Black Culture

What month is Black History celebrated?

• January

• March

• February

What month is Black History Month?

• March

• January

• February

• October

Harriet Tubman was a-

• Champion tennis player and golfer who broke the Color barrier in Tennis

• “Conductor” of the Underground Railroad

• Leader of the Civil Rights Movement

• Four Star General and Secretary of State

What African American entertainer had the best selling album of all time "Thriller"?

• Michael Jackson

• Booker T. Washington

• Abraham Lincoln

• Ruby Bridges

What is the significance of Juneteenth in Black culture?

• A) It marks the end of the Civil War

• B) It celebrates the Emancipation Proclamation

• C) It commemorates the end of slavery in the United States

• D) It is the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr.

Who was the first African American woman to win a Nobel Prize in Literature?

• A) Maya Angelou

• B) Toni Morrison

• C) Alice Walker

• D) Zora Neale Hurston

Which movement is associated with the Harlem Renaissance?

• A) Civil Rights Movement

• B) Black Power Movement

• C) Cultural and artistic explosion in the 1920s

• D) Abolitionist Movement

What is the primary focus of Kwanzaa celebrations?

• A) African American history

• B) African heritage and culture

• C) Civil Rights achievements

• D) Jazz music

Who was the first African American to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court?

• A) Thurgood Marshall

• B) Clarence Thomas

• C) W.E.B. Du Bois

• D) Frederick Douglass

What genre of music is credited with originating in the African American communities of New Orleans?

• A) Jazz

• B) Blues

• C) Hip Hop

• D) Gospel