Black History Trivia (2020 edition)

Which of the following was the first Black woman in space?

• Amelia Brown

• Mae Jemison

• Sojourner Truth

• Shirley Chisolm

Who was dubbed the first lady of song and is the most popular female jazz singer in the US for over fifty years?

• Nina Simone

• Ella Fitzgerald

• Sonya Malone

• Maya Angelou

Who is responsible for coining the phrase "Black Power"?

• Booker T. Washington

• Muhammad Ali

• Malcolm X

• Stokely Carmichael

Which of the following statement is NOT true about former president Barack Obama?

• He was the 44th president of the US

• His father is from Kenya, his mother from Kansas

• He graduated from Harvard Law School

• He was the former senator of Indiana

Which of the following is a world famous dancer, choreographer, and director?

• Alvin Ailey

• Robert Abbott

• Jesse Owens

• James Meredith

Which of the following basketball legends set the record for 100 points in one game?!?

• Michael Jordan

• Kobe Bryant

• Wilt Chamberlain

• Magic Johnson

Which of the following people escaped slavery and became a leader in the abolitionist movement (aim was to end slavery) and one of the most notable authors of the time?

• Frederick Douglass

• Stokely Carmichael

• Barbra Jordan

• Thurgood Marshall

Which of the following people formed the Black Panthers organization in the 1960s in California to protect Black neighborhoods?

• Robert Patton

• Stokely Carmichael

• Huey Newton

• George Jefferson