Black History Month

I was the first African-American child to attend an all-white public elementary school in the American South. Who am I?

• Ruby Bridges

• Hattie McDaniel

• Aretha Franklin

• Oprah Winfrey

I won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, embarrassing German dictator Adolf Hitler. Who am I?

• Usain Bolt

• LeBron James

• Kobe Bryant

• Jesse Owens

I was a prominent African-American scientist and inventor. I am best known for the many uses I devised for the peanut. Who am I?

• George Washington Carver

• Percy Julian

• Ben Carson

• MIchael Jackson

What woman led more than 300 slaves to freedom through the Underground Railroad?

• Harriet Tubman

• Michelle Obama

• Oprah Winfrey

• Shirley Chisholm

Who was the first African-American President of the United States of America?

• Colin Powell

• Dr. George Washington Carver

• Barack Obama

• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Who was the first African American woman to travel to space?

• Wilma Rudolph

• Diana Ross

• Mae Jemison

• Oprah Winfrey

Which civil rights activist is famous for his "I Have A Dream Speech" on August 28th, 1963?

• Malcolm X
• Roy Wilkins
• Bayard Rustin
• Martin Luther King Jr.

What month is Black History Month?

• March
• January
• February
• October

Jackie Robinson was the first African-American

• pilot in the US military.

• to become president of the United States.

• play in Major League Baseball.

• discover peanut butter.

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

• Michael Jordan