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WorksheetsBlack History Bee
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
She was an American author, anthropologist, and filmmaker. The most popular of her four novels is Their Eyes Were Watching God.
Zora Neale Hurston
Toni Morrison
Maya Angelou
Alice Walker
Who was the first African-American Supreme Court Justice?
Charley Pride
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Thurgood Marshall
Colin Powell
What woman led more than 300 slaves to freedom through the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman
Michelle Obama
Oprah Winfrey
Shirley Chisholm
What basketball player was the first to score 100 points in a single game?
James Brown
Michael Jordan
Jesse Owens
Wilt Chamberlain
Who was the first African-American woman to host a television program for 25 years and now owns her own network?
Aretha Franklin
Oprah Winfrey
Shirley Chisholm
Madame C.J. Walker
Who was the first African-American President of the United States of America?
Colin Powell
Dr. George Washington Carver
Barack Obama
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
What African-American woman made history when she refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man?
Rosa Parks
Aretha Franklin
Wilma Rudolph
Oprah Winfrey
Who became the first black player in Major League Baseball in 1947?
Michael Jordan
Jackie Robinson
Muhammad Ali
Charley Pride
Who invented over 300 products from the peanut?
Colin Powell
Thurgood Marshall
Wilt Chamberlain
Dr. George Washington Carver
Who is the only African-American honored by a national holiday and gave a famous speech "I Have A Dream" during the March on Washington?
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Barack Obama
Reverend Jesse Jackson
Muhammad Ali
Who invented the first clock?
David Banner
Benjamin Banneker
Benjamin Maker
David Benjamin
Fredrick McKinley Jones invented the ___ ___ ___ unit in the 1930's.
portable air conditioning
an engine motor
a time machine
a teleportation device
Who invented the traffic light and the gas mask?
George Jefferson
Morgan Freeman
Garrett Morgan
George Crum
Who invented the potato chips?
George Crum
George Washington Carver
George Washington
George Jefferson
This man invented the gamma electric cell which is used to power the cell phone in 1971... Who is he?
Henry George Jr
Henry Thomas Sampson Jr.
Thomas the train
Thomas Jefferson
____ invented the portable pencil sharpener in 1883
John Joseph Love
John Lewis
John Lee Love
John John
Who invented the lunch pail (lunch box) in 1887?
Jackie Robinson
James Brown
James Harden
James Robinson
What did John Standard invent in 1891?
an improved model of the stove and refrigerator
an improved model of a doll house
an improved bookshelf
an elevator
Who invented the supper soaker in 1982?
Lonnie G. Johnson
Magic Johnson
Michael Jackson
Lonnie G. Jackson
Who invented the improved hairbrush in 1898?
London D. Newman
Lyda D. Newman
London D. Norman
Lyda D. Norman
Who invented the doorknob and door stop in 1878?
Otis Boykin
Osbourn Duran
Ozzy Osbourne
Osbourn Dorsey
Who invented the street letter mailbox in 1891 and the railroad switch?
Phillip B. Bradley
Thomas Jefferson
Phillip B. Downing
Thomas B. Downing
Who invented the guitar in 1886?
Robert Flemming Jr.
Roberto Clemente
Robert Downing Jr.
Robert Smith
Who invented the ironing board?
Sarah Allen
Sarah Breedlove (Madam C.J. Walker)
Sarah Moore
Sarah Boone
Carter G. Woodson is known as the _____.
Father of Soul
Father of Faith
Father of Black History
Father of Inventions
Who Invented the improved version of the lock in 1889?
W.E.B Dubois
W. A. Martin
Booker T. Washington
Marcus Garvey
This man invented the improved version of the mop in 1893 along with the metal bonding machine... Who is he?
Thomas Stewart
Thomas L. Jennings
Thomas Edison
Thomas the train
Juneteenth, which became an official federal holiday in 2021, commemorates this:
The day the last slaves in Texas found out that the Civil War was over and that they were free
The service of black troops in the U.S. Army during the Civil War
The U.S. Supreme Court ruling that effectively ended 'separate but equal' education
The signing into law of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
What group launched the Freedom Rides in 1961?
ACLU-American Civil Liberties Union
SCLC-Southern Christian Leadership Conference
CORE-Congress of Racial Equality
SNCC-Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
At the time of her historic bus incident, what was Rosa Parks' occupation?
Hospital orderly
Drugstore clerk
High school cafeteria worker
Department store seamstress
Which of these influential authors became the first African American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature?
Maya Angelou
August Wilson
Lorraine Hansberry
Toni Morrison
Before he was elected president of the United States, Barack Obama served as a U.S. senator of which Midwestern state?
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Ohio
In addition to his influential campaigns to become president of the United States, in 1984 and 1988, the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson is known for his leadership roles with which civil rights organizations?
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
People United to Save Humanity (Operation PUSH)
Rainbow Coalition
All of the above
In 1960, four black college students staged a sit-in that helped integrate this store's lunch counter.
Woolworth's
W.T. Grant
G.C. Murphy
S.S. Kresge
In 1968 she became the first black woman elected to Congress:
Barbara Jordan
Maxine Waters
Shirley Chisholm
Carol Moseley Braun
Members of what labor union helped to build the nation’s black middle class and civil rights movement?
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
American Federal of Teachers
Communications Workers of America
International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union
Who was elected chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in 1966?
Charles E. Cobb Jr.
Stokely Carmichael
John Lewis
Bobby Seale
Who was the first black child to attend an all-white public elementary school in the American South?
Ruby Bridges
Hattie McDaniel
Aretha Franklin
Oprah Winfrey
What historically black college/university (HBCU) did Chadwick Boseman attend?
Hampton
Clark Atlanta
Morehouse
Howard
What is the first historically black college/university (HBCU)?
Hampton
Cheyney
Morehouse
Bethune Cookman
The Marching 100 is the marching band for this historically black college/university (HBCU)?
FAMU
Cheyney
North Carolina A&T
Bethune Cookman
The Stingettes are the majorettes (dance team) for this historically black college/university (HBCU)?
Howard University
Alabama State University
Tuskegee University
Morehouse College
How many HBCUs are in the United States?
49
99
149
199
How many sororities and fraternities are in the Divine 9?
5
19
9
15
Which was the first fraternity in the Divine 9?
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, INC.
Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, INC.
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, INC.
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, INC.
What sorority is Vice President Kamala Harris a member of?
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, INC.
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, INC.
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, INC.
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, INC.
What sorority is Sheryl Underwood a member of?
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, INC.
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, INC.
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, INC.
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, INC.
Which fraternity is Steve Harvey a member of?
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, INC.
Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, INC.
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, INC.
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, INC.
__________ is an American politician from Hartford, Connecticut. A Democrat, he served as the 62nd Mayor of Hartford from 1981 to 1987 and was the first popularly elected black mayor in New England.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Thirman L. Milner
Carrie Saxon Perry
Malcolm X
__________ was a four-sport athlete at Weaver High School, who later returned as a school administrator and created the Doc Hurley Basketball Classic. He played professional football in the 1940s with the All-American Football Conference’s Brooklyn Dodgers.
Johnny Eagan
Lebron James
Marcus Camby
Walter “Doc” Hurley
