WorksheetsCleveland Black History all Qs
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 8mins
Who was Ohio's first black mayor?
Louis Stokes
Arthur Johnston
Carl Stokes
James H. McGee
What year was Ohio's first black mayor elected?
1929
1942
1958
1967
Which of the following things did Garret Morgan invent? (you may choose more than one)
Gas mask
Traffic light
Hair straightener
Knife sharpener
Which Cleveland Indians player was the second black player to break baseball's color barrier and the first black player in the American League?
Jackie Robinson
Branch Rickey
Larry Doby
Satchel Paige
What position did Satchel Page play (he was the first black man in the American League to play this position)?
3rd baseman
Right fielder
Catcher
Pitcher
What year did George Peake, the first black settler, arrive in Cleveland?
1800
1809
1814
1865
Yvette Nicole Brown, best knows as Shirley on Community, is from which Cleveland suburb?
Shaker Heights
Lakewood
East Cleveland
Cleveland Heights
Singer, songwriter, and Cleveland native Tracy Chapman won a Grammy award for Best Rock Song of the Year in 1988 for which song?
Fast Car
New Beginning
Give Me One Reason
Crossroads
How many NBA Championships has LeBron James won? (Sadly, only 1 with the Cavs for now)
2
3
4
5
Which musicians are from the Cleveland area? (you may select more than one)
R&B singer James Ingram
R&B singer Gerald Levert
Blues guitarist Robert Lockwood Jr.
Musician Screamin' Jay Hawkins
R&B singer Macy Gray
This musical artist hit the top 5 of the Billboard Hot 100 with the song "Day 'n' Nite" in 2009 and also released a song called "Cleveland is the Reason"?
Gerald Lavert
Layzie Bone
Kid Cudi
Drake
Where did Steve Harvey graduate high school
Glenville High School
Cleveland Heights High School
East Tech
Max Hayes High School
This native Clevelander was the first African-American to be nominated for a best-actress Oscar.
Ruby Dee
Dorothy Dandridge
Halle Berry
Hattie McDaniel
This poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, columnist wrote his first piece of jazz poetry, "When Sue Wears Red" while attending Central High School. He is best known as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance and for writing poems such as "Dreams" and "Montage of a Dream Deferred.”
Langston Hughs
W. E. B. Du Bois
Alain Locke
Claude McKay
