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Figures and Events from Black History

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    Test your knowledge of some of the most important people and events from Black History in America
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  • This person is considered by many to be the greatest basketball player of all time.
    Lebron James
    Kobe Bryant
    Michael Jordan
    Wilt Chamberlain
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  • This basketball player was a member of the Lakers and won 5 championships with them!
    Magic Johnson
    Anthony Davis
    Russell Westbrook
    James Worthy
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  • Jackie Robinson was the first Black person to integrate the sport of _____.
    Basketball
    Golf
    Football
    Baseball
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  • Which person refused to move to the back of the bus and helped inspire the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
    Rosa Parks
    Coretta Scott King
    Aretha Franklin
    Mayme Johnson
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  • What did the Little Rock Nine do?
    They were the math team
    They integrated Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas
    First male and female basketball team.
    They were a traveling singing group
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  • Who were the Greensboro Four and what did they do?
    They wanted more food
    They sat at a "White's Only" restaurant counter protesting
    they wanted to know what was gluten free
    they thought the prices were too high and wanted to manager
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  • Who was the singer of such popular songs: "Billie Jean", "Thriller", "Bad", and many, many more?
    Jermaine Jackson
    Seal
    Prince
    Michael Jackson
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  • What was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. known for: angry speeches or practice of non-violence?
    angry speeches
    Practice of non-violence
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  • This leader of the Civil Rights Movement said they must overcome White supremacy "by any means necessary".
    Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
    Thurgood Marshall
    Malcom X
    Barack Obama
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  • What is the name of this famous trumpeter who started the band the Hot 5?
    Count Basie
    Pharrell Williams
    John Coltrane
    Louis Armstrong
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  • Who is the person who began her career as a journalist, then had a successful talk show, then created her own network, and continues to do many important things today?
    Whoopi Goldberg
    Rhianna
    Oprah Winfrey
    Lizzo
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  • Who said, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere,"?
    Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
    Malcom X
    Bumpy Johnson
    John Lewis
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  • This musician sang the popular song "What a Wonderful World".
    Louis Armstrong
    Duke Ellington
    Miles Davis
    Charlie Parker
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  • Malcom X was originally part of this group of Black activists in the US?
    Black Panthers
    The Nation of Islam
    NAACP
    ISIS
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  • This famous athlete made varsity and lettered in four different sports before he went pro.
    Kareem Abdul Jabbar
    Michael Jordan
    Jackie Robinson
    Jim Brown
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  • What were the Greensboro Four protesting?
    Segregation
    Poor Wages
    Women's Rights
    The Menu
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