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Cleveland Black History all Qs

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was Ohio's first black mayor?

a)

Louis Stokes

b)

Arthur Johnston

c)

Carl Stokes

d)

James H. McGee

2.

What year was Ohio's first black mayor elected?

a)

1929

b)

1942

c)

1958

d)

1967

3.

Which of the following things did Garret Morgan invent? (you may choose more than one)

a)

Gas mask

b)

Traffic light

c)

Hair straightener

d)

Knife sharpener

4.

Which Cleveland Indians player was the second black player to break baseball's color barrier and the first black player in the American League?

a)

Jackie Robinson

b)

Branch Rickey

c)

Larry Doby

d)

Satchel Paige

5.

What position did Satchel Page play (he was the first black man in the American League to play this position)?

a)

3rd baseman

b)

Right fielder

c)

Catcher

d)

Pitcher

6.

What year did George Peake, the first black settler, arrive in Cleveland?

a)

1800

b)

1809

c)

1814

d)

1865

7.

Yvette Nicole Brown, best knows as Shirley on Community, is from which Cleveland suburb?

a)

Shaker Heights

b)

Lakewood

c)

East Cleveland

d)

Cleveland Heights

8.

Singer, songwriter, and Cleveland native Tracy Chapman won a Grammy award for Best Rock Song of the Year in 1988 for which song?

a)

Fast Car

b)

New Beginning

c)

Give Me One Reason

d)

Crossroads

9.

How many NBA Championships has LeBron James won? (Sadly, only 1 with the Cavs for now)

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

10.

Which musicians are from the Cleveland area? (you may select more than one)

a)

R&B singer James Ingram

b)

R&B singer Gerald Levert

c)

Blues guitarist Robert Lockwood Jr.

d)

Musician Screamin' Jay Hawkins

e)

R&B singer Macy Gray

11.

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"?

a)

Gerald Lavert

b)

Layzie Bone

c)

Kid Cudi

d)

Drake

12.

Where did Steve Harvey graduate high school

a)

Glenville High School

b)

Cleveland Heights High School

c)

East Tech

d)

Max Hayes High School

13.

This native Clevelander was the first African-American to be nominated for a best-actress Oscar.

a)

Ruby Dee

b)

Dorothy Dandridge

c)

Halle Berry

d)

Hattie McDaniel

14.

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.”

a)

Langston Hughs

b)

W. E. B. Du Bois

c)

Alain Locke

d)

Claude McKay