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WorksheetsTECA's BHM Quiz
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 19mins
Who was the Founder of Black History in 1926?
President Abraham Lincoln
President Barack Obama
Carter G. Woodson
Frederick Douglass
What are the dates when Black History Month is celebrated?
January 1st - March 1st
February 1st - March 31st
February 1st - March 1st
February 10th - March 10th
Who was the first African-American Supreme Court Justice?
Charley Pride
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Thurgood Marshall
Colin Powell
What basketball player was the first to score 100 points in a single game?
James Brown
Michael Jordan
Jesse Owens
Wilt Chamberlain
Who was the first African-American woman to host a television program for 25 years and now owns her own network?
Aretha Franklin
Oprah Winfrey
Shirley Chisholm
Madame C.J. Walker
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 became the first black player in Major League Baseball in 1947?
Michael Jordan
Jackie Robinson
Muhammad Ali
Charley Pride
Was the Underground Railroad an actual train system used to free the slaves?
Yes
No
Who was the first African-American woman self-made millionaire?
Sarah Rector
Madam C.J. Walker
Oprah Winfrey
Octavia Spencer
What is the title of the Black National Anthem?
Stars Spangled Banner
Lift Every Voice and Sing
Change Gone Come
Fight the Power
What was the nickname of the first 9 black teens to go to a white high school?
Little Arkansas Nine
Little Rock Nine
The Montgomery Nine
Little Kentucky Nine
African-American mathematician who made contributions to the United States' aeronautics and space programs with the early application of digital electronic computers at NASA.
Katherine G. Johnson
Patricia Bath
Valerie Thomas
This singer was called the Queen of Soul.
Nina Simone
Natalie Cole
Billie Holiday
Aretha Frankliin
This singer was very active in the civil rights movement and is sometimes referred to as the High Priestess of Soul.
Nina Simone
Anita Pointer
Natalie Cole
Bonnie Pointer
This performer scored hits with "What's Going On", "Mercy Mercy Me", and "Let's Get it On".
John Coltrane
The Pointer Sisters
Aretha Franklin
Marvin Gaye
Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution formally abolished slavery?
The 13th Amendment
The 14th Amendment
The 15th Amendment
The 12th Amendment
What was the name of the landmark Supreme Court case that declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional in 1954?
Brown v. Board of Education
Plessy v. Ferguson
Loving v. Virginia
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Which artist was the first Black woman to win "Album of the Year" at the Grammys for a solo album?
Aretha Franklin
Beyoncé
Lauryn Hill
Whitney Houston
What phrase is next? Lift Every Voice and Sing,
till there is life and streams
till you are still marching
facing the sky with bling
till earth and heaven ring
