black history

Black History Month was created to focus on what?

• Contributions of African Americans

• Martin Luther King

• African Americans

• African American Culture

Did a lot of work to help the civil rights movement; was a dancer; poet and author

• James Baldwin

• Langston Hughes

• Oprah Winfrey

• Maya Angelou

This person was one of the most celebrated and respected writers/poets of the Harlem Renaissance. His style was called Jazz Poetry.

• Duke Ellington

• Kadir Nelson

• Langston Hughes

• James Baldwin

She is an American politician and attorney who is the 49th and current vice president of the United States. She is the United States' first female vice president, the highest-ranking female elected official in U.S. history.

• Lynne Patton

• Kamala Harris

• Ashley Bell

• Paris Dennard

Who was the first African-American to appear on a U.S. postage stamp?

• Martin Luther King Jr.
• Jackie Robinson
• Harriet Tubman
• Booker T. Washington

Who was the first black female licensed pilot in the US?

• Amelia Earhart

• Mahalia Jackson

• Bessie Smith

• Bessie Coleman

He was an American politician, statesman, and civil rights activist and leader who served in the United States House of Representatives for Georgia's 5th congressional district from 1987 until his death in 2020.

• John Lewis

• Clarence Thomas

• Herman Cain

• Tim Scott

In the summer of 1961, this person became the first American woman to win three gold medals in track and field during a single Olympic Games.

• Gabby Douglas

• Florence Griffith Joyner

• Venus Williams

• Wilma Rudolph

At just six years old, this little girl became an icon of the civil rights movement, as she's often credited as one of the first students to integrate southern schools.

• Addie Mae Collins

• Ruby Bridges

• Claudette Colvin

• Ella Baker

Why was February chosen as the month to recognize the history and contributions of African Americans?

• It coincides with the birthdays of Fredrick Douglas and Abraham Lincoln
• It is the shortest month of the year
• February is the holy month of Ramadan