Black History Month Lesson

Who was the first black film director to earn an Oscar for a movie?

• Tyree Guyton

• Ava Duvernay

• Oprah Winfrey

Who was the first black man to beat the world record in running?

• Samuel Clemens

• Jesse Owens

Who was the first black ballet dancer to get into the American School of Ballet?

• Hope Solo

• Misty Copeland

“the first Black woman millionaire in America” and made her fortune thanks to her homemade line of hair care products for Black women

• Venus Williams

• Madame C.J. Walker

• Marjorie Journey

• Sarah Blackstone

This event in history was sparked by Rosa Parks on December 1, 1955?

• The Race Riots

• The March on Selma

• The Montgomery Bus Boycott

• The Civil War

What does segregation mean?

• when things were very different for white and black people

• stopping and visiting with friends and family

• having equal rights

Why would Harriet Tubman continue to go back to the south?

• to save other slaves

• to find animals

• to find her owners

• to travel

Harriet Tubman was born a ___________________.

• teacher

• slave

• sweet girl

• New Yorker

Why was Harriet determined to run away?

• She had several children

• Her husband moved away

• She feared she would be sold

• She wanted to move to Texas

Why was Paul Dunbar unable to go to college after graduating from High School?

• He was over qualified.

• He was discriminated against because he was black.

• He was discriminated against because he was Jewish.

• He was able to attend college like everyone else.