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WorksheetsBlack History Month Trivia Game #2
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 7mins
As the founder of BET (black entertainment television), he took it public in 1991 and became the first African-American billionaire
Robert (Bob) Johnson
Jay-Z
Bill Cosby
Dr. Dre
Which city is widely acknowledged as the birthplace of Hip Hop?
Detroit
The Bronx, New York City
Compton, Los Angeles
Brooklyn, New York City
Before they signed with Motown Records, this was the original name of an all-female singing group that lived in the Brewster-Douglass Housing Projects:
The Vandellas
The Marvelettes
The Supremes
The Primettes
Thomas Dorsey is considered the father of what kind of music?
Jazz
Gospel
Neo-Soul
Disco
Serving 7 consecutive terms, she was the 1st African American Congresswoman.
Mia Love
Carol Mosley-Braun
Maxine Waters
Shirley Chisolm
Dr. Mark Dean was the co-inventor of which item
Personal Computer
Cell Phone
Calculator
Pager
As a way to combat against her own hair loss, she created a line of hair care methodology & products that ultimately led to her become the 1st black female millionaire.
Annie Malone
Lisa Price
Madame CJ Walker
Eunice Walker-Johnson
At the time of the historic bus incident, what was Rosa Park's Occupation
Seamstress
Hospital Orderly
Drugstore Clerk
Cafeteria Worker
Who was the first African American Major League Baseball player?
Larry Doby
Ernie Banks
Frank Robinson
Jackie Robinson
Who was the first African-American to win a gold medal at the Olympics?
William DeHart Hubbard
John Taylor
Jesse Owens
George Poage
Who was the first African American student admitted to the Michigan State University in 1899?
William S Sims
William T Scott
William A Bentley
William O Thompson
What two famous abolitionists met in the home of a Detroit antislavery activist to discuss a plan to fight slavery?
William Still & Levi Coffin
Sojourner Truth & Harriet Tubman
Frederick Douglass and John Brown
William Lloyd Garrison and Harriet Beecher Stowe
Known to many as the Queen of Soul, she never left her roots in gospel music often times toggling between genres.
Aretha Franklin
Anita Baker
Nancy Wilson
Patti LaBelle
What magazine did John H Johnson create in 1945
Essence
Black Enterprise
Ebony
BLAC
This period between 1920-1930 experienced a large migration of black citizens from the South to New York and launched one of the largest intellectual and cultural revival of African American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater and politics.
Harlem Renaissance
Great Migration
Middle Passage
Reconstruction
Who was first African American to win an Academy Award for best actor?
Denzel Washington
Morgan Freeman
Sidney Poitier
James Earl Jones
It was the bloodiest incident in the "Long, hot summer of 1967". Composed mainly of confrontations between black residents and the Detroit Police Department
Black Power Movement
Detroit Rebellion
Nat Turner Rebellion
Red Summer
Before Barack Obama became President (2009-2017), he served as what?
U.S. House of Representatives
Mayor of Chicago
Governor of Illinois
U.S. Senator
Which gospel singer would go on to be called the “Godmother of Rock-N-Roll?”
Varetta Dillard
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Faye Adams
Etta James
Which month is dedicated to the celebration of achievements by African Americans?
January
June
November
February
