Black History Month Trivia

Who recorded the song “I’m Black and I’m Proud”?

• Jamie Foxx
• Stevie Wonder
• James Brown
• Alicia Keys

Who was the first African-American astronaut?

• Mae C. Jemison
• Guion Bluford

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Who is Jackie Joyner-Kersee?

• Soccer Star
• Track and Field Star
• Basketball Star
• Baseball Star

What rapper, turned actor starred in the movies “Are We There Yet and Are We Done Yet”?  

• Ice T
• Ice Cube

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

• Jamie Foxx
• Martin Lawrence
• Will Smith
• Denzel Washington

Who was the first African- American on a United States postage stamp?

• Martin Luther King Jr.
• Barak Obama
• Langston Hughes
• Booker T. Washington

Who was the first African-American woman to be elected to the United States Congress

• Shirley Chisholm

• Bessie Coleman

• Marian Anderson

• Stevie Wonder

Who invented the gas mask and the mechanical traffic signals?

• Garrett Smith

• Garrett Monmouth

• Garrett Morgan

The president named this person to be the first African American to hold a seat on the Supreme Court, the highest court in the land.

• Mae Jemison

• Booker T. Washington

• Thurgood Marshall

Where did Martin Luther King give his famous "I have a Dream" speech?

• Las Vegas, California

• New York, New York

• Atlanta, Georgia

• Washington, D.C.