Black History Month Trivia

This girl was the youngest known child to be arrested during the Civil Rights Movement. At just 9 years old, she marched peacefully with other children in Birmingham, Alabama to protest segregation.

• Audrey Faye Hendricks

• Dr. Mae Jemison

• Florence Joyner

• Claudette Colvin

She just 15 years old when she was arrested for not giving up her seat to a white person on the city bus in Montgomery, AL. This occurred 9 months before Rosa Parks. While less known than Parks, she was a pioneer in the Civil Rights Movement

• Audrey Faye Hendricks

• Dr. Mae Jemison

• Florence Joyner

• Claudette Colvin

Known as the fastest woman of all time, in the 1988 Olympics, this person won 1 Silver and 2 gold medals and set a new world record that she holds to this day.

• Audrey Faye Hendricks

• Dr. Mae Jemison

• Florence Joyner

• Claudette Colvin

Known as the first African American woman astronaut, in 1992, she flew into space aboard the Endeavor, becoming the 1st black woman in space. She also created her own company, the Jemison Group, which researches ways technology can help people every day.

• Audrey Faye Hendricks

• Dr. Mae Jemison

• Florence Joyner

• Claudette Colvin

At 6 years old, this girl advanced the civil rights movement by being the first African American to enter a white school in the South. Ruby & her mother were escorted to school everyday that year by Federal Marshalls. Despite harassment, she did not miss a day of school.

• Ruby Bridges

• Maya Angelou

• Dr. Mae Jemison

• Florence Joyner

A poet, singer, activist, dancer, & scholar, she was the the first African American to have a screenplay turned into a movie in 1972. Also, she was the northern coordinator of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference & organized many civil rights activities.

• Maya Angelou

• Ruby Bridges

• Claudette Colvin

• Audrey Faye Hendricks

Appointed in 1967, he was the first black person to serve as a Supreme Court Justice. He was a proponent of judicial activism. He believed that the US had to progress by upholding individual rights, expanding civil rights, & limiting criminal punishment.

• Thurgood Marshall

• Barack Obama

• Jackie Robinson

• Kobe Bryant

He was the 1st guard to be drafted by the NBA out of high school & was the youngest player to start in a NBA game. He played for the LA Lakers his entire professional career. In 2018, he published his first book, The Mamba Mentality: How I Play in which he described his approach to basketball.

• Thurgood Marshall

• Barack Obama

• Jackie Robinson

• Kobe Bryant

Elected as the 44th President, he was the 1st Black Person to serve as a US President. He was also the 1st African American to become president of the journal, Harvard Law Review. He wrote a book called, Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance.

• Thurgood Marshall

• Barack Obama

• Jackie Robinson

• Kobe Bryant

On April 14, 1947, he made his major league baseball debut for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He was the 1st African American to play for a professional team. He received the "Rookie of the Year" award & just two years later won the MVP.

• Thurgood Marshall

• Barack Obama

• Jackie Robinson

• Kobe Bryant