Muhammed Ali was a famous champion in boxing. What does it mean to be a champion?
The best at a sport or competition
Jackie Robinson was the first African-American professional baseball player and played for the Brooklyn Dodgers. When you are a professional, you:
get paid for your job
work for free
Who do we celebrate during Black History Month?
African Americans
George Washington Carver is a famous chemist and his research on peanuts, sweet potatoes, and other products helped poor southern farmers grow crops that give us...
Food to eat
Harriet Tubman helped other slaves escape from their owners. A slave is a person who is owned by
another person
What month is Black History Month observed in the United States?
February
Mae Jemison was the first African American woman in space. How did she travel to space?
commuter train
moon walk
space shuttle
airport shuttle
Thurgood Marshall was the first African American Supreme Court justice. He was a judge in a courtroom who made decisions about
farms and gardens
laws and rules
recipes and cooking
fashion and clothes
This man gave his most famous, “I Have a Dream” speech, in 1963, in which he spoke of his dream of a United States that is void of segregation and racism?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Who was the first African-American president of the United States?
Barack Obama
Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama? She helped change laws to make them FAIR for...
all people
many people
a few people
some people
Maya Angelou wrote a book about her life: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. What do we call a person who writes a book?
an illustrator
an artist
a teacher
an author
Toni Morrison is a famous author. What is something that an author does NOT do.
write poems
fix cars
write books
write articles in a magazine.
Jesse Owens was the first American track and field athlete to win four gold medals at a single Olympic Games. Track and Field sports include all but...
jumping as far as you can
running in a race
jumping over hurdles
skiing
Wilma Rudolph wore leg braces as a child. She grew up to be an Olympic sprinter. Sprinting means to:
run fast
slowly jog
jump hurdles
lift weights
Lonnie Johnson invented the Super Soaker water gun? What is the best season to play with this water toy?
spring
winter
summer
fall
