WorksheetsBlack History Month
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 12mins
I was the first African-American child to attend an all-white public elementary school in the American South. Who am I?
Ruby Bridges
Hattie McDaniel
Aretha Franklin
Oprah Winfrey
I created specialized hair products for African-American hair and was one of the first American women to become a self-made millionaire. Who am I?
Patricia Bath
Madam C.J. Walker
Mary Mahoney
Alexa Canady
I won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, embarrassing German dictator Adolf Hitler. Who am I?
Usain Bolt
LeBron James
Kobe Bryant
Jesse Owens
I was a prominent African-American scientist and inventor. I am best known for the many uses I devised for the peanut. Who am I?
George Washington Carver
Percy Julian
Ben Carson
MIchael Jackson
What woman led more than 300 slaves to freedom through the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman
Michelle Obama
Oprah Winfrey
Shirley Chisholm
Who was the first African-American Supreme Court Justice?
Charley Pride
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Thurgood Marshall
Colin Powell
Who was the first African-American President of the United States of America?
Colin Powell
Dr. George Washington Carver
Barack Obama
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Who is the "Father of Black History?"
Frederick Douglass
Martin Luther King Jr.
Carter G. Woodson
Abraham Lincoln
How long was the first celebration of Black History?
one day
one week
one month
one year
Who was the first African American woman to travel to space?
Wilma Rudolph
Diana Ross
Mae Jemison
Oprah Winfrey
Segregation laws .......
made sure children went to school.
kept black people and white people separate.
made sure all people could vote.
kept people from driving too fast.
True or False? The bus boycott led to the Supreme Court ruling that segregation on buses was unconstitutional.
True
False
When we are able to be free and make our own choices we have...
Freedom
Racism
Slavery
A synonym for "unfairly" is
unkind
fairly
injustice
What basketball player was the first to score 100 points in a single game?
Jesse Owens
Wilt Chamberlain
Michael Jordan
James Brown
