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WorksheetsPart 8
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
A slave ship called “Clothilde” (Clōtilda) was the
last ship to arrive in American. Where did it land?
Alabama
In 1964 what Civil Rights Activist became
the first African American woman
prosecutor in Kentucky?
Alberta Odell Jones
Centenary Biblical Institute was
established in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1865
by blacks after the Civil War. Under what
name does it operate today?
Who was an advocate for civil rights, a
fundraiser for NAACP, and the first black
person to sign a long-term Hollywood
contract in 1942?
Lena Horne
What US federal government agency
founded over 4000 schools, including
Howard University?
Who was the first American
woman to win three gold
medals in track and field - in the 1960 Olympics
for the 100 and 200 meters and the 400-meter
relay?
Wilma Glodean Rudolph
Who was the first American woman to win
three gold medals in track and field - in the
1960 Olympics for the 100 and 200 meters
and the 400-meter relay?
Wilma Glodean Rudolph
Who was denied permission to sing in the
Daughters of the American Revolution
(DAR) auditorium because of her race in
1939, but later became the first black
person to perform at the Metropolitan
Opera in 1955?
What slave named Isabella became a fiery
orator supporting anti-slavery and woman
suffrage after gaining her freedom?
Who was a conductor on the Underground
Railroad and secured the freedom of at least 300 enslaved people, making 19 trips
into the South over 10 years, and served as
a spy and scout for the Union Army?
What was the first
historically black college in America?
Alexa Irene Canady became the first African
American what in 1981.
Who was the first African American
Senator and what state did they represent?
Why was Black History Month placed in
February?
It was the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass.
Who were the founders of the Street
Transgender Action Revolutionaries?
In 1992, Dominique Dawes
and Elizabeth Okino became the first Black
athletes to compete in what Olympic sport?
What African American founded Dance
Company is well-known for the piece
“Revelations”?
The Apollo Theater was opened in what
city?
Harlem,New York City
NBA superstar Shaquille O'Neal began his
career with which team?
Taraji P. Henson played Katherine G.
Johnson in the movie Hidden Figures. What
was Johnson known for?
Building a NASA project
being the first black person to work at NASA
Her calculations helped NASA’s space
program
She was the first African American to ever achieve being able to calculate correctly
In 1968, Bob Beamon set an
Olympic record in what event
What is the Kentucky Derby?
It is a horse race.
When was the very first Kentucky Derby
held?
1875
Fifteen jockeys rode in the very first
Kentucky Derby. How many of the fifteen
were African-American?
13
What African-American rode the colt
named Aristides?
Oliver Lewis
Who was the first black born
in colonial America at
Jamestown, Virginia?
What company was the largest
slave-trading operation in the south?
Franklin and Arnold
Who was an early pioneer in Colorado and
a conductor of the Underground Railroad?
Barney Ford
How many Southern states seceded from
the Union to form the Confederate States of
America in 1861?
In 1961, W.E.B. Du Bois renounced his US
citizenship and became a citizen of what
country?
What president swore in, Robert Weaver, the first
black member of a presidential cabinet, in 1966?
Many blacks held political offices in the
South during Reconstruction as members
of what political party?
What was Marcus Garvey’s nickname?
Where did the “sit-in” movement begin?
Woolworth’s store in Greensboro, North
Carolina
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was fatally shot
on the balcony of what hotel and city in
1968?
Who invented the control
unit for the artificial heart stimulator?
Otis Boykin
Who invented the smallpox vaccine?
Dr. Louis Wright
What Black American inventor received a
patent for an airplane safety device in
1921?
Hubert Julian
What Black American scientist is known for
his work with insects?
Charles Turner
What popular home appliance did G.T.
Sampson invent in 1892?
Clothes dryer
Birmingham had race riot
violence in the spring of what year?
Appeal , a book of anti-slavery literature,
was written by what Black American?
Made to what is now Alcorn State
University, the first land grant for a black
college was made in 1871 in what
in city?
Lorman, Mississipi
Between 1915 and the mid-1920s
approximately how many blacks left the
rural South to urban areas of the North and
the West as part of the Great Migration?
Booker T. Washington was opposed to the
founding of what organization in 1909?
My best friend is always on
my mind, I'm always down for mine, gotta do what I gotta do
Moesha
What R&B singer was the star of Moesha?
Brandy
"What TV show theme song did this lyric
come from? "Now we're up in the big
leagues, getting our turn at bat..."
TV show theme song did this lyric come
from? "Here's a chance to make it, if we focus on our goals....
A Different World
What is the name of the twin sisters that
starred in the popular 90’s tv show “Sister,
Sister”?
