Rudolph

I was a poet who became a central figure in the Harlem Renaissance.  My poems tell about African Americans and often contain jazz rhythms and dialect.

• Langston Hughes
• Jessie Owens
• Ruby Bridges
• Marcus Garvey

Before his election as President of the United States, Barack Obama served as Senator of what state?

• Illinois

• Hawaii

• Ohio

• Tennessee

I was the first African American to attend an all-white elementary school in the South.  For my protection, I had to be escorted by U.S. Marshals to and from William Frantz Elementary School that first day.

• Marcus Garvey
• Jessie Owens
• Langston Hughes
• Ruby Bridges

Who directed the 2017 horror film Get Out?

• Jordan Peele

• Spike Lee

• Daniel Kaluuya

• Ryan Coogler

Who was the first African-American woman to earn a medical degree?

• Dr. Jocelyn Elders

• Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler

• Dr. Myra Adele Logan

• Dr. Alexa Irene Canady

I won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, embarrassing German dictator Adolf Hitler. Who am I?

• Usain Bolt

• LeBron James

• Kobe Bryant

• Jesse Owens

The movie He Got Game, starring Denzel Washington, was written by a Sallies alumnus.

• True

• False