Black History Trivia Game

Where did Martin Luther King give his famous "I have a Dream" speech?

• Washington, D.C.

• New York City

• Atlanta, Georgia

• Los Angeles, California

Lewis Latimer prepared the drawings for what invention patented by Alexander Graham Bell?

• Telegraph

• Telephone

• Phonograph

• Radio

Who created the first blood bank and ultimately saved millions of lives?

• Dr. Charles Drew

• Dr. Jonas Salk

• Dr. Paul Farmer

• Dr. Edward Jenner

Where did Rosa Parks refuse to give up her bus seat to a passenger?

• on a Montgomery bus

• on a New York subway

• on a Chicago train

• on a Los Angeles bus

Who was the first African-American woman to be elected to the United States Congress?

• Shirley Chisholm

• Kamala Harris

• Condoleezza Rice

• Michelle Obama

Who was Madam C.J. Walker?

• American's first woman self-made millionaire

• A famous civil rights activist

• An early 20th-century fashion designer

• A renowned author and poet

When did Black History Month start?

• 1965

• 1976

• 1984

• 1990

Who invented the gas mask and the mechanical traffic signals?

• Garrett Morgan

• Thomas Edison

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Nikola Tesla

The president named this person to be the first African American to hold a seat on the Supreme Court, the highest court in the land.

• Thurgood Marshall

• Clarence Thomas

• Sonia Sotomayor

• Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Who played the role of Celie in the movie version of Alice Walker’s best-selling book, The Color Purple?

• Whoopi Goldberg

• Oprah Winfrey

• Angela Bassett

• Viola Davis