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WorksheetsBHB: Random
Total questions: 109
Worksheet time: 55mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
9 African American students who integrated Central High School
a)
Little Rock Nine
b)
Four Little Girls
2.
A holiday started in 1966 by Ron Karenga. Means "first fruits" in Swahili
a)
Kwanzaa
b)
Hanukkah
3.
A holiday that celebrates the freedom from slavery; celebrated on June 19
a)
Juneteenth
b)
Kwanzaa
4.
A person who works to end slavery
a)
Abolitionist
b)
Ally
5.
Actor, playwright, filmmaker, and comedian. Noted for his character Madea
a)
Tyler Perry
b)
Tyler the Creator
6.
An American politician and the junior United States senator from New Jersey. Previously, he served as mayor of Newark, New Jersey. Currently, a candidate in the 2020 presidential race
a)
Cory Booker
b)
Barack Obama
7.
B.B. King is noted for what type of music?
a)
Blues
b)
Jazz
8.
Born in South Carolina in 1977 , who played the role of Jackie Robinson in the movie "42" and "Black Panther"?
a)
Chadwick Boseman
b)
Ralph Bunche
9.
Carol Moseley-Braun was the first African American woman elected to the U.S
a)
Senate
b)
Congress
10.
Civil rights activists who rode integrated busses throughout the South
a)
Freedom Riders
b)
The Greensboro Four
11.
Dorothy Height was the president of what organization?
a)
National Council of Negro Women
b)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
12.
Established in 1881, what college holds the distinction of being America's oldest historically black college for women?
a)
Spelman College
b)
Bennett College
13.
First black baseball pitcher to be enshrined into the baseball hall of fame?
a)
Satchel Paige
b)
Jackie Robinson
14.
For what baseball team did Ernie Banks play?
a)
Chicago Cubs
b)
Chicago Bears
15.
For what movie did John Singleton receive the Best Director Oscar nomination?
a)
Boyz n the Hood
b)
Menace II Society
16.
How many HBCUs are there in the United States?
a)
107
b)
122
17.
In 1954, what landmark Supreme Court case did Thurgood Marshall help orchestrate?
a)
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
b)
Plessy v. Ferguson
18.
In 2015, she became the first African American principal dancer with the prestigious American Ballet Theatre.
a)
Misty Copeland
b)
Mahalia Jackson
19.
In 2018, became the Duchess of Sussex, a member of the British royal family
a)
Meghan Markle
b)
Lorraine
20.
In what city was the first black-owned television station established?
a)
Detroit
b)
Chicago
21.
In what year was Kappa Alpha Psi, a predominately black fraternity founded?
a)
1911
b)
1906
22.
Jackie Robinson began and ended his major league baseball career with what team?
a)
Brooklyn Dodgers
b)
Brooklyn Nets
23.
James Brown is often referred to as "The Godfather" of what?
a)
Soul
b)
Rock and Roll
24.
Known as the "Princess of Black Poetry"
a)
Nikki Giovanni
b)
Gwendolyn Brooks
25.
Name the nation's oldest, largest, and most widely recognized grassroots-based civil rights organization.
a)
NAACP
b)
SCLC
26.
Network of secret routes and safe houses used by slaves to escape North and to Canada
a)
Underground Railroad
b)
The Friendship 9
27.
Of what city did Kasim Reed become the mayor in 2010?
a)
Atlanta
b)
Miami
28.
Of which college was Benjamin Mayes the president from 1940 to 1967?
a)
Morehouse
b)
Spelman
29.
On January 1, 1863 what significant declaration did President Abraham Lincoln issue?
a)
The Emancipation Proclamation
b)
The Declaration of Independence
30.
On May 25, 1935, who set world records in three different track events?
a)
Jesse Owens
b)
Wilma Rudolph
31.
President Obama appointed the first black attorney general. Who was it?
a)
Eric Holder
b)
Rube Foster
32.
President Obama appointed the first black female attorney general. Who was she?
a)
Loretta Lynch
b)
Viola Davis
33.
Professional basketball player, who entered the NBA at an early age playing for the Cleveland Cavaliers. In March 2019, he surpassed his hero, Michael Jordan's record for total points scored trailing only Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Karl Malone, and Kobe Bryant
a)
LeBron James
b)
Dewayne Wade
34.
Ranked as the second best selling female artist of the 21st century with record sales over 37 million dollars.
a)
Beyonce Knowles
b)
Nicki Minaj
35.
