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WorksheetsBlack History Month School-Wide Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 7mins
This well-known civil rights leader is famous for his "I have a dream" speech and "Letter from a Birmingham Jail."
Malcolm X
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Jesse Jackson
WEB Dubois
_______________was an American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott after refusing to give up her seat.
Rosa Parks
Michelle Obama
Sojourner Truth
Fannie Lou Hamer
This Black female entrepreneur and activist is known for her many inventions, specifically for her creation of beauty products for African American women.
Janee Michelle
Madam CJ Walker
Mikaila Ulmer
Mary Ann Shadd
_________________________ won gold medals in track in the Olympic games, destroying Adolf Hitler's attempt to prove the superiority of the "Aryan" white race.
Carl Lewis
Jesse Owens
Jackie Robinson
Hank Aaron
_________________________ was a Democratic Senator from Chicago who was elected President of the United States in 2008.
Bill Clinton
George W Bush
Barack Obama
Ronald Reagan
She was the first African American female to earn her pilot's license.
Bessie Coleman
Ida Wells
Marion Shea
Which of the following universities is an HBCU (Historically Black College and University)?
Morehouse
Louisiana State
Harvard
Duke
This African American rapper and businessman became a billionaire in 2019.
Kanye West
Sean "Puffy" Combs
James Brown
Jay-Z
______________________ was a staunch supporter of Black empowerment during the Civil Rights Movement. His autobiography is read by millions of young people still today.
Carter Woodson
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Malcolm X
Marcus Garvey
Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma was a thriving community with many Black owned businesses often called ___________________________________.
Underground Railroad
Black Wall Street
Harlem Renaissance
Who was the first African-American woman to host a television program for 25 years and now owns her own network?
Aretha Franklin
Oprah Winfrey
Shirley Chisholm
Madame C.J. Walker
Who invented over 300 products from the peanut?
Colin Powell
Thurgood Marshall
Wilt Chamberlain
Dr. George Washington Carver
___________________________ was the 1stAfrican American woman to serve as a Texas State Senator and the 1stAfrican American to represent Texas in U.S. House of Representatives.
Barbara Walters
Barbara Jordan
Sheila Jackson-Lee
Shirley Chisholm
The ____________________________was a revolutionary political movement founded by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale.
Black Riders Liberation Party
Black Panther Party
African American Socialist Party
Republic of New Afrika
This international activist movement began in the US after the killing of Trayvon Martin as well as unarmed Black Americans by the police.
#CivilRightsForAll
#BlackandProud
#BlackPanters
#BlackLivesMatter
The ____________________ Race Riot was the attack on African Americans by white mobs in 1906.
Montgomery
Chicago
NYC
Atlanta
This famous Black explorer went on the Lewis and Clark expedition.
Estevanico
York
Sally
Khan
This Black teenager refused to give up her seat on a city bus before Rosa Parks and was arrested for it. 8th graders read about her!
Daisy Bates
Jo Ann Robinson
Claudette Colvin
This picture represent one of the Little Rock Nine, who fought for:
School desegregation
Women's rights
End of police brutality
