WorksheetsBlack History Month
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 20mins
Who invented over 300 products from the peanut?
Colin Powell
Thurgood Marshall
Dr. George Washington Carver
Katherine Johnson used math to _______________.
Help NASA get people to the moon
Make new friends
Boycott the buses
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 was a multiple Grammy winner and "Queen of Soul" . I was known for such hits as "Respect," "Freeway of Love" and "I Say a Little Prayer." Who am I?
Ruth Brown
Beyonce
Paris Jackson
Aretha Franklin
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 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 was an American professional boxer, activist, and philanthropist. Nicknamed "The Greatest", I am regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all time. Who am I?
Kobe Bryant
Muhammad Ali
Mahatma Gandhi
Michael Jordan
I have recorded more than 30 U.S. top ten hits and received 25 Grammy Awards. I have sold over 100 million records worldwide. Who am I?
Louis Armstrong
PacMan
Roy Brown
Stevie Wonder
Who was the father of black history month?
president Obama
Abraham Lincoln
Dr. Martin Luther king, Jr
Dr. Carter G Woodson
As a student at the Baltimore school of performing Arts, rapper Tupac Shakur took these classes?
Hip - hop and poetry
Theater and modern dance
Music appreciation and film
Ballet and poetry
Which player hit 73 home runs in a season and earned major League. Baseballs silver slugger Award 12 times ?
Jackie Robinson
Barry Bonds
Hank Aaron
willie Mays
Which popular rap artists real name is Nayvadius Wilburn?
Young Thug
Future
Black
Bird man
This individual had himself shipped in a box from Virginia to Pennsylvania - a state where he would be a free individual.
Henry Brown
Marcus Garvey
Nat Turner
Tarana Burke
This individual sparked the Black Lives Matter movement.
Taran Burke
Maya Angelou
Letitia Wood Brown
Colin Kaepernick
In addition to the United States, identify the other countries below that devote a month to celebrate African-Americans in history.
United Kingdom
Germany
Canada
India
Bessie Coleman was the first African-American female to...
Teach in France
Fly around the world
Graduate from Harvard University
Receive her pilots license
Ida B. Wells was a founding member of this organization.
CORE
NAACP
NOW
SCLC
Who was the first woman in any field to earn a doctorate from MIT?
Kamala Harris
Kimberly Bryant
Shirley Ann Jackson
Valerie Thomas
Who founded Motown Records?
Michael Jackson
Mary Wells
Berry Gordy
Stevie Wonder
True or False? The bus boycott led to the Supreme Court ruling that segregation on buses was unconstitutional.
True
False
Match the trumpet player artist who also sang and recorded a very popular song.
Louis Armstrong/What a Wonderful World
Tom Morello/Crossroads
John Coltrane/Strange Fruit
Marvin Gaye/The Thrill is Gone
What university did First Lady Michelle Obama graduate from?
Harvard
Princeton
Yale
Spelman
1) Which city is widely acknowledged as the birthplace of Hip hop?
Brooklyn, New York City
Compton, Los Angeles
The Bronx, New York City
Houston, Texas
Who created the Modern Home-Video Gaming Console?
Lewis Latimer
Wally Amos
Gerald A. Lawson
Interracial marriage was banned in the United States was banned in 1664 and not overturned until
1669
1754
1985
1967
What basketball player was the first to score 100 points in a single game?
Wilt Chamberlain
Michael Jordan
Jesse Owens
I was a poet who became a central figure in the Harlem Renaissance. My poems tell about African Americans and often contain jazz rhythms and dialect.
Langston Hughes
Jessie Owens
Ruby Bridges
What are civil rights?
The wrong things people do to each other
The right answers on a test
The laws that say we are all free and all have privileges
What Chicago Public school was names after this Jazz Musician
Martin Luther King
Malcom X
Duke Ellington
Sammy Davis Jr
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
The home of the poet and writer, Langston Hughes
A movement that promoted music and literary works of African Americans
A type of poetry written from the experiences of African Americans
A dance move
Who was the first African American woman to travel to space?
Wilma Rudolph
Diana Ross
Mae Jemison
Oprah Winfrey
Funded first Black university in US, Xavior University
Martin de Porres
Thea Bowman
St. Maurice
Katherine Drexel
Who started 1st national black newspaper?
Daniel Rudd
Mother Mary Lange
Augustus Tolton
St. Maurice
