WorksheetsBlack History
Total questions: 51
Worksheet time: 9mins
Black history month started as what?
Negro History month
Negro History Week
Negro History day
Negro Hanging Day
In what year did Black History Month began?
1776
1826
1949
1976
February was chosen because of these 2 great figures
Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln
Jack Johnson and Frederick Douglas
Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr
Carter G. Woodson And Martin Luther King Jr
The NAACP was founded in what year?
1908
1899
1921
1981
In 1854 the person became the first black lawyer?
John Mercer Langston
Langston Hughes
Rosa Parks
Thurgood Marshall
This woman was the first black woman elected to House of Representatives?
Madam C.J. Walker
Shirley Chisholm
Hattie McDaniel
Oprah Winfrey
First Professional Black Baseball Player?
Satchel Paige
Larry Doby
Jackie Robinson
Sam Jones
First Black Billionaire?
Oprah Winfrey
Michael Jordan
Jay Z
Robert Johnson
When was Martin Luther King shot?
April 4, 1968
April 4, 1962
April 4, 1967
April 4, 1969
Malcolm X was born?
Malcolm Johnson
Malcolm Little
Malcolm Thompson
Malcolm Freeman
Remember This House was an unfinished Manuscript that was turned into an Academy award Nominated documentary named?
I am not your Negro
Judge this House
A House to Remember
The House that wouldn't be forgot
He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz?
James Brown
Michael Jackson
Miles Davis
Gil Evans
Cassius Clay is the real name of what famous boxer?
Iron Mike Tyson
Sugar Ray Robinson
Muhammad Ali
Joe Frazier
The word "jazz" is a slang term that at one point referred to what?
A sexual Act
How people danced
People in Louisiana
A musical instrument
Wally Amos is famous for ?
Chocolate Chip cookies
Acting
Talent Agent
Cupcakes
Before becoming a professional musician, Chuck Berry studied to be a?
Lawyer
Doctor
Hairdresser
Accountant
Johnnie Cochran achieved nationwide fame for his role in trial?
R Kelly
Mike Tyson
Al Green
O.J Simpson
Ella Fitzgerald, known for having a remarkable three-octave range, got her start at?
Kings Theatre
Radio City Music Hall
The Globe Theatre
Apollo Theatre
What is the name of Billie Holiday song about Black lynching in the south?
Strange Fruit
Life on a Rope
Drop them down
Swing Lo
Michael Jackson, co-wrote the single "We Are the World" with Motown legend?
Diana Ross
Lionel Richie
Stevie Wonder
Smokey Robinson
Rapper Jay-Z reportedly developed his stage name as a reference to?
New York's J/Z subway lines
New York's J/Z L Train
New York's J/Z Train Station
New York's J/Z Bus system
FUBU stands for?
Fight Us, By Us
For Us, By Us
For U, Beyond U
Fame Up, Ball Up
Alicia Keys was accepted into what University on a full scholarship
Columbia
Howard
Yale
Harvard
Sharon Pratt Kelly becomes the first African-American woman to lead a major city in the United States when she is elected mayor of?
Cleveland, Ohio
Washington D.C.
Atlanta, Georgia
Oakland, California
In what year did Carole Ann-Marie Gist is the first African-American to win the Miss USA pageant.
1990
1999
1994
1991
In what year did Rodney King get beaten by three officers. The brutality is captured on videotape and three officers are tried for their actions.
1990
1993
1991
1994
Mae Carol Jemison is the first African-American woman to do what?
Travel in Space
Be appointed to the Supreme court
Become Admiral in the Navy
Live to 112
In what year did Halle Berry and Denzel Washington Win Oscars?
2003
2002
2001
2004
What year did Hurricane Katrina hit Louisiana?
2004
2005
2006
2003
In what year did slavery start in North America?
1691
1722
1619
1776
By 1860 North America had almost how many slaves?
10 million
7 million
2 million
4 million
In what year did law pass to no longer import slaves?
1860
1890
1808
1790
Known for the underground railroad.
Alice Coachman
Rosa Parks
Harriet Tubman
Coretta Scott King
In what year was the Civil War started?
1861
1892
1789
1901
What year did Lincoln Emancipate slaves?
1862
1860
1863
1864
In the spring of 1943, graduates of the first all–Black military aviation program was called what?
Tuskegee Flying Coons
Tuskegee Squabs
Tuskegee Airmen
Tuskegee Devil Dogs
Racial segregation in public schools ended in what year?
1961
1954
1950
1960
In what year did Rosa Parks refused to move seats?
1956
1951
1955
1957
What are the famous words of Martin Luther King Jr?
I Want Equality
We Need Freedom
I Have A Dream
Can We All Get Along
Malcom X was shot in what year?
1965
1959
1972
1969
Black Power movement was in what era?
60's
50's
80's
70's
What black female ran for president in 1972?
Shirley Chisholm
Tamron Hall
Ruth E. Carter
Condoleezza Rice
Oprah Winfrey Launches Syndicated Talk Show in what year?
1988
1987
1989
1986
In what year was the L.A Riots?
1993
1991
1994
1992
Million Man March was Lead by this famous Rapper?
Snoop Dogg
Jay Z
LL Cool J
Ice Cube
Who became the 44th President
Barack Obama
Michelle Obama
Hillary Clinton
Colin Powell
Trayvon Martin was shot in what year?
2011
2012
2010
2013
This man was choked to death and sparked a national protest movement that is still rocking the nation?
Rodney King
Trayvon Martin
George Floyd
Oscar Grant
Black men are killed at what rate compared to white?
Twice
Triple
Quadruple
Equal
How man unarmed black men was killed in 2019
7
12
8
20
Lewis Latimer developed this which is used in the light bulb?
carbon filament
Glass
Conductors
Contact wires
