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What is the Civil Rights Movement?
The name of decades long struggle organized by African Americans to end racial discrimination and gain equal rights.
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Who is John Lewis?
This civil rights icon grew up in the segregated south and fought for racial equality through nonviolence. He was one of the original 13 Freedom Rider, a close friend of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and served in Congress for over three decades.
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Who is Prince?
This musician, singer-songwriter hails from the state of Minnesota and is known for his unique sound and eclectic outfits.
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What is Black Panther?
This Marvel movie features Chadwick Boseman as King T’Challa, ruler of the fictional African nation of Wakanda.
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What is Brown v. Board of Education?
The name of the court case that decreed school segregation unconstitutional.
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What are sit-ins?
These events were organized to protest inequality at local lunch counters.
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Who is Ann Atwater?
Taraji P. Henson played this civil rights activist in the movie the Best of Enemies.
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Who is OutKast?
This Grammy-winning rap duo from Atlanta is best known for their music that talked about southern culture and experiences. They won best new artist at the Grammy award for the debut album.
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What is The Hate You Give?
This movie depicts the life of Starr Carter who witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend at the hands of a police officer.
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Who are the Tuskegee Airmen?
The name of the famous group of African American military pilots who fought in World War II.
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What are wade-ins?
These events were organized to protest inequality at local public pools.
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Who is Sojourner Truth?
This former slave was an outspoken abolitionist and advocate for civil rights. Known for her famous speech “Ain’t I A Woman?”
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Who is Aretha Franklin?
This singer has been dubbed the Queen of Soul and one of her most popular songs demands that you give her a little R-E-S-P-E-C-T.
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What is The Help?
This movie, based on a best-selling novel, takes place in Mississippi in the 1960s. It follows the life of southern society girl Skeeter, an aspiring writer who breaks societal rules by interviewing the black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent white families.
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What is Howard University?
The name of the HBCU located in Washington DC with notable alumni such as Taraji P. Henson, Anthony Anderson and Chadwick Boseman.
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What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Rosa Parks’ arrest triggered this 381-day long protest event.
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Who is Shirley Chisolm?
In 1968, she became the first African American woman elected to the United States Congress, representing New York’s 12th congressional district for seven terms.
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Who is Mahalia Jackson?
This gospel singing legend and civil rights activist is known as the Queen of Gospel.
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What is Fruitvale Station?
This movie is based on the life of Oscar Julius Grant who was shot by police on New Year’s Day in 2009.
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What is the Edmund Pettus Bridge?
This bridge in Selma, Alabama is where the march protest known as “Bloody Sunday” took place.
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What is the March on Washington?
This monumental political rally occurred on August 28, 1963 where Martin Luther King Jr. gave a portion of his famous “I Have A Dream Speech”
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Who is Mary McLeod Bethune?
She is known as “The First Lady of the Struggle”, is the founder of Bethune-Cookman College and was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to a position in the National Youth Administration.
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Who is Ella Fitzgerald?
She is referred to as the First Lady of Song and was the most popular jazz singers in the United States for more than half a century, winning 14 Grammy awards and selling over 40 million albums.
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What is Coach Carter?
In this 2005 film, Samuel L. Jackson stars as the basketball coach for Richmond High School in Richmond California.
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What is the Little Rock Nine?
The nickname for the group of students who fought to integrate Central High School in Arkansas.
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