Black History Month DMS Media Center

Who opened the Tuskegee Institute for black students?

• Jackie Robinson

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Booker T. Washington

• Ruby Bridges

At what age did Ruby Bridges become a civil rights activist?

• 25

• 6

• 35

• 16

How many blocks away from Ruby's house was the local all-white school?

• 5

• 7

• 9

• 11

Jackie Robinson was drafted during which war?

• World War I

• World War II

• Civil War

• Vietnam War

Edna Lewis published what kind of book in 1972?

• Comic Book

• Poetry Book

• Biography

• Cookbook

At UCLA, Robinson participated in

• Track

• Football

• Baseball

• All of the above

Where did Martin Luther King, Jr. start his college education?

• Yale

• Temple

• Morehouse

• Harvard

In 1775, Phillis Wheatley wrote a poem to honor which US President?

• Lincoln

• Washington

• Adams

• Roosevelt

Billie Holiday was a popular _______ singer.

• opera

• country

• rap

• jazz

Martin Luther King, Jr. believed that __________ could bring social change.

• yelling loudly

• peaceful protest

• writing letters

• starting a riot