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WorksheetsBlack History Month Trivia Game #1
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 7mins
Who was first African American woman to win 5 Grammy Awards in one year?
Lauryn Hill
Foxy Brown
Da Brat
Missy Elliott
Which distinguished gospel singer performed at John F. Kennedy's inauguration in 1961?
Thomas Dorsey
Mahalia Jackson
James Cleveland
Bessie Griffin
George Crum created the potato chip during the summer of which year?
1923
1893
1873
1853
Who was the first African American Nobel Peace Prize winner?
Ralph Bunche
Nelson Mandela
Desmond Tutu
Wangari Maathai
After having been a long standing lawyer for civil rights, he served 24 years as the the first African-American Supreme Court Justice?
Clarence Thomas
Wade McCree
Thurgood Marshall
Damon Keith
This holiday marks the celebration of full emancipation for slaves in the nation
Juneteenth
Kwanzaa
Independence Day
National Freedom Day
What year was Rosa Parks arrested for refusing to surrender her seat on the bus?
1950
1955
1951
1954
What famous baseball player said, Today's black athletes have no idea what we had to endure?
Hank Aaron
Bob Gibson
Lou Whittaker
Ernie Banks
What was Muhammad Ali's Original Name
Cassius Clay
Leviticus Lewis
Marcellus Moore
Aaron Brown
With its uniques sounds, this music label was birthed in Detroit by Barry Gordy and delivered chart-topping groups like The Temptations, The Supremes
RCA
Elektra
Motown
EMI
Who was the first African American student admitted to the University of Michigan in 1853?
Samuel Washington
Samuel Lansbury
Samuel Codes Watson
Samuel Cook
What was the name of the historic business and entertainment district that contained 350 African American owned businesses between 1925-1960?
Corktown
Paradise Valley
Conant Gardens
North Ends
George Washington Carver revolutionized and developed improvements, or invented over 300 products using peanuts, including these?
Peanut Butter
Soap
Flour
All of the above
What year was slavery abolished?
1860
1868
1865
1863
In 1940, she was the first African-American woman to win an Oscar for Best actress for role as Mammy in Gone With the Wind
Hattie McDaniel
Cicely Tyson
Esther Rolle
Margaret Avery
What was the first historically black college in America?
Lincoln University
Howard University
Wiley College
Cheyney University
Who was the first African-American head coach in the NFL?
Tony Dungy
Art Shell
Fritz Pollard
Ray Rhodes
Until 2016, this was the largest institution for African American history
DuSable Museum of AA History
Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
National Center for Civil & Human Rights
The Legacy Museum
Coined by Stokely Carmichael, this social movement in the 60s emphasized racial pride, economic empowerment, and the creation of political and cultural institutions.
Black Power Movement
Civil Rights Movement
Free Culture Movement
Cultural Movement
Which U.S. president signed Executive Order 9981 in 1948 ending official racial discrimination in the U.S. armed forces?
Harry Truman
Jimmy Carter
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
