Black History Month Museum Challenge

BLACK HISTORY MONTH

MUSEUM

CHALLENGE

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You have been hired as a curator for the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History & Culture

African American Olympic Sports History

Build an exhibit room showcasing the accomplishments of African Americans in the history of the Olympic Games before the latest exhibition opens! Explore the artifacts when you are done.

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African American Olympic Sports History

Question 1

On October 16, 1968, this gold medlalist staged a protests against racial discrimination by raising his black gloved fist in the air during the medal ceremony

Muhammad Ali

Jesse Owens

Tommie Smith

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At the 2012 London Olympics, this gymnast became the first African American woman to win the gold medal in the the women’s individual all-around competition.

Simone Biles

Debi Thomas

Gabby Douglas

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African American Olympic Sports History

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He won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, becoming the first American athlete to do so

Muhammad Ali

Jesse Owens

Jackie Robinson

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African American Olympic Sports History

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This world renowned boxer was given the honor of lighting the cauldron at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta.

Muhammad Ali

Jackie Robinson

George Foreman

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African American Olympic Sports History

Question 5

This American basketball team co-captained by Magic Johnson and Larry Bird, playedi n the 1992 Summer Olympics and is considered one of the strongest teams to ever play on the Olympic court.

Redeem Team

Dream Team

All-Stars

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African American Olympic Sports History

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Movements in African American History

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You have been hired as a curator for the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History & Culture

African American Olympic Sports History

Build an exhibit room showcasing movements in African American History before the latest exhibition opens! Explore the artifacts when you are done.

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Movements in African American History

Question 1

This movement was instrumental in the fight to end slavery and in the eventual passage of the Thirteenth Amendment.

Abolitionist Movement

Underground Railroad

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Movements in African American History

Question 2

This predecessor to the NAACP demanded equal economic and educational opportunity for African Americans and an end to segregation and discrimination in courts, public facilities, and trade unions

Niagara Movement

Pan-African Movement

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Movements in African American History

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This movement was rooted in the idea that peoples of African descent share a common cultural and historical heritage

Harlem Renaissance

Pan-African Movement

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Movements in African American History

Question 4

This movement of the 1950s and 1960s encompassed the fight against racial segregation, support for full African American voting rights, and ending racial discrimination

Civil Rights Movement

Black Lives Matter Movement

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Movements in African American History

Question 5

This movement encouraged African Americans to unite, learn their heritage, define their own goals, lead their own organizations, and reject white racism

Harlem Renaissance

Black Power Movement

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Movements in African American History

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CONTINUE

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African American Historical Figures

Movements in African American History

You have been hired as a curator for the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History & Culture

African American Olympic Sports History

Build an exhibit room showcasing important figures in African American History before the latest exhibition opens! Explore the artifacts when you are done.

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African American Historical Figures

Question 1

She was the first Black woman elected to Congress.

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African American Historical Figures

Question 2

She was the first African American woman who orbited into space aboard the shuttle Endeavour.

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African American Historical Figures

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This person was a renowned African American abolitionist and autobiographer of the 19th century

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African American Historical Figures

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This lecturer, writer, academic, and political activist was an icon of the Black Power Movement

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African American Historical Figures

Question 5

This person was the the first licensed Black pilot in the world

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African American Historical Figures

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CONTINUE

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African American Historical Figures

Movements in African American History

You have been hired as a curator for the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History & Culture

African American Olympic Sports History

Build an exhibit room showcasing African American contributions to the arts before the latest exhibition opens! Explore the artifacts when you are done.

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Question 1

She became the first African American and third woman to publish a book of poems, entitled, Poems on Various Subjects

Phillis Wheatley

Marian Anderson

Rose Marie McCoy

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She became the first African American to win an Academy Award

Hattie McDaniel

Halle Berry

Marian Anderson

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This was a blossoming of African American culture in the creative arts during the 1920s and 1930s

The Great Migration

Emancipation Proclamation

Harlem Renaissance

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Question 4

This ever evolving musician introduced cool jazz, modal jazz, fusion jazz, pop, hip-hop, and rock into the big band jazz musical genre

Louis Armstrong

Miles Davis

Duke Ellington

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Question 5

This American painter was known for his raw gestural style of painting with graffiti-like images and scrawled text

Kehinde Wiley

Jean-Michel Basquiat

James Baldwin

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