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WorksheetsBlack History Month Trivia
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
Who was the pioneering child that broke the racial segregation barrier in American public schools by attending an all-white elementary school in Louisiana?
Rosa Parks
Ruby Bridges
Maya Angelou
Michelle Obama
Who was the self-made millionaire and philanthropist that made a fortune by developing and marketing a line of beauty and hair products for black women in the early 20th century?
Mary Kenner
Marjorie Joyner
Madam C.J. Walker
Shirley Jackson
Who was the famous track athlete who famously won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics and challenged the ideologies of the Nazi regime?
Usain Bolt
Carl Lewis
Jesse Owens
Muhammad Ali
Who was the African American figure who played a vital role in the Underground Railroad, helping enslaved people escape to freedom?
Rosa Parks
Harriet Tubman
Sojourner Truth
Maya Angelou
Who is the first Black woman to serve as a US Supreme Court justice?
Rosa Parks
Ketanji Brown Jackson
Shirley Chisholm
Carol Moseley Braun
Who was the first African-American to hold the office of
President of the United States?
Carl Stokes
Barack Obama
Douglas Wilder
Thurgood Marshall
What was the duration of the initial Black History celebration in 1926?
one day
one week
one month
one year
Who was the first African American female astronaut
to go into space in 1992?
Shirley Chisholm
Mae Jemison
Toni Morrison
Angela Davis
Who delivered the iconic "I Have A Dream" speech during the
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963?
Rosa Parks
Martin Luther King Jr.
Frederick Douglass
W.E.B. Du Bois
What is the reason behind choosing February for Black History Month?
It marks the anniversary of the Civil Rights Movement
It coincides with the birthdays of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln
It is the month when slavery was abolished
Who was the African American abolitionist who escaped slavery and became a prominent speaker and writer and established an influential antislavery publication named the North Star?
Frederick Douglass
Harriet Tubman
Sojourner Truth
W.E.B. Du Bois
Who set the record in 1962 for the most points
scored in a single NBA game?
Kobe Bryant
LeBron James
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Wilt Chamberlain
Which African American athlete broke the color barrier in
Major League Baseball in 1947?
Jackie Robinson
Hank Aaron
Muhammad Ali
Satchel Paige
Who was the first African American woman to win
the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993?
Gwendolyn Brooks
Alice Walker
Toni Morrison
Maya Angelou
Which African American entertainer was known as the "King of Pop"?
Marvin Gaye
Stevie Wonder
Michael Jackson
James Brown
Who was the African American woman who refused to give up her seat on a bus, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1956?
Coretta Scott King
Claudette Colvin
Sojourner Truth
Rosa Parks
Who was the African American poet and civil rights activist known for her poem "Still I Rise"?
Maya Angelou
Gwendolyn Brooks
Nikki Giovanni
Audre Lorde
Which African American figure once lived in Milwaukee and was a prominent leader of the Nation of Islam?
Martin Luther King Jr
Thurgood Marshal
Malcolm X
John Lewis
Which African American boxer was known as "The Greatest" and held the world heavyweight title three times?
Joe Louis
Sugar Ray Leonard
Mike Tyson
Muhammad Ali
Which of the following Black actresses is an EGOT winner (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony)?
Octavia Spencer
Queen Latifah
Viola Davis
Whoopi Goldberg
