Black History Month Trivia

ARTS: She wrote Dear Martin, the New York Times bestselling novel and the summer reading for all DePaul College Prep 9th graders.

• Nic Stone

• Angie Thomas

• Gloria Naylor

• Wynton Marsalis

GEOGRAPHY: What state had the largest population of African-Americans in 2019?

• Texas

• New York

• California

• Alabama

BUSINESS & EDUCATION: What is the name of Oprah Winfrey's TV production company?

• Harpo Productions

• Winfrey Network

• Bad Robot Productions

• Dimension Productions

SPORTS: This heavyweight champ became the first African American man to hold the World Heavyweight Champion boxing title in 1908. He held onto the belt until 1915. Who was he?

• Jack Johnson

• Joe Louis

• Joe Frazier

• George Foreman

BUSINESS AND EDUCATION: In 1865, Fisk University was founded in what city?

• Nashville

• Atlanta

• Athens

• Mobile

BUSINESS AND EDUCATION: In what year did the U.S. Supreme Court order school integration?

• 1955

• 1965

• 1975

• 1945

ENTERTAINMENT: In 1972, Cicely Tyson was nominated for Best Actress for her performance in what film?

• Sounder

• The Color Purple

• Harlem Nights

• Lonesome Dove

ENTERTAINMENT: in what 1984 movie did Prince have a starring role?

• Purple Rain

• The Color Purple

• Little Red Corvette

• When Doves Cry

HISTORY: As the first and only African American to fly solo around the globe, this person has also created a nonprofit organization, Experience Aviation, which takes students out of classrooms and into a cockpit. Who are they?

• Barrington Irving

• Tara Roberts

• Kyle Abraham

• Charles Morton

HISTORY: After Martin Luther King Jr's death, who succeeded him as the head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference?

• Ralph Abernathy

• Jessie Jackson

• Al Sharpton

• Deron Jackson