Black History

Who was the first black president of the United States?

True or False- Black History Month started out as “Negro History Week” in 1926 until it became Black History Month in 1976.

• True

• False

I was born in 1958 in Gary, Indiana.  I became a pop singer.  My album Thriller (1982) sold over 30 million copies.  I earned the nickname "King of Pop".

• Frederick Douglass
• Michael Jackson
• Booker T. Washington
• Michael Jordan

Which performing artist pictured in this photo sang "I'm Every Woman" with singer Chaka Khan?

• Celine Dion
• Whitney Houston
• Whoopi Goldberg
• Mae Jemison

He was the first black man to win an Oscar.

• Louis Gossett Jr.

• Denzel Washington

• Sidney Poitier

• James Earl Jones

What was Muhammad Ali's original name?

• Leviticus Lewis

• Marcellus Moore

• Cassius Clay

• Aaron Brown

Name The Historial Hero.

Hint One: Lives in Chicago

Hint Two: first Black U.S. President

• Barrick Obama

• Booker T. Washington

• Langston Hughes

• Thurgood Marshall

What are civil rights?

• The wrong things people do to each other

• The right answers on a test

• The laws that say we are all free and all have privileges

What was the nickname of the first 9 black teens to go to a white high school?

• Little Arkansas Nine

• Little Rock Nine

• The Montgomery Nine

• Little Kentucky Nine

Who was the first African American Major League Baseball player?

• Ernie Banks

• Jackie Robinson

• Larry Doby

• Frank Robinson