Black History Month 2022

This person was the founder of Black History Month

• Carter G. Woodson

• Charles Woodson

• Woodson Carter

• Woodson Charles

February was chosen as Black History Month to honor the birthdays of which two Americans?

• Harriet Tubman and Abraham Lincoln

• Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass

• WEB DuBois and George Washington Carver

• Martin Luther King and Malcolm X

What Civil Rights leader, after he died, was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Barack Obama? He learned about nonviolent resistance in India and was one of the main organizers of the march on Washington.

• John Lewis

• Cleveland Robinson

• Jesse Jackson

• Bayard Rustin

What African-American dance style originally came to America from the Congo during Slavery? It became super popular in the 1950s/60s and was popularized in song by Chubby Checker.

• The Bop

• The Twist

• The Kid n' Play

• The Funky Chicken

What African-American writer was a trailblazer in the genre of science-fiction?

Her most famous novel is Kindred.

• Alice Walker

• Maya Angelou

• Toni Morrison

• Octavia Butler

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

What actor won an Academy Award for his portrayal of singer Ray Charles in the movie, "Ray"?

• Redd Foxx
• Jamie Fox
• Denzel Washington
• Idris Elba

I was a poet who became a central figure in the Harlem Renaissance.  My poems tell about African Americans and often contain jazz rhythms and dialect.

• Langston Hughes
• Jessie Owens
• Ruby Bridges
• Marcus Garvey

Which African-American woman flew into space with six other astronauts in 1992?

• Neil Armstrong
• Fannie Lou Hammer
• Frederick Douglass

• Mae Jemison

What gymnast, along with Betty Okino, was the first African-American to win an Olympic medal in gymnastics? She went on to compete in 3 Olympic games and at the 1994 US Nationals, she won the all-around and all 4 event finals.

• Simone Biles

• Jordan Chiles

• Dominique Dawes

• Dianne Durham