PHMBC Black History

Who was the father of Black History Month?

• President Obama

• Abraham Lincoln

• Dr. Carter G Woodson

• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Who was the abolitionist who freed himself from slavery to become a leader for civil rights and the first African American to be nominated for Vice President?

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Fredrick Douglass

• Abraham Lincoln

Which president wrote the Emancipation Proclamation?

• Joseph Biden

• Abraham Lincoln

• Barack Obama

• Thomas Jefferson

This proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."

• Bill of Rights

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Civil Liberties Union

What were Jim Crow Laws?

• Laws to make things equal for all

• Laws to exclude African Americans

Who was the founder of Black History Month?

• Christopher Carter

• Carter G. Woodson

• Malcom X

• Dr. Martin Luther King

What school did he attend?

• Yale

• Havard

• Howard

• Spellman

Who was the first African-American Supreme Court Justice?

• Charley Pride

• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Thurgood Marshall

• Colin Powell

What woman led more than 300 slaves to freedom through the Underground Railroad?

• Harriet Tubman

• Michelle Obama

• Oprah Winfrey

• Shirley Chisholm

What basketball player was the first to score 100 points in a single game?

• James Brown

• Michael Jordan

• Jesse Owens

• Wilt Chamberlain