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Black History Month 3

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This person was often referred to ask the First Lady of Song.

a)

Billie Holiday

b)

Shirley Ceasar

c)

Ella Fitzgerald

d)

Tina Turner

2.

This American artist and illustrator is best known for his watercolor illustrations, which can be found in books such as Jacqueline Woodson's The Other Side.

a)

Jacob Lawrence

b)

E.B. Lewis

c)

Kara Walker

d)

Jean-Michel Basquiat

3.

This American poet and activist delivered her poem, "The Hill We Climb" at the inauguration of U.S. President Joe Biden.

a)

Gwendolyn Brooks

b)

Alice Walker

c)

Maya Angelou

d)

Amanda Gorman

4.

He has been the senior pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church Atlanta, Georgia since 2005. On January 5, 2021, he won a runoff election to become Georgia’s first African American Senator.

a)

Darrell Scott

b)

Dr. Ben Carson

c)

Raphael Warnock

d)

Bruce LeVell

5.

He was an American politician, statesman, and civil rights activist and leader who served in the United States House of Representatives for Georgia's 5th congressional district from 1987 until his death in 2020.

a)

John Lewis

b)

Clarence Thomas

c)

Herman Cain

d)

Tim Scott

6.

He was an Olympic Champion speed skater from the United States. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, he became the first African-American to win a gold medal in an individual sport.

a)

Michael Jordan

b)

Shani Davis

c)

Cornelius Johnson

d)

Chris Paul

7.

True or False:

Martin Luther King Jr improvised the most iconic part of his “I Have a Dream” speech

a)

True

b)

False

8.

The most famous female poet of the 18th century

a)

Phillis Wheatley

b)

Maya Angelou

c)

Patti LaBelle

9.

Who invented potato Chips?

a)

Sojourner

Truth

b)

Barbara

Jordan

c)

George Crum

d)

Garret

Morgan

10.

Who once said "The time is always right to do what is right."

a)

Rosa McCauley

Parks

b)

Frederick Douglass

c)

Martin Luther King

Jr.

d)

Garret Morgan

11.

Who once said “I am not going to die, I’m going home like a shooting star.”

a)

Sojourner Truth

b)

Rosa Louise McCauley Parks

c)

Alexander Miles

d)

Frederick Douglass

12.
Garrett Morgan is responsible for which two inventions?
a)
Traffic light, gas mask
b)
Traffic light, cars
c)
Gas mask, stop sign
13.
Who is the author who wrote" I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"?
a)
Alice Walker
b)
Maya Angelou
c)
June Jordan 
14.

Name this famous movie.

a)

The Wiz

b)

The Wizard of Oz

c)

Get On The Bus

d)

Coming To America

15.

What were the first group of black fighter pilots called?

a)

Tennessee Airmen

b)

Tuskegee Airmen

c)

Texas Airmen

d)

Turkey Airmen

16.

What is the goal of BLM with their candidates?

a)

ignore them

b)

reyect them

c)

Inform them about their communities and hold them on these issues

17.

What does the NAACP stand for?

a)

National Collegiate Athletic Association

b)

National Athletic Association for Colored People

c)

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

d)

National Authors for the American Colored People

18.

What was Muhammad Ali's original name?

a)

Aaron Brown

b)

Leviticus Lewis

c)

Marcellus Moore

d)

Cassius Clay