Black History Month Trivia

What was the name of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s father's church?

• Ebenezer Baptist

• Atlanta Southern Baptist

• Southern Church of the People

• Atlanta Tabernacle

What group launched the Freedom Rides in 1961?

• ACLU-American Civil Liberties Union

• SCLC-Southern Christian Leadership Conference

• CORE-Congress of Racial Equality

• SNCC-Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

At the time of her historic bus incident, what was Rosa Parks' occupation?

• Hospital orderly

• Drugstore clerk

• High school cafeteria worker

• Department store seamstress

SNCC member Stokely Carmichael was instrumental in forming the Lowndes County Freedom Organization in Alabama. What was its symbol?

• A balance scale

• The letters MLK

• A black panther

• A raised fist

Who wrote the bestselling memoir "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"?

• Maya Angelou

• Coretta Scott King

• Fannie Lou Hamer

• Rosa Parks

What was Muhammad Ali's original name?

• Leviticus Lewis

• Marcellus Moore

• Cassius Clay

• Aaron Brown

In 1960, four African American college students staged a sit-in that helped integrate this store's lunch counter.

• Woolworth's

• W.T. Grant

• G.C. Murphy

• S.S. Kresge

What famous baseball player said, "Today's black athletes have no idea what we had to endure.”

• Hank Aaron

• Bob Gibson

• Ernie Banks

• Willie Mays

Members of what labor union helped to build the nation’s black middle class and civil rights movement?

• Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters

• American Federal of Teachers

• Communications Workers of America

• International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union

Who was elected chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in 1966?

• Charles E. Cobb Jr.

• Stokely Carmichael

• John Lewis

• Bobby Seale