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Black History Trivia

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is known for their "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington in 1963?

a)

Rosa Parks

b)

Malcolm X

c)

Martin Luther King Jr.

d)

John Lewis

2.

Which African American woman refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus, becoming a symbol of the Civil Rights Movement?

a)

Coretta Scott King

b)

Rosa Parks

c)

Fannie Lou Hamer

d)

Harriet Tubman

3.

Which Black woman became the first to travel in space in 1992?

a)

Mae Jemison

b)

Katherine Johnson

c)

Bessie Coleman

d)

Shirley Chisholm

4.

Maya Angelou, a North Carolina native, is best known for her autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. What was one of her significant contributions to the arts beyond writing?

a)

She was the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize.

b)

She was a Grammy-winning spoken-word artist and performer.

c)

She was the first African American woman to direct a major Hollywood film.

d)

She was the first poet to recite at a presidential inauguration.

5.

Who was the first African American and Native American woman to hold a pilot license?

a)
  1. Bessie Coleman

b)
  1. Mary McLeod

c)
  1. Bethune

d)
  1. Barbara Smith

6.

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

a)
  1. Carol Moseley Braun

b)
  1. Shirley Chisholm

c)
  1. Ketanji Brown


d)

Maya Angelou

7.

Where did Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his famous ‘I Have A Dream’ speech?

a)
  1. Memphis, Tennessee

b)
  1. Atlanta, Georgia

c)
  1. Washington, D.C

d)

Raleigh, North Carolina

8.

Who played T’Challa in Black Panther?

a)
  1. Michael Ealy

b)
  1. Anthony Mackie

c)

Denzel Washington

d)
  1. Chadwick Boseman

9.

Which historically black sorority was founded second? a. Alpha Kappa Alpha b. Zeta Phi Beta c. Delta Sigma Theta d. Sigma Gamma Rho

a)

Alpha Kappa Alpha

b)

Zeta Phi Beta

c)

Delta Sigma Theta

d)

Sigma Gamma Rho

10.

Madame CJ Walker was the first African American female

a)

Self-made millionaire

b)

To graduate from a integrated high school

c)

Self-made thousandaire

d)

To own property in Ohio

11.

Who delivered the famous "I Have a Dream" speech?

a)

Malcolm X

b)

Martin Luther King Jr.

c)

Frederick Douglass

d)

Booker T. Washington

12.

Which Bob Marley song became an anthem for peace and unity?

a)



Three Little Birds

b)

Buffalo Soldier

c)

No Woman No Cry

d)

One Love

13.

Who is the Jamaican sprinter widely regarded as the world’s fastest man, holding world records in the 100m and 200m races?

a)

Asafa Powell


b)

Usain Bolt

c)

Carl Lewis

d)

Maurice Green