Black History Month Quiz

Who invented the thin strand for electric light bulbs?

• Lewis Latimer

• Harriet Tubman

• Rosa Parks

• Maya Angelou

Who helped make it possible for children of all races to attend school together?

• Katherine Johnson

• Michelle Obama

• Ruby Bridges

• Beyonce Knowles

What does boycott mean?

• justice in civil court?

• to refuse to buy services or products as a protest against a business?

• unfair treatment by police

• to accept political favors

Who refused to give her seat to a white passenger on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama?

• Thurgood Marshall

• Ruby Bridges

• Booker T. Washington

• Rosa Parks

What was the birth name of Sojourner Truth?

• Oprah Winfrey

• Isabella Baumfree

• Harriet Tubman

• Ida B. Wellls

Augusta Savage was famous for?

• abstract sculptures

• architectural sculptures

• portrait sculptures

• animal sculptures

Patricia Bath is known for inventing?

• a laser that removes cataracts

• the home security system

• automatic elevator doors

• hair care products for African America hair

Who founded a black university called Tuskegee Institute in Alabama?

• W.E.B. Dubois

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Denzel Washington

• Booker T. Washington

Who was born in Columbus, Ohio and invented the multiplex telegraph?

• Tiger Woods

• Fredrick Douglass

• Granville T. Woods

• Thomas Edison

Elijah McCoy was responsible for inventing the

• potato chip & peanut butter

• traffic light and toaster

• lawn sprinkler and a folding ironing board

• soaper soaker and the lightbulb