WorksheetsBlack History Month Trivia: Final Round
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 13mins
These young men staged a "sit-in" at the Woolworth lunch counter on February 1, 1960.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Greensboro 4
The Tuskegee Airmen
Jackie Robinson and George Washington Carver
Where is Nelson Mandela from?
South Africa
Georgia
New York
France
Why is Black Month History celebrated in Feburary?
In honor of Frederick Douglass's birthday
It evolved from National Negro History Week
In honor of Abraham Lincoln's birthday
In honor of National Freedom Day
All of the above
T/F Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus only because she was tired.
True
False
Who was Shirley Chisholm?
An African American singer
An African American dancer
the first African American women elected to Congress
the first African American astronaut
Who was the first woman in any field to earn a doctorate from MIT?
Kamala Harris
Kimberly Bryant
Shirley Ann Jackson
Valerie Thomas
What was legal separation of blacks and whites called?
racism
segregation
separation
abolition
Which phrase became a world-wide social movement and was a term coined by activist Alicia Garza?
Me too
Black Lives Matter
Occupy Wall Street
Make America Great Again
T/F Martin Luther King Jr. was well liked and popular when he was alive.
True
False
Who was the director of "Do The Right Thing"?
Ron Howard
Stan Lee
Spike Lee
Terrace Martin
Which of the following is an HBCU in Charlotte, NC?
Johnson C. Smith University
Hampton University
North Carolina A&T
UNCC
The first African-American pilots in the US military were known as
the Tennessee Airmen
The Flying Aces
The Miracle Men
The Tuskegee Airmen
Harriet Tubman was known as "Moses" because
she was really old.
she parted the waters of the Nile River.
she led her people to freedom along the Underground Railroad.
some people thought she was a man.
What are the three goals of the Civil Rights Movement?
Overturn segregation laws in southern states.
Restore voting rights.
Legalize racial discrimination in the U.S.
End legal discrimination in housing, education, and employment.
Why does Black History Month have different themes each year?
It explores how African Americans have resisted historic and ongoing oppression.
It's for the Association for the Study of American Life and History.
It gathered steam to become a cultural fixture.
It explores the foundation of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History.
Who was Carter G. Woodson? What did he do?
He protested against the integration of African Americans.
He founded Negro History Week in 1926.
He explored the world to stop the integration.
He was the co-founder of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History.
Jesse Owens won 4 gold medals for what sport?
track and field
football
basketball
soccer
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
The home of the poet and writer, Langston Hughes
A movement that promoted music and literary works of African Americans
A type of poetry written from the experiences of African Americans
A dance move
In addition to the United States, identify the other countries below that devote a month to celebrate African-Americans in history.
United Kingdom
Germany
Canada
India
HBCU stands for ...
Historically Better College and University
Helping Blacks in College and Universities
Historically Black College and University
Historically Below Common Universities
This court case ruled that it was unconstitutional to prohibit marriage at the state and local levels.
McCulloch v. Maryland
Loving v. Virginia
Schenck v. United States
Gideon v. Wainwright
The "Divine Nine" is an informal name for whom or what in U.S. college/university Greek life?
The first nine sororities to have ever been founded
The nine fundamental tenets of all fraternities and sororites
The first nine U.S. presidents to have been members of a fraternity
The nine historically African-American Greek-letter organizations
