Black History Trivia

Who is known for their "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington in 1963?

• Rosa Parks

• Malcolm X

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• John Lewis

Which African American woman refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus, becoming a symbol of the Civil Rights Movement?

• Coretta Scott King

• Rosa Parks

• Fannie Lou Hamer

• Harriet Tubman

Which Black woman became the first to travel in space in 1992?

• Mae Jemison

• Katherine Johnson

• Bessie Coleman

• Shirley Chisholm

Maya Angelou, a North Carolina native, is best known for her autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. What was one of her significant contributions to the arts beyond writing?

• She was the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize.

• She was a Grammy-winning spoken-word artist and performer.

• She was the first African American woman to direct a major Hollywood film.

• She was the first poet to recite at a presidential inauguration.

Who was the first African American and Native American woman to hold a pilot license?

• 1. Bessie Coleman

• 1. Mary McLeod

• 1. Bethune

• 1. Barbara Smith

Who is the first Black woman to serve as a US Supreme Court justice?

• 1. Carol Moseley Braun

• 1. Shirley Chisholm

• 1. Ketanji Brown

  
  

• Maya Angelou

Where did Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his famous ‘I Have A Dream’ speech?

• 1. Memphis, Tennessee

• 1. Atlanta, Georgia

• 1. Washington, D.C

• Raleigh, North Carolina

Who played T’Challa in Black Panther?

• 2. Michael Ealy

• 1. Anthony Mackie

• Denzel Washington

• 1. Chadwick Boseman

Which historically black sorority was founded second? a. Alpha Kappa Alpha b. Zeta Phi Beta c. Delta Sigma Theta d. Sigma Gamma Rho

• Alpha Kappa Alpha

• Zeta Phi Beta

• Delta Sigma Theta

• Sigma Gamma Rho

Madame CJ Walker was the first African American female

• Self-made millionaire

• To graduate from a integrated high school

• Self-made thousandaire

• To own property in Ohio