Reginae Carter is the daughter to which famous rapper?
a)
Lil Wayne
b)
Future
36.
She is the first black actor to have won an Academy Award, an Emmy, and a Tony
a)
Viola Davis
b)
Gwendolyn Brooks
37.
She Served as Secretary of State and is the former assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.
a)
Condoleezza Rice
b)
Guy Bluford
38.
Since 1987, he has been the U.S. Representative for Georgia's 5th congressional district.
a)
John Lewis
b)
Andrew Young
39.
The creator and host of "America's Next Top Model
a)
Tyra Banks
b)
Naomi Campbell
40.
The National Civil Rights Museum is located in what Tennessee city?
a)
Memphis
b)
Gatlinburg
41.
The term "jumping the broom" refers to what?
a)
Wedding ceremony
b)
party
42.
This female artist was the most searched black female on Google in 2010?
a)
Beyonce
b)
Nicki Minaj
43.
Tied with Adele, which female artist has taken home the most Grammy's in one night?
a)
Beyonce
b)
Lauryn Hill
44.
Title of former first Lady Michelle Obama's blockbuster memoir
a)
Becoming
b)
When They Go Low, We Go High
45.
What African American astronaut died in the 1986 space shuttle disaster?
a)
Ronald McNair
b)
Dr. Daniel Hale Williams
46.
What African American took jazz vocals to a new level and was called "The Divine One"?
a)
Sarah Vaughan
b)
Nina Simone
47.
What amendment to the Constitution states "Slavery shall not exist in any part of the U.S."?
a)
13th Amendment
b)
12th Amendment
48.
What black teen was brutally murdered for whistling at a white woman?
a)
Emmitt Till
b)
Daniel Payne
49.
What breakthrough medical procedure was performed by Dr. Daniel Hale Williams?
a)
Open-heart surgery
b)
Heart transplant
50.
What did the Freedom Riders seek to accomplish?
a)
To integrate interstate travel and bus stations
b)
To integrate restaurants
51.
What famous musician's trademark was puffing cheeks and a trumpet bell that pointed skyward?
a)
Dizzy Gillespie
b)
Louis Armstrong
52.
What is the name of Oprah Winfrey's TV production company?
a)
Harpo Studios
b)
Forty Acres and a Mule
53.
What is the name of the record label started by Berry Gordy, Jr.?
a)
Motown
b)
Cadillac Records
54.
What occupation do Iman, Beverly Johnson, and Naomi Campbell have in common?
a)
Fashion Model
b)
Fashion Designer
55.
What was the first Black Greek lettered fraternity?
a)
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc.
b)
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.
56.
What was the largest civil rights protest in America?
a)
Million Man March
b)
March on Washington
57.
What was the last divine 9 sorority to be founded
a)
Sigma Gamma Rho
b)
Zeta Phi Beta
58.
What was the name of the character played by Bill Cosby in the "The Cosby Show"?
a)
Dr. Cliff Huxtable
b)
Carl Winslow
59.
What was the name of the first hip-hop group to break into the mainstream American culture in the early 1980s?
a)
Run - DMC
b)
NWA
60.
Which black artist has won the most Grammys?
a)
Stevie Wonder
b)
Beyonce
61.
Which document declared "that all persons held as slaves within the rebellious southern states are henceforth and forever free"
a)
Emancipation Proclamation
b)
Declaration of Independence
62.
Which state is the birthplace of Oprah Winfrey?
a)
Mississippi
b)
Illinois
63.
Who became the first African American to win baseball's Most Valuable Player Award?
a)
Jackie Robinson
b)
Rube Foster
64.
Who coordinated Operation Desert Storm?
a)
Colin Powell
b)
Eric Holder
65.
Who is known as the "Queen of Soul"?
a)
Aretha Franklin
b)
Diahann Carroll
66.
Who is known for recording, dancing, and popularizing the twist?
a)
Chubby Checker
b)
Ernest Evans
67.
Who is the author of The Color Purple?
a)
Alice Walker
b)
Nikki Giovanni
68.
Who is the first black female to win the all-around gold medal in gymnastics?
a)
Gabby Douglas
b)
Dominique Dawes
69.
Who is the founder of Radio One and TV One?
a)
Cathy Hughes
b)
Bob Johnson
70.
Who is the only artist to have all of their albums debut at #1 on the Billboard 200?
a)
Beyonce
b)
Mariah Carey
71.
Who performed the world's first open-heart surgery?
a)
Dr. Daniel Hale Williams
b)
Dr. Charles R. Drew
72.
