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Black History Month Trivia

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When did the celebration of Black History Month begin?

a)

1963

b)

1923

c)

1947

d)

1926

2.

When did Rosa Parks’ bus boycott happen?

a)

September 1955

b)

January 1958

c)

December 1955

d)

November 1955

3.

How many African-Americans have served in the United States Senate since it first convened in 1789?

a)

27

b)

11

c)

15

d)

8

4.

Which of the following women is known as the "Moses of her people"?

a)

Mary McLeod Bethune

b)

Harriet Tubman

c)

Shirley Chisholm

d)

Coretta Scott King

5.

In 1960, four African American college students staged a sit-in that helped integrate this store's lunch counter.

a)

Macy's

b)

Woolworth's

c)

JC Penney

d)

S. S. Kresge

6.

The first black female representative in Congress was..

a)

Carol Moseley-Braun

b)

Maxine Walters

c)

Shirley Chisholm

d)

Sheila Jackson Lee

7.

Who was the first Black person to Nobel Peace Prize winner?

a)

Desmond Tutu

b)

Ralph Bunche

c)

Nelson Mandela

d)

Martin Luther King Jr

8.

The first African-American to appear on a U.S. postage stamp?

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

. Jackie Robinson

c)

Web Du Bois

d)

Booker T. Washington

9.

The first state to elect a black governor, doing so in 1989?

a)

Georgia

b)

Mississippi

c)

Virginia

d)

Alabama

10.

The plaintiff in Supreme Court decision that upheld "separate but equal" doctrine?

a)

Olivia Brown

b)

Dred Scott

c)

Homer Plessy

d)

Theodore S. Wright