Black History Month

At its height, what was the slave population in the U.S.?

Who is the New Jersey native who was the first African American Grammy winner?

What was Malcolm X's birth name?

Who led the Underground Railroad?

Who won four gold medals in the 1936 Olympics held in Berlin, Germany?

Who was the first African American to serve as a U.S. Senator?

Where was the first "sit-in" at a segregated lunch counter?

Who was the first African American Major League Baseball player?

Juneteenth, which became an official federal holiday in 2021, commemorates this

Where was Malcolm X killed?

Which fourteen year old black boy was lynched for allegedly whistling at a white woman?

Whose autobiography is entitled "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"?

What boxer's original name is Cassius Clay?

In what year was New Jersey the last Northern state to abolish slavery?

Whose refusal to give up her seat on a public bus sparked a boycott of Montgomery, AL buses from 1955-1956?