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WorksheetsInfluential Black Leaders
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Who was an advocate for gay rights and a self-identified drag queen?
Marsha P Johnson
Bessie Coleman
Shirley Chisholm
Carter G Woodson
Shirley Chisholm was the FIRST....
African American president
woman poet to win an award
African American woman in Congress
African American sprinter
Is Bessie Coleman, the first African-American woman to have a pilot's license, still alive?
Yes
No
Who is given credit for coming up with the idea of Black History Week (later Black History Month)?
Bessie Coleman
Carter G Woodson
Wilma Rudolph
Henrietta Lacks
Which of the following did James Baldwin NOT create?
plays
cartoons
essays
novels
What part of Henrietta Lacks was used to help cure diseases?
her blood
her hair
her cells
her lungs
Which leader below was only SIX when she made history for becoming the first African American student to move to a white school?
Ruby Bridges
Phillis Wheatley
John Amaechi
Maya Angelou
Dr Mae Jemison was the first African American woman to travel in ________.
time
Asia
the ocean
space
Coretta Scott King took on leadership roles when her husband, ___________, was assassinated (murdered) in 1968.
Malcolm X
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Spongebob
Mickey Mouse
Who of the following influential leaders were also PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES? Select all that apply.
Magic Johnson
Jackie Robinson
Afeni Shakur
Serena Williams
Oprah Winfrey, one of the first Black billionaires, has about $_______ today.
$1 billion
$800 million
$2.5 billion
$100 billion
John Amaechi was the first NBA player to...
break the record for most points in a game
publicly come out as gay
quit in the middle of a game
Katherine Johnson's job at NASA was extremely important in making it possible for...
people to go into space
people to study the moon
people to prepare for an alien attack
These influential black women: Octavia E Butler, Maya Angelou, and Angela Davis are all...
restaurant owners
dancers
atheletes
authors/writers
This woman, known as "Awesome Dawesome," was on the US national gymnastics team for 10 years and went to the Olympics 3 times. Who is she?
Serena Williams
Oprah Winfrey
Dominique Dawes
Maya Angelou
Nelson Mandela was president of....
The United States
South Africa
Canada
China
True or false: Madame CJ Walker became one of the richest African American businesswomen by selling cosmetics (makeup) and hair products for black women.
True
False
Dr. Daniel Hale Williams was the first African American person to perform open ______ surgery.
heart
brain
eye
leg
Did Bayard Rustin know Martin Luther King Jr?
Yes
No
What famous activist and leader was also the mother of a famous rapper?
Simone Bell
Maya Angelou
Afeni Shakur
Katherine Johnson
