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WorksheetsBlack History Month Trivia
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
What was the name of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s father's church?
Ebenezer Baptist
Atlanta Southern Baptist
Southern Church of the People
Atlanta Tabernacle
What group launched the Freedom Rides in 1961?
ACLU-American Civil Liberties Union
SCLC-Southern Christian Leadership Conference
CORE-Congress of Racial Equality
SNCC-Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
At the time of her historic bus incident, what was Rosa Parks' occupation?
Hospital orderly
Drugstore clerk
High school cafeteria worker
Department store seamstress
SNCC member Stokely Carmichael was instrumental in forming the Lowndes County Freedom Organization in Alabama. What was its symbol?
A balance scale
The letters MLK
A black panther
A raised fist
Who wrote the bestselling memoir "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"?
Maya Angelou
Coretta Scott King
Fannie Lou Hamer
Rosa Parks
What was Muhammad Ali's original name?
Leviticus Lewis
Marcellus Moore
Cassius Clay
Aaron Brown
In 1960, four African American college students staged a sit-in that helped integrate this store's lunch counter.
Woolworth's
W.T. Grant
G.C. Murphy
S.S. Kresge
What famous baseball player said, "Today's black athletes have no idea what we had to endure.”
Hank Aaron
Bob Gibson
Ernie Banks
Willie Mays
Members of what labor union helped to build the nation’s black middle class and civil rights movement?
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
American Federal of Teachers
Communications Workers of America
International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union
Who was elected chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in 1966?
Charles E. Cobb Jr.
Stokely Carmichael
John Lewis
Bobby Seale
Who said, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
Martin Luther King
Frederick Douglass
James Baldwin
Who said, "If not us, then who? If not now, then when?"
Barack Obama
James Baldwin
John Lewis
Who said, "Character, not circumstances, makes the person.”
Langston Hughes
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Booker T. Washington
Who said, "If there is no struggle, there is no progress.”
Frederick Douglas
Malcolm X
Langston Hughes
Who said,"As I give, I get.”
Rosa Parks
Mary McLeod Bethune
Harriet Tubman
Who said ,"A problem is a chance for you to do your best.”
Lena Horne
Duke Ellington
Muhammad Ali
When did the celebration of Black History Month begin?
1963
1923
1926
1957
Which President officially recognized Black History Month?
President Gerald Ford
President Jimmy Carter
President Richard Nixon
President Ronald Reagan
What is the 2021 Black History Month Theme?
“African Americans and the Vote”
“Civil Rights in America”
“The Black Family: Representation, Identity, and Diversity"
“The Crisis in Black Education”
When did Rosa Parks’ bus boycott happen?
September 1955
January 1958
December 1955
November 1955
When did Martin Luther King Jr. give his “I Have A Dream Speech”?
Sept. 9, 1965
Jan. 19, 1963
Dec. 21, 1962
Aug. 28, 1963
What organization formed Feb. 12, 1909?
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
The National African American Leadership Summit
National Black Chamber of Commerce
National Black Women’s Justice Institute
Before Barack Obama became President (2009-2017), he served as what?
Mayor of Chicago
U.S. Senator
U.S. House of Representative
Governor of Illinois
Who was the first African American Major League Baseball player?
Ernie Banks
Jackie Robinson
Larry Doby
Frank Robinson
Who was the first African American Nobel Peace Prize winner?
Nelson Mandela
Ralph Bunche
Desmond Tutu
Wangari Maathai
What state was the first to elect a black governor, doing so in 1989?
Delaware
Mississippi
Virginia
Washington
Who was the first African-American to win a gold medal at the Olympics?
William DeHart Hubbard
Jesse Owens
George Poage
John Taylor
How many African-Americans have served in the United States Senate since it first convened in 1789?
6
27
12
62
In what city did the National Guard try to prevent nine black students from attending a segregated school in 1957?
Oxford, Miss.
Columbia, S.C.
Little Rock, Ark.
Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Who was the first African American astronaut to fly in space?
Ronald McNair
Guion "Guy" Bluford
Frederick Gregory
Charles Bolden
