Black History Month Trivia

Who is the first African-American U.S. Supreme Court Justice?

• Barack Obama

• Thurgood Marshall

• Al Sharpton

• John Jay

This man was Jamaican-born Black nationalist and leader of the Pan-Africanism movement, which sought to unify and connect people of African descent worldwide.

• Mahatma Gandhi

• Malcolm X

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Who was the abolitionist who freed himself from slavery to became a leader for civil rights and the first African-American to be nominated for vice president?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Harriett Tubman

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Frederick Douglass

Who is the first African-American President of the United States of America?

• Kamala Harris

• Barack Obama

• Jesse Jackson

• Herman Cain

Which African-American woman made history when she refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man? In what year?

• Coretta Scott King, 1962

• Shirley Chisholm, 1958

• Ella Baker, 1951

• Rosa Parks, 1955

What year was the March on Washington?

• 1963

• 1958

• 1949

• 1965

Who led the Underground Railroad movement and helped slaves get to the "Promised Land?"

• Fannie Lou Hamer

• Daisy Bates

• Harriett Tubman

• Dorothy Height

An African-American agricultural scientist and inventor who promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion. He was the most prominent black scientist of the early 20th century. (Peanuts)

• Booker T. Washington

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• Lewis Howard Latimore

• Garrett Morgan

I became the first African-American congress woman in 1968. Four years later, I became the first major party black candidate to run U.S presidency. Who am I ?

• Shirley Chisholm

• Roberta King

• Diane Nash

• Jo Ann Robinson

Which player hit 73 home runs in a season and earned major League. Baseballs silver slugger Award 12 times?

• Jackie Robinson

• Barry Bonds

• Willie Mays

• Hank Aaron