WorksheetsBlack History Month
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 4mins
Jesse Owens won _ gold medals during the 1936 Berlin Olympic games in front of Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler.
2
3
4
5
in 1947, he became the first African-American to play professional baseball.
Frank Robinson
Larry Doby
Roy Campanella
Jackie Robinson
Prior to 1948, African Americans in the military were
Not recommended for the Medal of Honor.
Not allowed to serve in combat roles.
Not allowed to join or be drafted into the military.
In segregated units with white officers.
1954 Supreme Court case which declared that school segregation was unconstitutional.
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
Scott v. Sanford
McCulloch v. Maryland
What was the significance of Emmett Till's death in 1955?
Congress passed the Civil Rights Bill.
Brought attention to racial violence in the South.
KKK members in the South were arrested.
Schools in Mississippi were desegrated.
In 1960, she became the first African American child to attend an all-white elementary school in the South.
Ruby Bridges
Linda Brown
Rosa Parks
Ella Fitzgerald
In 1964, while protesting a motel's "whites only" policy to their pool, the manager dumped _ into the pool to force the protestors out.
Mud
Snakes
Ice
Acid
How many times did Martin Luther King Jr. go to jail for civil disobedience / trumped-up charges?
7
15
29
53
In 94 years, how many African American women have won an Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role?
0
1
5
8
Which of these phrases / terms have racial undertones to people of African descent? (Select all that apply)
Mumbo jumbo
No can do
Sold down the river
Eenie meenie miney mo
