Black History Month Quiz!

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 Supreme Court Justice?

• Charley Pride

• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Thurgood Marshall

• Colin Powell

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.

Why was February chosen as the month to recognize the history and contributions of African Americans?

• It coincides with the birthdays of Fredrick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln

• It is the shortest month of the year
• February is the holy month of Ramadan
• The March on Washington and Civil Rights Act occurred and were passed in February

I was a former slave and abolitionist who fought against slavery and for women's rights.  I published an antislavery newspaper called the North Star.  I became a consultant to President Abraham Lincoln.

• Frederick Douglass
• John Lewis

• Booker T. Washington
• Michael Jordan

Juneteenth, which became an official federal holiday in 2021, commemorates this:

• The signing into law of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

• US Supreme Court ruling "separate but equal" education

• The service of black troops during the US Civil War

• The emancipation of African American slaves in the US

At the time of her historic bus incident, what was Rosa Parks' occupation?

• Hospital Orderly

• Drugstore Clerk

• High School Cafeteria Worker

• Department Store Seamstress

Before he was elected president of the United States, Barack Obama served as a U.S. senator of which Midwestern state?

• Iowa

• Illinois

• Ohio

• Indiana

When did Rosa Parks' bus boycott occur?

• September 1954

• January 1962

• December 1955

• October 1968