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Who's Who: African-American History Month

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is Hank Aaron?

a)

basketball player

b)

baseball player

c)

writer

d)

inventor

2.

Who is Bob Marley?

a)

tennis player

b)

CEO General Electric

c)

conductor

d)

musician

3.

Who is Arthur Ashe?

a)

artist

b)

basketball player

c)

tennis player

d)

all of the above

4.

Who is Langston Hughes?

a)

baseball player

b)

writer

c)

actor

d)

pool player

5.

Who is Alice Walker?

a)

writer

b)

swimmer

c)

inventor

d)

scientist

6.

Who is Paul Lawrence Dunbar?

a)

scientist

b)

swimmer

c)

writer

d)

inventor

7.

Who is Leontyne Price?

a)

singer

b)

writer

c)

swimmer

d)

basketball player

8.

Who is W.E.B. DuBois?

a)

historian

b)

activist

c)

author

d)

all of the above

9.

Who is Daniel James

a)

General in the armed services

b)

CEO of NYCTA

c)

Commissioner of Warrants

d)

President of the U.S.A.

10.

Who is Frederick Douglass?

a)

writer

b)

activist

c)

orator

d)

all of the above

11.

What is SCLC?

a)

activist organization

b)

sports organization

c)

entertainment organization

d)

scientific organization

12.

What is NAACP?

a)

activist organization

b)

sports organization

c)

entertainment organization

d)

scientific organization

13.

Who is Huey P. Newton?

a)

member of the Harlem Globe Trotters

b)

member of the NAACP

c)

member of the U.S. Congress

d)

member of the Black Panthers

14.

Who is Sidney Poitier?

a)

scientist

b)

actor

c)

inventor

d)

space surgeon

15.

Who is Nina Simone?

a)

sports writer/tennis star

b)

tv personality/actress

c)

singer/pianist

d)

comedian/MC

16.

Who is Gordon Parks?

a)

writer

b)

photographer

c)

artist

d)

all of the above

17.

What is Michelle Obama’s middle name?

a)

Laverne

b)

Venus

c)

LaVaughn

d)

Lee

18.

What is President Barack Obama’s middle name?

a)

Michael

b)

Vernon

c)

Lawrence

d)

Hussein

19.

What was Harriet Tubman’s birth name?

a)

Ginger Louise

b)

Talia Bertold

c)

Araminta Ross

d)

Annabelle Lee

20.

Who is Paul Robeson?

a)

actor/singer/activist

b)

sports writer/soccer player

c)

physicist/ inventor

d)

magician/comedian/soldier