Black History Month Trivia (February 16, 2023)

We know Barack Obama was the first African American President. What number President was he?

• 44

• 34

• 13

• 48

Who recorded the song “I’m Black and I’m Proud”?

• Jamie Foxx

• Stevie Wonder

• James Brown

• Alicia Keys

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

I was the first African American to attend an all-white elementary school in the South.  For my protection, I had to be escorted by U.S. Marshals to and from William Frantz Elementary School that first day.

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

I was the first African American allowed to play major league baseball.  I played for the Brooklyn Dodgers for 10 years.

• Harriet Tubman
• Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Rosa Parks
• Jackie Robinson

I won four gold medals in the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games.  This made Hitler mad because he assumed the Germans were superior.

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

I was a scientist who made hundreds of products from peanuts, sweet potatoes, pecans, and soybeans.  Some of these products included adhesives, dyes, and rubber substitute.

• George Washington Carver
• Thurgood Marshall
• Sarah E. Goode
• Sojourner Truth

In addition to the United States, identify the other countries below that devote a month to celebrate African-Americans in history.

• United Kingdom

• Germany

• Canada

• India

HBCU stands for ...

• Historically Better College and University

• Helping Blacks in College and Universities

• Historically Black College and University

• Historically Below Common Universities

First African-American First Lady of the United States

• Oprah Winfrey

• Winnie Mandela

• Zora Neal Hurston

• Michelle Obama