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WorksheetsLARO BHM Trivia Challenge
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 5mins
Who was the first Black person widely held to be born in the original 13 American Colonies?
William Tucker
Frederick Douglass
George Washington Carver
Harriet Tubman
In what year did the first Black woman receive a four-year college degree in the United States?
1920
1890
1900
1850
Who is considered the godmother of hip-hop?
Sylvia Robinson
Chaka Khan
Gloria Gaynor
Missy Elliot
Who was the first Black person to host a regularly scheduled, nationally televised program?
Harry Belafonte
Pearl Bailey
Nat King Cole
Sammy Davis, Jr.
Who was Madam C.J. Walker and what was her claim to fame and fortune?
First Black American opera star
First Black pilot in America
Black American blues singer
African American Businesswoman
African American computer scientist Lisa Gelobter assisted with the 1995 creation of Shockwave, essential technology that led to the development of interactive multimedia, video games, and web animation. Her work enabled the creation of this mainstay of social media. What is it?
The GIF
Text Messaging
In what year was an Olympic gold medal won by an African American for the first time?
1908
1936
1896
1900
When did the first Black woman win an Olympic gold medal?
1904
1912
1948
1956
African Americans athletes played in the NFL for the first time in 1920. True or false?
True
False
What was the “Negro Motorist Green Book”?
Travel guide that catered to African Americans listing Black-owned businesses or ones that didn’t engage in segregation.
A drivers’ education manual for African Americans.
A book containing traffic laws pertaining to African Americans.
Telephone directory of African American residents of Washington, D.C.
In July 1777, Vermont became the first American Colony to ban slavery.
True
False
When did the U.S. military officially end the practice of racial segregation?
July 1948
August 1945
December 7, 1941
November 22, 1963
The period following the American Civil War is known as
Reconciliation
Reparations
Re-Integration
Reconstruction
What year was the ban on interracial marriage declared unconstitutional?
1867
1967
1954
1976
Who was the first Black woman elected to the U.S. Congress?
Barbara Jordan
Marian Wright Edelman
Angela Davis
Shirley Chisholm
