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Black History Quiz

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
"He became one of the most famous intellectuals of his time, advising presidents and lecturing to thousands on a range of causes, including women’s rights and Irish home rule."
What overall conclusion can we draw about Frederick Douglas from the text above?
a)
He liked to talk to presidents.
b)
His time was precious.
c)
He was dedicated to education and helping others.
d)
He loved to lecture.
2.

Who was arrested in 1944 in Virginia for refusing to give up her seat on an interstate Greyhound bus?

a)

Irene Morgan

b)

Rosa Parks

c)

Rosa Morgan

d)

Mary Johnson

3.

I am responsible for the underground railroad.

a)

Sojourner Truth

b)

Harriet Tubman

c)

Ida B Wells

d)

Gaspar Yanga

4.

"Free at last, free at last; thank God almighty, . . . (Complete Dr. M.L. King, Jr's "I Have a Dream" speech.)

a)

. . . we are the last."

b)

. . . we are free at last."

c)

. . . you are free at last."

d)

. . . this is the past."

5.

How old was Martin Luther King, Jr. when he was assassinated?

a)

59

b)

29

c)

39

d)

49

6.

The NAACP, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, was organized in what year with blacks and whites as members?

a)

1909

b)

1899

c)

1919

d)

1929

7.

WHAT kind of music was Aretha Franklin famous for singing?

a)

Jazz

b)

Soul

c)

Blues

8.
First African American woman to sing at the Metropolitan Opera
a)
Marian Anderson
b)
Gwendolyn Brooks
c)
Guion Bluford
d)
Wilma Rudolph
9.
Ray Charles' song, "Georgia On My Mind" became the state song for which U.S. state?
a)
South Carolina
b)

Florida

c)
Georgia
d)
Alabama
10.

You love my famous Reggae sounds from Jamaica. Who am I?

a)

Bob Marley

b)

Bob Jackson

c)

Bob Marson

11.

Who am I?

a)

Prince

b)

Michael Jackson

c)

Bruno Mars

12.

Who am I?

a)

Benjamin Banneker

b)

Ben Carson

c)

Bennie Thompson

13.

Who am I?

a)

Jesse Jackson

b)

Jesse Owens

c)

Jesse Palmer

14.

Who am I?

a)

Gail King

b)

Oprah Winfrey

c)

Condoleezza Rice

15.

Who am I?

a)

Colin Firth

b)

Colin Kaepernick

c)

Colin Powell

16.

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

a)

Shirley Chisholm

b)

Bessie Coleman

c)

Marian Anderson

d)

Stevie Wonder

17.
Who helped to found the NAACP, an organization to fight for African American rights
a)
Booker T Washington
b)
W.E.B. Du Bois
18.

What is My Name

a)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

b)

Barack Obama

19.

What is my name?

a)

Barack Obama

b)

Trump

20.

What is my name?

a)

Rosa Parks

b)

Oprah Winfrey

21.

Who is Thurgood Marshall?

a)

First African American elevated to U.S. Supreme Court .

b)

Served as the 66th United States Secretary of State, 1st African American Woman to hold this position.

c)

First African American to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard University

Co-Founder of the NAACP.

d)

First African American to serve as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

22.

________ was the first African-American woman to reach billionaire status.

a)

Mae C. Jemison

b)

Oprah Winfrey

c)

Coretta Scott King

d)

Zora Neale Hurston

23.

American scientist, educator, humanitarian, and former slave who developed hundreds of products from peanuts, sweet potatoes, pecans, and soybeans; his discoveries greatly improved the agricultural output and the health of Southern farmers.

a)

George Washington Carver

b)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

c)

Dr. Bernard Anthony Harris, Jr.

d)

Malcolm X

24.

A National leader of the civil rights movement, leading boycotts and staging protests against segregation in the South.

a)

Jackie Robinson

b)

Booker T. Washington

c)

Frederick Douglass

d)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

25.

She escaped from slavery to the north. She would go back to the south to help other slaves escape through the ¨Underground Railroad¨. She led about 300 people to freedom and is known as the conductor of the ¨Underground Railroad¨.

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Ruby Bridges

c)

Oprah Winfrey

d)

Michelle Obama

26.

She was the first child picked to integrate schools. She was the only child in her class because many white parents did not want their children going to an integrated school.

a)

Sojourner Truth

b)

Oprah Winfrey

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

Ruby Bridges

27.

Who was the first African-American to win a gold medal at the Olympics?

a)

William DeHart Hubbard

b)

Jesse Owens

c)

George Poage

d)

John Taylor

28.

Which athlete broke the color barrier in the sports world of tennis?

a)

Serena Williams

b)

Venus Williams

c)

Althea Gibson

d)

Ida Wells

29.

The only man to win a heavy weight boxing championship 3 times is....

a)

Ronald McNair

b)

Creed

c)

Mohammed Ali

d)

Matthew Henson

30.

Wilma Rudolph was the first African American female to win ___ gold medals in a single Olympic game.

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

31.

W.E.B. DuBois was the first African American to earn a Ph.D. from which university?

a)

Howard university

b)

Yale University

c)

Harvard University

d)

Oxford University

32.

Vanessa Williams was the First African American to win ______.

a)

Miss Mississippi -- 1983

b)

Miss America -- 1983

c)

Miss Universe -- 1983

33.

True / False: A sit-in was a violent protest in which a person sat down and refused to leave.

a)

True

b)

False

34.

True / False: Emancipate means to set free from slavery.

a)

True

b)

False

35.

Laws that separated whites and blacks in almost every aspect of life were called:__________________.

a)

John Craw

b)

Jim Crow

c)

June Craw

d)

Jack Crow

36.

Guion Bluford was the ______________.

a)

first African American on a US coin.

b)

founder of Kwanza

c)

first African American in space

d)

first African American senator.

37.

Selma is located in what state?

a)

Louisiana

b)

Mississippi

c)

Alabama

d)

Georgia

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