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Holt Elementary 2021 - 2022 African American Wax Museum

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which African American figure shipped himself to freedom?

a)

Van Jones

b)

Henry "Box" Brown

c)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

d)

Tyler Perry

2.

Who was the first African American baseball player in Major League Baseball?

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

Henry Box Brown

c)

Malcolm X

d)

Jackie Robinson

3.

Who was called the "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement"? She would not give up her seat and move to the back of the bus.

a)

Oprah Winfrey

b)

Katherine Dunham

c)

Rosa Parks

d)

Hallie Quinn Brown

4.

He was a blind musician and considered one of the greatest singers/musicians. He was also a father of ten children.

a)

George Washington Carver

b)

Ray Charles

c)

Bob Marley

d)

James Brown

5.

Who is considered the "Godfather of Soul"? He was born on May 3 in Augusta, GA. He did funk and soul music.

a)

Michael Jackson

b)

Ray Charles

c)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

d)

James Brown

6.

She was a singer from North Carolina. Her music styles were different and included classical, jazz, blues, folk, R&B, gospel and pop.

a)

Nina Simone

b)

Beyonce

c)

Aretha Franklin

d)

Mae Jemison

7.

She was a Biologist who studied treatments for skin cancer. She went to Talladega College and New York University.

a)

Mae Jemison

b)

Katherine Johnson

c)

Jewell Plummer Cobb

d)

Alice Bell

8.

Although he was born into slavery, he became a scientist. He used plants for his inventions. He was known as the "plant doctor" studying uses for peanuts.

a)

Garret Morgan

b)

Percy L Julian

c)

Lewis Latimer

d)

George Washington Carver

9.

She was an American chemist. She developed the most effective cure for leprosy.

a)

Alice Ball

b)

Katherine Johnson

c)

Mae Carol Jemison

d)

Jewel Plummer Cobb

10.

She is a best-selling author of children and young adult novels such as "P.S. Be Eleven".

a)

Rita Williams-Garcia

b)

Tyler Perry

c)

Mae Jemison

d)

Katherine Johnson

11.

He has directed over 20 movies which made $1 billion. He started writing his plays from a journal that he kept since he was young adult. He is best known for his grandmotherly character "Madea".

a)

Van Jones

b)

Bob Marley

c)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

d)

Tyler Perry

12.

She is a poet. She is the youngest poet to read a poem at a presidential inauguration ceremony.

a)

Beyonce

b)

Amanda Gorman

c)

Phyllis Wheatley

d)

Rita Williams-Garcia