Who provided the voice for Darth Vader in the movie Star Wars?
a)
James Earl Jones
b)
James Earl Ray
73.
Who ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988?
a)
Jesse Jackson
b)
Andrew Young
74.
Who received her pilot's license in 1922, making her the first African American woman aviator?
a)
Bessie Coleman
b)
Cathy Hughes
75.
Who was the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin?
a)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
b)
Hattie McDaniel
76.
Who was the first African American elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame?
a)
Jackie Robinson
b)
Hank Aaron
77.
Who was the first African American Supreme Court justice?
a)
Thurgood Marshall
b)
Guy Bluford
78.
Who was the first African American woman to have her own weekly television series, "Julia"?
a)
Diahann Carroll
b)
Hazel O' Leary
79.
Who was the first African-American to go to space?
a)
Guy Bluford
b)
Condoleezza Rice
80.
Who was the first Black American to win a Pulitzer Prize?
a)
Gwendolyn Brooks
b)
Alice Walker
81.
Who was the first black to be elected to a political office in the United States?
a)
John Mercer Langston
b)
John Lewis
82.
Who was the first black woman to have her work performed on Broadway?
a)
Lorraine Hansberry
b)
Sarah Vaughn
83.
Who was the first female and first black secretary of energy?
a)
Hazel O'Leary
b)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
84.
Who was the first woman to win an Emmy in the Outstanding Lead Actress Drama category?
a)
Viola Davis
b)
Loretta Lynch
85.
Who was the founder of the Negro Baseball League?
a)
Rube Foster
b)
Eric Holder
86.
Who was the mayor of Atlanta from 1982 to 1989?
a)
Andrew Young
b)
Maynard Jackson
87.
Who was the principal at Tuskegee Institute who recruited and hired George Washington Carver?
a)
Booker T. Washington
b)
W.E.B. DuBois
88.
Who wrote The Autobiography of Malcolm X?
a)
Alex Haley
b)
August Wilson
89.
Wilberforce was the first black-owned college in the United States. It also was the first to have a black president. Who was he?
a)
Daniel Payne
b)
Guy Bluford
90.
Years after being convicted for trespassing for sitting at a "Whites Only" lunch counter in a public facility, these men had their convictions reversed by the courts.
a)
The Friendship 9
b)
The Greensboro 4
91.
What was the name of the abolitionist newspaper founded by Frederick Douglass?
a)
North Star
b)
NAACP
92.
W.E.B. DuBois is cofounder of what prominent organization?
a)
NAACP
b)
SNCC
93.
Who was the first female chairperson of the NAACP?
a)
Myrlie Evers-Williams
b)
Lorraine Hansberry
94.
Which president sent federal troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, to protect black students integrating the schools?
a)
Dwight Eisenhower
b)
John F. Kennedy
95.
What was Rosa Parks' occupation at the time she refused to give up her bus seat to a white man?
a)
Seamstress
b)
Waitress
96.
What is the name of the hotel where Dr. King was murdered?
a)
Lorraine
b)
Cotton Club
97.
Who sang "Take My Hand, Precious Lord" at Dr. King's funeral?
a)
Mahalia Jackson
b)
Sallie Martin
98.
Who was the first black American to orbit the earth?
a)
Guion Bluford
b)
Mae Jemison
99.
Who was the first black chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff?
a)
Colin Powell
b)
Eric Holder
100.
Where do the women work in the movie Hidden Figures?
a)
NASA
b)
NAACP
101.
Who was the first black female CEO of a Fortune 500 company?
a)
Ursula Burns
b)
Cathy Hughes
102.
Who was the first black to win the Nobel Peace Prize?
a)
Ralph Bunche
b)
Chadwick Boseman
103.
The first African American appointed to the US Supreme Court
a)
Thurgood Marshall
b)
John Mercer Langston
104.
The first African American president of the United States
a)
Barack Obama
b)
Cory Booker
105.
The first African American woman to go into space
a)
Dr. Mae Jemison
b)
Katherine Johnson
106.
The first black air force general, who lead the Tuskegee Airmen's flight squadron
a)
Benjamin O Davis Jr.
b)
Benjamin Banneker
107.
The first black man to become a lawyer when he passed the Ohio bar in 1854
a)
John Mercer Langston
b)
Langston Hughes
108.
The first black president of South Africa
a)
Nelson Mandela
b)
Desmond Tutu
109.
The first licensed African American Female
a)
Bessie Coleman
b)
Carole Hopson
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