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Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
What other Countries have joined the Celebration of Black History Month?
Canada
United Kingdom
Germany
Netherlands
What two famous abolitionists met in the home of a Detroit antislavery activist to discuss a plan to fight slavery?
William Still & Levi Coffin
Sojourner Truth & Harriet Tubman
Frederick Douglass and John Brown
William Lloyd Garrison and Harriet Beecher Stowe
At the time of the historic bus incident, what was Rosa Park's Occupation
Seamstress
Hospital Orderly
Drugstore Clerk
Cafeteria Worker
Serving 7 consecutive terms, she was the 1st African American Congresswoman.
Mia Love
Carol Mosley-Braun
Maxine Waters
Shirley Chisolm
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
Which US President officially recognized Black History Month?
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
Richard Nixon
Ronald Reagan
What player hit 73 home runs in a season and earned Major Ligue Baseball's Silver Slugger Award 12 times?
Jackie Robinson
Barry Bonds
Hank Aaron
Willie Mays
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
True or False:
Denzel Washington was the first black actor to receive the Oscar for best actor in a leading role for the movie Training Day.
True
False
Who was the first African American to win a singles title at Wimbledon?
Althea Gibson
Arthur Ashe
Serena Williams
Martin Luther King fought for what?
America
Equal Rights
Freedom
Rosa Parks freedom
___________ is considered by many to be the greatest tennis player of all time.
Florence Griffith Joyner
Venus Williams
Sheryl Swoopes
Serena Williams
Before Barack Obama became President (2009-2017), he served as what?
U.S. House of Representatives
Mayor of Chicago
Governor of Illinois
U.S. Senator
Which month is dedicated to the celebration of achievements by African Americans?
January
June
November
February
This period between 1920-1930 experienced a large migration of black citizens from the South to New York and launched one of the largest intellectual and cultural revival of African American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater and politics.
Harlem Renaissance
Great Migration
Middle Passage
Reconstruction
_____________ became the first U.S. track and field athlete to win four gold medals in a single Olympiad.
Jackie Robinson
Michael Jordon
Jesse Owens
Black History Month was created to focus on what?
Contributions of African Americans
Martin Luther King
African Americans
African American Culture
Who was proposed through congress to be on the $20 dollar bill to replace Andrew Jackson?
Harriet Tubman
Frederick Douglass
Rosa Parks
Known to many as the Queen of Soul, she never left her roots in gospel music often times toggling between genres.
Aretha Franklin
Anita Baker
Nancy Wilson
Patti LaBelle
Which NBA team made history by having the first African-American to become the majority owner? His name is Robert “Bob” Johnson.
Memphis Grizzlies
Portland Trailblazers
Charlotte Hornets
Washington Wizards
Who was the first person of color to win the Oscar for best original screenplay?
Jordan Peel (Get Out)
Barry Jenkins (Moonlight)
Ryan Coogler (Fruitvale Station)
In 1939, she wasn't able to perform at Constitution Hall because of a "white performers only" policy, but first lady Eleanor Roosevelt protested and he singer eventually performed at the Lincoln Memorial
Aretha Franklin
Ella Fitzgerald
Marian Anderson
Della Reese
____________ was chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and later secretary of state.
Ralph J. Bunche
Colin Powell
Booker T. Washington
____________ is one of the most important writers of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s, which celebrated black life and culture.
Miles Davis
Langston Hughes
Alex Haley
___________ was the founder of Negro History Week, which eventually became Black History Month.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Carter G. Woodson
John Birks Gillespie
True or False:
Misty Copeland became the first Black woman to be promoted to principal dancer in American Ballet Theatre’s (ABT) 75-year + history.
True
False
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
Dr. Mark Dean was the co-inventor of which item
Personal Computer
Cell Phone
Calculator
Pager
What was the first historically black college in America?
Lincoln University
Howard Universtiy
Cheyney University
Wiley College
The first Negro History Month was celebrated on what?
1962
2022
1926
1918
________ was also called the "Moses of her People,"
Rosa Parks
Gertie Davis
Harriet Tubman
Mariah Ritty Ross
Who was the first African American woman to win 5 Grammy awards in one year?
Da Brat
Foxy Brown
Lauryn Hill
Missy Elliott
What is Ruby Bridges famous for?
Sitting at a lunch counter to protest segregation
Being the first black woman to run for president.
Being the first black student to attend an all-white school
Who was first African American to win an Academy Award for best actor?
Denzel Washington
Morgan Freeman
Sidney Poitier
James Earl Jones
