Black History Month Museum Challenge

CHALLENGE

BLACK HISTORY MONTH

MUSEUM

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African American Olympic Sports History

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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.

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

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African American Olympic Sports History

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Jesse Owens

Tommie Smith

Muhammad Ali

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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

African American Olympic Sports History

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Debi Thomas

Gabby Douglas

Simone Biles

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Question 2

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.

African American Olympic Sports History

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Jesse Owens

Jackie Robinson

Muhammad Ali

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Question 3

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

African American Olympic Sports History

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Jackie Robinson

George Foreman

Muhammad Ali

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Question 4

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

African American Olympic Sports History

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Dream Team

All-Stars

Redeem Team

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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.

Click each icon for a closer look at each artifact

African American Olympic Sports History

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CONTINUe

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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.

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

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Movements in African American History

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Movements in African American History

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Abolitionist Movement

Underground Railroad

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

Question 1

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Movements in African American History

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Niagara Movement

Pan-African Movement

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

Question 2

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Movements in African American History

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Harlem Renaissance

Pan-African Movement

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

Question 3

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Movements in African American History

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Civil Rights Movement

Black Lives Matter Movement

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

Question 4

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Movements in African American History

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Harlem Renaissance

Black Power Movement

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

Question 5

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Click each icon for a closer look at each artifact

Movements in African American History

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CONTINUE

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African American Olympic Sports History

Movements in African American History

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

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

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African American Historical Figures

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African American Historical Figures

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Question 1

She was the first Black woman elected to Congress.

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African American Historical Figures

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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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Question 3

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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Question 4

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

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African American Historical Figures

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Question 5

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

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Click each icon for a closer look at each artifact

African American Historical Figures

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CONTINUE

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You have lost a museum piece!

African American Historical Figures

African American Olympic Sports History

Movements in African American History

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

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

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Rose Marie McCoy

Marian Anderson

Phillis Wheatley

Question 1

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

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Marian Anderson

Halle Berry

Hattie McDaniel

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She became the first African American to win an Academy Award

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Harlem Renaissance

Emancipation Proclamation

The Great Migration

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

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Duke Ellington

Miles Davis

Louis Armstrong

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

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James Baldwin

Jean-Michel Basquiat

Kehinde Wiley

Question 5

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

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Click the icon below to learn more about the painting

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CONTINUe

You have completed this room!

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Click this link to enter your name into our prize drawing at the end of February

Start Over?

You created a great exhibition! What was your favorite artifact?

Congratulations!