What is Lewis Hamilton known for?
Being a champion Formula 1 race car driver.
Motorcycle Racing
Golf
Soccer
What were the Freedom Rides in 1961?
A horseback ride for freedom.
Diverse groups traveling on busses to protest segregation
Took an uber in a cab with American Flag
Fake News
What was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. known for: angry speeches or practice of non-violence?
angry speeches
Practice of non-violence
Augusta Savage was an important artist of the Harlem Renaissance. What type of art did she create?
Drawing
Music
Painting
Sculpture
This future astronaut graduated high school at 16 and speaks 4 different languages.
Kathryn Johnson
Your Mom
Mae Jemison.
Ruby Bridges
This leader of the Civil Rights Movement said they must overcome White supremacy "by any means necessary".
Thurgood Marshall
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Malcom X
Barack Obama
Who said, "People always say that I didn’t give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn’t true. I was not tired physically… No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.”
Aretha Franklin
May Jemison
Rosa Parks
Etta James
Who was the singer of such popular songs: "Billie Jean", "Thriller", "Bad", and many, many more?
Jermaine Jackson
Michael Jackson
Seal
Prince
This basketball player isn't just one of the best, he's also a philanthropist.
Michael Jordan
Ja Morant
Magic Johnson
LeBron James
This former first lady created an organization called "Let's Move" to help make our nation healthier.
Jill Biden
Melania Trump
Laura Bush
Michelle Obama
This world famous basketball player had the "mamba mentality" to try to be the best version of one's self.
Kobe Bryant
Steph Curry
Zac Lavine
Anthony Davis
Charley Pride was the first African-American to really break into what musical genre?
Country music
Folk
Hip Hop
Rap
What were the Greensboro Four protesting?
Poor Wages
Segregation
Women's Rights
The Menu
Before Frederick Douglass was an activist for ending slavery, what did he escape?
Poverty
Unemployment
Homelessness
Being enslaved
This boxer "floated like a butterfly and stung like a bee".
Sonny Liston
Mike Tyson
Sugar Ray Leonard
Muhammad Ali
What is the name of this famous trumpeter who started the band the Hot 5?
Louis Armstrong
Count Basie
John Coltrane
Pharrell Williams
Who was the first African American president of the United States?
Kanye West
Abraham Lincoln
Barack Obama
Jesse Jackson
This basketball player was a member of the Lakers and won 5 championships with them!
James Worthy
Anthony Davis
Magic Johnson
Russell Westbrook
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
Oprah Winfrey
Lizzo
Rhianna
Who was the lead singer of the Supremes?
Diana Ross
Bessie Smith
Ariana Grande
Harriet Tubman
Malcom X was originally part of this group of Black activists in the US?
NAACP
Black Panthers
The Nation of Islam
ISIS
Who were the Greensboro Four and what did they do?
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
They wanted more food
What did the Little Rock Nine do?
They integrated Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas
First male and female basketball team.
They were the math team
They were a traveling singing group
Sister Rosetta Tharpe was a music pioneer who inspired many famous rock and roll musicians. What made her so special?
She was the first person to sing on the radio.
She wrote the national anthem.
She played electric guitar and was Godmother of Rock N Roll.
She only performed in small churches and never was famous.
Who said, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere,"?
Bumpy Johnson
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
John Lewis
Malcom X
This singer is considered by many to be the king of Rock and Roll!
Chuck Berry
Paul McCartney
Willie Nelson
Chubby Checker
This musician sang the popular song "What a Wonderful World".
Louis Armstrong
Duke Ellington
Charlie Parker
Miles Davis
This 15 year-old girl was actually the one who inspired Rosa Parks because she was the first one to refuse to move to the back of the bus for a White person.
Rosa Parks
Michelle Obama
Big Mama Thornton
Claudette Colvin
This famous athlete made varsity and lettered in four different sports before he went pro.
Michael Jordan
Jackie Robinson
Jim Brown
Kareem Abdul Jabbar
Which person refused to move to the back of the bus and helped inspire the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Mayme Johnson
Coretta Scott King
Rosa Parks
Aretha Franklin
George Washington Carver is often known for his knowledge of farming and for his innovations with what food?
Wheat
Green Beans
Corn
Peanuts
Jackie Robinson was the first Black person to integrate the sport of _____.
Football
Golf
Basketball
Baseball
What part of the military did Jimi join?
Air Force
Navy
Army
Marines
This person is considered by many to be the greatest basketball player of all time.
Lebron James
Kobe Bryant
Michael Jordan
Wilt Chamberlain
What was being done at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama in the 1940's?
They were mechanics.
They were combat soldiers.
They began the first pilot training program for African Amer
They were astronauts.
What instrument did Jimi Hendrix play?
electric guitar
piano
banjo
saxophone
Without this woman, we might not have been able to send humans to the moon.
Kathryn Johnson
Aretha Franklin
NASA
Mahalia Jackson
Before he became a United States Senator, this man led the march for civil and voting rights across the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
George Washington Carver
Scott Joplin
Malcom X
John Robert Lewis