Black History Month - Trivia

The 44th President of the United States was _________

• Barack Obama
• George Bush
• Bill Clinton
• Ronald Reagan

Why did Rosa Parks go to jail in 1955 ?

• She trash talked two white men
• She refused to give up her seat 
• She killed a white woman

The bestselling, award-winning book, The Color Purple was also a hit movie starring Whoopi Goldberg.  The author is:

• Alice Walker
• Steven Spielberg
• Richard Wright
• Terry McMillian

What actor won an Academy Award for his portrayal of singer Ray Charles in the movie, "Ray"?

• Redd Foxx
• Jamie Fox
• Denzel Washington
• Idris Elba

I was born in 1958 in Gary, Indiana.  I became a pop singer.  My album Thriller (1982) sold over 30 million copies.  I earned the nickname "King of Pop".

• Frederick Douglass
• Michael Jackson
• Booker T. Washington
• Michael Jordan

I was an abolitionist who fought against slavery and for women's rights.  I published an antislavery newspaper called the North Star.  I became a consultant to President Abraham Lincoln.

• Frederick Douglass
• Michael Jackson
• Booker T. Washington
• Michael Jordan

I escaped slavery in Maryland in 1849.  I helped hundreds of slaves travel north on the Underground Railroad.  I also helped John Brown recruit solders for the raid on Harpers Ferry.

• Jackie Robinson
• Harriet Tubman
• Rosa Parks
• Martin Luther King, Jr.

I worked for racial equality.  Many heard my "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963 at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.  I was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.

• Jackie Robinson
• Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Harriet Tubman
• Rosa Parks

I was the first African American to attend an all-white elementary school in the South.  For my protection, I had to be escorted by U.S. Marshals to and from William Frantz Elementary School that first day.

• Marcus Garvey
• Jessie Owens
• Langston Hughes
• Ruby Bridges

I was a poet who became a central figure in the Harlem Renaissance.  My poems tell about African Americans and often contain jazz rhythms and dialect.

• Langston Hughes
• Jessie Owens
• Ruby Bridges
• Marcus Garvey