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black history

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

I was the first African-American child to attend an all-white public elementary school in the American South. Who am I?

a)

Ruby Bridges

b)

Hattie McDaniel

c)

Aretha Franklin

d)

Oprah Winfrey

2.
The 44th President of the United States was _________
a)
Barack Obama
b)
George Bush
c)
Bill Clinton
d)
Ronald Reagan
3.

Who was the first African-American Supreme Court Justice?

a)

Charley Pride

b)

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

c)

Thurgood Marshall

d)

Colin Powell

4.

What basketball player was the first to score 100 points in a single game?

a)

James Brown

b)

Michael Jordan

c)

Jesse Owens

d)

Wilt Chamberlain

5.

Madame C.J. Walker became America's first self-made female millionaire in 1910. What item or items lead to her accomplishment?

a)

Mass production and sale of household products

b)

Invented of a new style of foundation

c)

Undergarment beauty and hair products for black women

d)

Established a life insurance company

6.

What African-American woman made history when she refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man?

a)

Rosa Parks

b)

Aretha Franklin

c)

Wilma Rudolph

d)

Oprah Winfrey

7.

What was the nickname for the all Black 332nd Fighter Group of the U.S. Army Air Corps which escorted Allied Bombers through European airspace on more than 1,500 missions during World War II?

a)

Flying Blue Aces

b)

Tuskegee Airmen

c)

92nd bomber squadron

8.

Who is the "Father of Black History?"

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

Martin Luther King Jr.

c)

Cater G. Woodson

d)

Abraham Lincoln

9.
Why did Rosa Parks go to jail in 1955 ?
a)
She trash talked two white men
b)
She refused to give up her seat 
c)
She killed a white woman
10.
I was born in 1958 in Gary, Indiana.  I became a pop singer.  My album Thriller (1982) sold over 30 million copies.  I earned the nickname "King of Pop".
a)
Frederick Douglass
b)
Michael Jackson
c)
Booker T. Washington
d)
Michael Jordan