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For the Culture

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the name of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s father's church?

a)

Ebenezer Baptist

b)

Atlanta Southern Baptist

c)

Southern Church of the People

d)

Atlanta Tabernacle

2.

Name that couple!

a)

Bobby & Whitney

b)

Beyonce & Jay Z

c)

Martin & Gina

d)

Phillip & Vivian

3.

What does HBCU stand for?

(a)  

4.

Who was the first female black self made millionaire?

a)

Sojourner Truth

b)

Madame CJ Walker

c)

Michelle Obama

d)

Oprah Winfrey

5.

Which city is widely acknowledged as the birthplace of Hip Hop?

a)

Brooklyn, NY

b)

Chicago, IL

c)

Compton, LA

d)

The Bronx, NYC

6.

Who recorded the song "Strange Fruit" that protests the lynching of Black Americans, with lyrics that compare the victims to the fruit of trees?

(a)  

7.

Who "sho is ugly"?

a)

Celie

b)

Shug

c)

Harpo

d)

Oprah Winfrey

8.

Who was an escaped slave who became a prominent activist, author and public speaker. He became a leader in the abolitionist movement, which sought to end the practice of slavery, before and during the Civil War.

(a)  

9.

Finish the lyric...


Miss her, kiss her, love her, wrong move you're dead

(a)  

10.

What was Muhammad Ali's original name?

a)

Leviticus Lewis

b)

Cassius Clay

c)

Aaron Brown

d)

Marcellus Moore

11.

Name that dance!

(a)  

12.

Who was an American-born French dancer and singer who symbolized the beauty and vitality of Black American culture, which took Paris by storm in the 1920s? She went on to become one of the most popular music hall entertainers in France.

a)

Debbie Allen

b)

Diana Ross

c)

Josephine Baker

d)

Ella Fitzgerald

13.

Name this scientist and inventor.

(a)  

14.

What TV actor was born and raised in West Philadelphia?

a)

Ashley

b)

Will

c)

Carlton

d)

Jazz

15.

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

a)

Rosa Parks

b)

Fannie Lou Hamer

c)

Coretta Scott King

d)

Maya Angelou

16.

Which building is the most historical on Carver's campus?

(a)  

17.

Who performed the song "Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud"?

(a)  

18.

Name this historical event

a)

Bloody Sunday

b)

March on Washington

c)

Alabama March

d)

MLK March

19.

What floor did the TV actor "Bruh Man" stay on?

a)

2nd

b)

3rd

c)

10th

d)

5th

20.

What does the "LL" stand for in LL Cool James?

(a)