Who do we celebrate during Black History Month?
African Americans
Jackie Robinson was the first African-American professional baseball player and played for the Brooklyn Dodgers. When you are a professional, you:
work for free
get paid for your job
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
Lonnie Johnson invented the Super Soaker water gun? What is the best season to play with this water toy?
fall
winter
summer
spring
What month is Black History Month observed in the United States?
February
Harriet Tubman helped other slaves escape from their owners. A slave is a person who is owned by
another person
Thurgood Marshall was the first African American Supreme Court justice. He was a judge in a courtroom who made decisions about
laws and rules
recipes and cooking
farms and gardens
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.
Mae Jemison was the first African American woman in space. How did she travel to space?
commuter train
airport shuttle
moon walk
space shuttle
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...
some people
a few people
all people
many people
Wilma Rudolph wore leg braces as a child. She grew up to be an Olympic sprinter. Sprinting means to:
lift weights
run fast
slowly jog
jump hurdles
Toni Morrison is a famous author. What is something that an author does NOT do.
fix cars
write books
write articles in a magazine.
write poems
Muhammed Ali was a famous champion in boxing. What does it mean to be a champion?
The best at a sport or competition
Lewis H. Latimer was an inventor. He invented the light bulb. Because we have lightbulbs, we
have to use candles.
see in the daytime.
see when it's dark.
do not need electricity.
Kimberly Bryant is an electrical engineer. An electrical engineer is a person who designs electrical systems. Which one does not need electricity.
clothes
computers
cell phones
lights
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 artist
a teacher
an author
an illustrator
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...
skiing
jumping over hurdles
running in a race
jumping as far as you can
Who was the first African-American president of the United States?
Barack Obama