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Black History

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What group launched the Freedom Rides in 1961?

a)

ACLU-American Civil Liberties Union

b)

SCLC-Southern Christian Leadership Conference

c)

CORE-Congress of Racial Equality

d)

SNCC-Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

2.

At the time of her historic bus incident, what was Rosa Parks' occupation?

a)

Hospital orderly

b)

Drugstore clerk

c)

High school cafeteria worker

d)

Department Store Seamstress

3.

Who wrote the bestselling memoir "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"?

a)

Maya Angelou

b)

Coretta Scott King

c)

Fannie Lou Hamer

d)

Rosa Parks

4.

What was Muhammad Ali's original name?

a)

Leviticus Lewis

b)

Marcellus Moore

c)

Cassius Clay

d)

Aaron Brown

5.

What woman led more than 300 slaves to freedom through the Underground Railroad?

a)

Oprah Winfrey

b)

Shirley Chisholm

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

Ruby Bridges

6.

Who was the first African-American Supreme Court Justice?

a)

Charley Pride

b)

Thurgood Marshall

c)

Dr.Martin Luther King JR.

d)

Colin Powell

7.

What African-American woman made history when she refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man?

a)

Wilma Rudolph

b)

Rosa Parks

c)

Aretha Franklin

d)

Oprah Winfrey

8.

Who became the first black player in Major League Baseball in 1947?

a)

Michael Jordan

b)

Muhammad Ali

c)

Charley Pride

d)

Jackie Robinson

9.

Who invented over 300 products from the peanut?

a)

Wilt Chamberlain

b)

Colin Powell

c)

Dr. George Washington Carver

d)

Thurgood Marshall

10.

Who is the only African-American honored by a national holiday and gave a famous speech "I Have A Dream" during the March on Washington?

a)

Muhammad Ali

b)

Dr. Martin Luther King JR.

c)

Barack Obama

d)

Reverend Jesse Jackson

11.

Who was the first African American person to support themselves as a writer?

a)

W.E.B. Du Bois

b)

Barack Obama

c)

Maya Angelou

d)

Langston Hughes

12.

Who was the first African American woman to travel to space?

a)

Wilma Rudolph

b)

Mae Jemison

c)

Diana Ross

d)

Oprah Winfrey

13.

Which award did Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. receive in 1964?

a)

Nobel Peace Prize

b)

Humanitarian

c)

Oscar

d)

Grammy

14.

Which of the following persons was a civil rights lawyer and teacher before pursuing a political career?

a)

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

b)

Ronald McNair

c)

Barack Obama

d)

Frederick Douglas

15.

Which famous African-American wrote several autobiographies about his experiences with slavery.

a)

Lou Rawls

b)

Benjamin Banneker

c)

Clive Davis

d)

Frederick Douglass