Black History Month

What is the name of the Manhattan neighborhood that has been called the center of African American history?

• Hell's Kitchen

• Harlem

• Howard Beach

• Hudson Square

Charlie Sifford with the first black golfer in the PGA. What does PGA stand for?

What are some of the criteria to win the Coretta Scott King award?

• brotherhood and sisterhood

• peace and love

• non-violent social change

• brotherhood and love

Trombone Shorty grew up in what neighborhood?

• Louisiana

• Tenafly

• Treme

• Teaneck

Dr. Patricia Bath was an ...

• orthodontist

• opthamalogist

• optician

• orthopedist

The four black women who worked at NASA and helped put astronauts on the moon had to use a different ____________ than the white employees.

He was the first black heavyweight champion of the world

• Joe Louis

• Joe Frazier

• Muhammad Ali

• Jack Johnson

Which President issued the Emancipation Proclamation that declared slaves were free?

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• Abraham Lincoln

• Barak Obama

What fun invention did Lonnie Johnson create? HINT: You might use it in the summer when it's very hot outside.

What league did Jackie Robinson play in before he signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers?

• Negro League

• American League

• National League

• Major League Baseball