Black History Month Quiz

When do people in the United States celebrate Black History Month?

• January

• February

• March

• April

Who co-founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History?

• Frederick Douglass

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Carter G. Woodson

• Harriet Tubman

What was the original name of Black History Month when it was first recognized?

• African American History Month

• Negro History Week

• Civil Rights Week

• Emancipation History Week

Why was the second week of February chosen for Negro History Week?

• It was the month of the Emancipation Proclamation.

• It was a period with no other holidays.

• It includes the birthdays of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln.

• It was the anniversary of the Civil Rights Act.

Who was the U.S. president that led the country during the Civil War?

• Gerald Ford

• George Washington

• Abraham Lincoln

• Thomas Jefferson

In what year did the week-long event officially become Black History Month?

• 1965

• 1976

• 1980

• 1990

Which U.S. president extended the recognition of Black History Month to honor "the too-often neglected accomplishments of Black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history"?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Gerald Ford

• George Bush

• Barack Obama

Since what year has Black History Month been celebrated every February in the United States?

• 1965

• 1976

• 1980

• 1990

What is the purpose of Black History Month?

• To celebrate the independence of African nations

• To focus attention on the contributions of African Americans to the United States

• To commemorate the end of slavery in the United States

• To honor the civil rights movement leaders only

Black History Month honors Black people from which periods of U.S. history?

• Only from the civil rights movement in the 1960s

• From the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation to the present

• From the enslaved people first brought over from Africa in the early 17th century to African Americans living in the United States today

• Only contemporary African Americans