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WorksheetsBlack History Month Ideas
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 25mins
I was the first African-American child to attend an all-white public elementary school in the American South. Who am I?
Ruby Bridges
Hattie McDaniel
Aretha Franklin
Oprah Winfrey
I created specialized hair products for African-American hair and was one of the first American women to become a self-made millionaire. Who am I?
Patricia Bath
Madam C.J. Walker
Mary Mahoney
Alexa Canady
I was a prominent African-American scientist and inventor. I am best known for the many uses I devised for the peanut. Who am I?
George Washington Carver
Percy Julian
Ben Carson
MIchael Jackson
What woman led more than 300 slaves to freedom through the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman
Michelle Obama
Oprah Winfrey
Shirley Chisholm
I won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, embarrassing German dictator Adolf Hitler. Who am I?
Usain Bolt
LeBron James
Kobe Bryant
Jesse Owens
Who was the first African-American Supreme Court Justice?
Charley Pride
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Thurgood Marshall
Colin Powell
Which civil rights activist is famous for his "I Have A Dream Speech" on August 28th, 1963?
Malcolm X
Roy Wilkins
Bayard Rustin
Martin Luther King Jr.
Why was February chosen as the month to recognize the history and contributions of African Americans?
It coincides with the birthdays of Fredrick Douglas and Abraham Lincoln
It is the shortest month of the year
February is the holy month of Ramadan
Who created “Negro History Week” and when did it become “Black History Month”?
Charles G. Woodson, 1926
Woody Charles, 1936
Who was the first African-American President of the United States of America?
Colin Powell
Dr. George Washington Carver
Barack Obama
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Who is the "Father of Black History?"
Frederick Douglass
Martin Luther King Jr.
Carter G. Woodson
Abraham Lincoln
How long was the first celebration of Black History?
one day
one week
one month
one year
What month is Black History Month?
March
January
February
October
Segregation laws .......
made sure children went to school.
kept black people and white people separate.
made sure all people could vote.
kept people from driving too fast.
These young men staged a "sit-in" at the Woolworth lunch counter on February 1, 1960.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Greensboro 4
The Tuskegee Airmen
Jackie Robinson and George Washington Carver
This civil rights leader used non-violent methods like marches and boycotts to gain support for equal rights for all.
George Washington Carver
Abraham Lincoln
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks became famous because she...
was the first black woman elected as governor.
wrote the Constitution of the United States.
refused to give up her seat on the bus for a white man.
led her fellow slaves to freedom along the Underground Railroad.
The first African-American to become President of the United States was
Oprah Winfrey
Fredrick Douglass
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Barack Obama
Harriet Tubman was known as "Moses" because
she led her people to freedom along the Underground Railroad.
she was really old.
some people thought she was a man.
she parted the waters of the Nile River.
The African-American scientist who discovered over 300 uses for peanuts was
Barack Obama
George Washington Carver
Jackie Robinson
Frederick Douglass
Who was the first African American woman to travel into space?
Mae Jemison
Katherine Johnson
Dorothy Vaughan
Mary Jackson
Which event is considered the start of the modern Civil Rights Movement in the United States?
The March on Washington
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Selma to Montgomery March
The Greensboro Sit-ins
Who was the first African American to win an Academy Award for Best Actor?
Sidney Poitier
Denzel Washington
Morgan Freeman
Jamie Foxx
Which amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery?
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
19th Amendment
Who was the first African American woman to win a Nobel Prize in Literature?
Toni Morrison
Maya Angelou
Alice Walker
Zora Neale Hurston
