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Black History Month Trivia

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This board helps players review Classroom · Black History Month through a Jeopardy-style game format on Kleveroo. It includes categories such as Leaders, Firsts, Culture, Civil Rights, STEM & Sports. It is useful for classroom review, team trivia, family game night, test prep, and group play.

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  • Leaders

    Who gave the I Have a Dream speech?

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    Martin Luther King Jr.

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  • Firsts

    Who was the first Black president of the United States?

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    Barack Obama

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  • Culture

    What music genre grew from Black communities in New Orleans?

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    Jazz

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  • Civil Rights

    What 1954 case challenged school segregation?

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    Brown v. Board

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  • STEM & Sports

    Who developed many peanut-related agricultural innovations?

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    George Washington Carver

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Leaders

$100 — Who gave the I Have a Dream speech?
Martin Luther King Jr.
$200 — Who refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery?
Rosa Parks
$300 — Who was a key abolitionist and orator born into slavery?
Frederick Douglass
$400 — Who led many enslaved people to freedom through the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman
$500 — Who founded the Tuskegee Institute?
Booker T. Washington

Firsts

$100 — Who was the first Black president of the United States?
Barack Obama
$200 — Who was the first Black Supreme Court justice?
Thurgood Marshall
$300 — Who was the first Black woman in space?
Mae Jemison
$400 — Who was the first Black MLB player in the modern era?
Jackie Robinson
$500 — Who was the first Black woman elected to Congress?
Shirley Chisholm

Culture

$100 — What music genre grew from Black communities in New Orleans?
Jazz
$200 — What Harlem movement celebrated Black art and writing?
Harlem Renaissance
$300 — Who wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God?
Zora Neale Hurston
$400 — Who wrote the poem Still I Rise?
Maya Angelou
$500 — Who painted The Migration Series?
Jacob Lawrence

Civil Rights

$100 — What 1954 case challenged school segregation?
Brown v. Board
$200 — What 1964 law banned many forms of discrimination?
Civil Rights Act
$300 — What 1965 law protected ballot access?
Voting Rights Act
$400 — What bus boycott helped launch the civil rights movement?
Montgomery Bus Boycott
$500 — What march crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge?
Selma march

STEM & Sports

$100 — Who developed many peanut-related agricultural innovations?
George Washington Carver
$200 — Who helped calculate NASA flight paths?
Katherine Johnson
$300 — Who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics?
Jesse Owens
$400 — Who broke baseball's modern color barrier?
Jackie Robinson
$500 — Who is a tennis champion with 23 major singles titles?
Serena Williams

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