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WorksheetsBlack History Trivia Game
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 25mins
I was the first African American to attend an all-white elementary school in the South. For my protection, I had to be escorted by U.S. Marshals to and from William Frantz Elementary School that first day.
Marcus Garvey
Jessie Owens
Langston Hughes
Ruby Bridges
I was the first African American allowed to play major league baseball. I played for the Brooklyn Dodgers for 10 years.
Harriet Tubman
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Rosa Parks
Jackie Robinson
I was a scientist who made hundreds of products from peanuts, sweet potatoes, pecans, and soybeans. Some of these products included adhesives, dyes, and rubber substitute.
George Washington Carver
Thurgood Marshall
Sarah E. Goode
Sojourner Truth
The president named this person to be the first African American to hold a seat on the Supreme Court, the highest court in the land.
Mae Jemison
Booker T. Washington
Thurgood Marshall
Who created “Negro History Week” and when did it become “Black History Month”?
Charles G. Woodson, 1926
Woody Charles, 1936
Who is the "Father of Black History?"
Frederick Douglass
Martin Luther King Jr.
Carter G. Woodson
Abraham Lincoln
Althea Gibson was a-
Champion tennis player and golfer who broke the Color barrier in Tennis
“Conductor” of the Underground Railroad
Leader of the Civil Rights Movement
Four Star General and Secretary of State
What month is Black History Month?
March
January
February
October
Who was the founder of Black History Month?
Christopher Carter
Carter G. Woodson
Malcom X
Dr. Martin Luther King
Harriet Tubman was a-
Champion tennis player and golfer who broke the Color barrier in Tennis
“Conductor” of the Underground Railroad
Leader of the Civil Rights Movement
Four Star General and Secretary of State
George W Carver was a-
Trailblazer of the Civil Rights Movement
Broke the baseball color barrier
44th President of the United States
Plant scientist, educator, and humanitarian
Who was the first African American woman to travel to space?
Wilma Rudolph
Diana Ross
Mae Jemison
Oprah Winfrey
This period between 1920-1930 experienced a large migration of black citizens from the South to New York and launched one of the largest intellectual and cultural revival of African American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater and politics.
Harlem Renaissance
Great Migration
Middle Passage
Reconstruction
We know Barack Obama was the first African American President. What number President was he?
44
34
13
48
I won four gold medals in the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games. This made Hitler mad because he assumed the Germans were superior.
Marcus Garvey
Ruby Bridges
Langston Hughes
Jessie Owens
In addition to the United States, identify the other countries below that devote a month to celebrate African-Americans in history.
United Kingdom
Germany
Canada
India
HBCU stands for ...
Historically Better College and University
Helping Blacks in College and Universities
Historically Black College and University
Historically Below Common Universities
First African-American First Lady of the United States
Oprah Winfrey
Winnie Mandela
Zora Neal Hurston
Michelle Obama
In 1972 Chisholm did something spectacular. What did she do?
She was the first woman and first African American to run for the presidency of the United States
She was the first Democrat to run for the presidency of the United States
She was the first Asian American to run for the vice presidency in the United States
The "Divine Nine" is an informal name for whom or what in U.S. college/university Greek life?
The nine historically African-American Greek-letter organizations
The first nine sororities to have ever been founded
The nine fundamental tenets of all fraternities and sororites
The first nine U.S. presidents to have been members of a fraternity
Who was the first African American to win an Academy Award?
Hattie McDaniel
Sidney Poitier
Denzel Washington
Halle Berry
Which landmark Supreme Court case declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional?
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education
Roe v. Wade
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Who was the first African American woman to serve in the U.S. Congress?
Shirley Chisholm
Barbara Jordan
Kamala Harris
Condoleezza Rice
What was the name of the network of secret routes and safe houses used by enslaved African Americans to escape into free states?
The Freedom Trail
The Underground Railroad
The Liberty Line
The Emancipation Route
Who was the first African American to serve as a U.S. Supreme Court Justice?
Thurgood Marshall
Clarence Thomas
William Hastie
Robert Carter
