Black History Trivia

The bestselling, award-winning book, The Color Purple was also a hit movie starring Whoopi Goldberg.  The author is:

• Alice Walker
• Steven Spielberg
• Richard Wright
• Terry McMillian

I was born in 1958 in Gary, Indiana.  I became a pop singer.  My album Thriller (1982) sold over 30 million copies.  I earned the nickname "King of Pop".

• Frederick Douglass
• Michael Jackson
• Booker T. Washington
• Michael Jordan

Who was the first black heavyweight champion?

• Jack Johnson
• Muhammad Ali
• Floyd Maywether
• Joe Frazier

Where was this photo taken?

• Montgomery Alabama

• Washington D.C

• San Francisco

• Atlanta Georgia

Where was Barack Obama born?

• Atlanta, Georgia
• Honolulu, Hawaii
• Knoxville, TN
• San Diego, California

What was the nickname for the all Black 332nd Fighter Group of the U.S. Army Air Corps which escorted Allied Bombers through European airspace on more than 1,500 missions during World War II?

• Flying Blue Aces

• Tuskegee Airmen

• 92nd bomber squadron

Garrett Morgan is responsible for which two inventions?

• Traffic light, gas mask

• Traffic light, cars

• Gas mask, stop sign

Charles Drew is responsible for which of the following?

• refrigerator

• blood banks

• plastic surgery

What former slave published the newspaper "The North Star"?

• David Walker

• William Wells Brown

• Fredrick Douglass

• William Lloyd Garrison

Which famous African American worked for NASA and helped put the first Americans in space and on the moon?

• Rosa Parks

• Katherine Johnson

• Ruby Bridges

• Mae Jemison