WorksheetsBlack History Month Bowl - WYAC 2021
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 10mins
Who was the first Black woman in Congress and first Black person and first woman to seek the nomination of a major party for president?
Shirley Chisholm
Kamala Harris
Condoleeza Rice
Cori Bush
Which woman was involved in the NAACP, SNCC, SCLC, and fought American school segregation and apartheid in South Africa?
Fannie Lou Hamer
Shirley Chisholm
Rosa Parks
Ella Baker
Which organization did WEB Du Bois help create?
Black Panthers
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Democratic Socialists of America
Which three people founded Black Lives Matter in 2013?
Alicia Garza
Brandy Norwood
Patrisse Cullors
Opal Tometi
Which person was a director of the pro-Black shipping company the Black Start Line, which connected Africa to African-Americans?
Nelson Mandela
Amy Ashwood Garvey
Shirley Chisholm
Assata Shakur
Who is the wealthiest person to ever live?
Barack Obama
Al Capone
Jeff Bezos
Mansa Musa
Which of these people was imprisoned for fighting oppression in South Africa, then after his release, served as president of South Africa?
Nelson Mandela
Booker T. Washington
WEB Du Bois
St. Nicholas
Which Black American female physicist and mathematician helped launch the first use of digital electronic computers for NASA?
Katherine Johnson
Katherine Dunham
Katherine Creag
Katherine Schwarzenegger
How will you impact your community and/or the world?
Who was the first Black American to direct a major motion picture and the first Black photographer for Life magazine?
Marvin Parks
Gordon Parks
Marvin Gordon
Gordon Marvin
What is the name of our Vice President, the first woman, Black person, and Indian person to serve in the role?
(a)
Who was a community advocate who helped her community by organizing a free breakfast program and health clinic, a member of the Black Panthers, and escaped prison?
Chaka Khan
Assata Shakur
Angela Davis
Alice Walker
Which person co-organized the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom?
Betty Shabazz
Dorothy Height
Delores Huerta
Rosa Parks
Who created the first United States steam engine big enough to power a warship and purchased his freedom with money earned from creating engines?
Benjamin Banneker
Benjamin Bradley
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Simmons
