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Black History Month Trivia

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the pioneering child that broke the racial segregation barrier in American public schools by attending an all-white elementary school in Louisiana?

a)

Rosa Parks

b)

Ruby Bridges

c)

Maya Angelou

d)

Michelle Obama

2.

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?

a)

Mary Kenner

b)

Marjorie Joyner

c)

Madam C.J. Walker

d)

Shirley Jackson

3.

Who was the famous track athlete who famously won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics and challenged the ideologies of the Nazi regime?

a)

Usain Bolt

b)

Carl Lewis

c)

Jesse Owens

d)

Muhammad Ali

4.

Who was the African American figure who played a vital role in the Underground Railroad, helping enslaved people escape to freedom?

a)

Rosa Parks

b)

Harriet Tubman

c)

Sojourner Truth

d)

Maya Angelou

5.

Who is the first Black woman to serve as a US Supreme Court justice?

a)

Rosa Parks

b)
  1. Ketanji Brown Jackson

c)
  1. Shirley Chisholm

d)
  1. Carol Moseley Braun

6.

Who was the first African-American to hold the office of

President of the United States?

a)

Carl Stokes

b)

Barack Obama

c)

Douglas Wilder

d)

Thurgood Marshall

7.

What was the duration of the initial Black History celebration in 1926?

a)

one day

b)

one week

c)

one month

d)

one year

8.

Who was the first African American female astronaut

to go into space in 1992?

a)

Shirley Chisholm

b)

Mae Jemison

c)

Toni Morrison

d)

Angela Davis

9.

Who delivered the iconic "I Have A Dream" speech during the

March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963?

a)

Rosa Parks

b)

Martin Luther King Jr.

c)

Frederick Douglass

d)

W.E.B. Du Bois

10.

What is the reason behind choosing February for Black History Month?

a)

It marks the anniversary of the Civil Rights Movement

b)

It coincides with the birthdays of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln

c)

It is the month when slavery was abolished

11.

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?

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

Harriet Tubman

c)

Sojourner Truth

d)

W.E.B. Du Bois

12.

Who set the record in 1962 for the most points

scored in a single NBA game?

a)

Kobe Bryant

b)

LeBron James

c)

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

d)

Wilt Chamberlain

13.

Which African American athlete broke the color barrier in

Major League Baseball in 1947?

a)

Jackie Robinson

b)

Hank Aaron

c)

Muhammad Ali

d)

Satchel Paige

14.

Who was the first African American woman to win

the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993?

a)

Gwendolyn Brooks

b)

Alice Walker

c)

Toni Morrison

d)

Maya Angelou

15.

Which African American entertainer was known as the "King of Pop"?

a)

Marvin Gaye

b)

Stevie Wonder

c)

Michael Jackson

d)

James Brown

16.

Who was the African American woman who refused to give up her seat on a bus, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1956?

a)

Coretta Scott King

b)

Claudette Colvin

c)

Sojourner Truth

d)

Rosa Parks

17.

Who was the African American poet and civil rights activist known for her poem "Still I Rise"?

a)

Maya Angelou

b)

Gwendolyn Brooks

c)

Nikki Giovanni

d)

Audre Lorde

18.

Which African American figure once lived in Milwaukee and was a prominent leader of the Nation of Islam?

a)

Martin Luther King Jr

b)

Thurgood Marshal

c)

Malcolm X

d)

John Lewis

19.

Which African American boxer was known as "The Greatest" and held the world heavyweight title three times?

a)

Joe Louis

b)

Sugar Ray Leonard

c)

Mike Tyson

d)

Muhammad Ali

20.

Which of the following Black actresses is an EGOT winner (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony)?

a)
  1. Octavia Spencer

b)
  1. Queen Latifah

c)

Viola Davis

d)
  1. Whoopi Goldberg