Black History Month Trivia

I was a famous author who won many literary awards.

• Toni Morrison

• Jesse Owen

• Kara Walker

• Michelle Obama

I am a New York based artists most well known for my art the expresses race, gender, sexuality, and violence through silhouetted figures.

• Arthur Ashe

• Misty Copeland

• Viola Desmond

• Kara Walker

The first female African American principal dancer for the American Ballet Theatre.

• Harriet Tubman

• Mae C Jemison

• Kara Walker

• Misty Copeland

am known as the Canadian Rosa Parks because I refused to leave a "whites only" seat in a Canadian movie theater.

• Rosa Parks

• Claudette Covin

• Viola Desmond

• Michelle Obama

I was born in Baltimore Maryland and am known for being the very first African American Supreme Court Justice.

• Thurgood Marshall

• Chadwick Boseman

• William Harvey Carney

• Toni Morrison

I fought for the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War. I became the first African American to earn the Medal of Honor for my bravery at Fort Wagner.

• Toni Morrison

• Arthur Ashe

• Jess Owens

• William Harvey Carney

I was a nurses aid who actually refused to give up my seat on a bus nine months before Rosa Parks. I was a civil rights activist and was one of the founders of the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955.

• Beyonce

• Claudette Covin

• Ray Charles

• Mae C Jemison

Blind musician who combined blues, rock, country, and jazz to create popular hits. You may have heard “Hit The Road Jack” or “Georgia On My Mind.”

• Stevie Wonder

• Michael Jackson

• Prince

• Ray Charles

I won 4 GOLD Medals in the 1936 Olympic Games in Track and Field.

• Jesse Owens

• Maya Angelou

• Thurgood Marshall

• Harriet Tubman

I am an American gymnast with 4 olympic gold medals and one bronze. I was adopted by my grandparents after being in and out of foster care. You might have seen me compete in the 2016 Summer Olympic Games as one of the members of the “Final Five.

• Gabby Douglas

• Michael Phelps

• Kara Walker

• Simone Biles