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YWCA Black History Month Quiz
YWCA Black History Month Quiz
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1
Who played T'Challa in Black Panther?
Anthony Mackie
Michael Ealy
Chadwick Boseman
Don Cheadle
2
Who was the first African American Major League Baseball player?
Jackie Robinson
Muhammad Ali
Jesse Owens
Michael Jordan
3
What is the name of our current vice president?
Sojourner Truth
Shontel Brown
Kamala Harris
Michelle Obama
4
In what year was the Black Panther Party founded?
1975
2000
1966
1920
5
Which of the following actresses is an EGOT recipient (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony)?
Octavia Spencer
Queen Latifah
Beyonce
Whoopi Goldberg
6
What was Ruby Bridges famous for?
Sitting at a lunch counter to protest segregation
Being the first Black student to attend an all-white school
Being the first Black woman to run for president
Being the first black principal
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Jesse Owens is considered one of the greatest athletes of his time in which sport?
Track and Field
Fencing
Boxing
Football
8
Who was the first African American and Native American woman to hold a pilot license?
Bessie Coleman
Mary McLeod Bethune
Viola Davis
Barbara Smith
9
Who was the most famous "conductor" on the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman
Thurgood Marshall
Bessie Coleman
Francis Harper
10
In what year did interracial marriage become legal in all 50 states?
2001
1967
1878
1889
11
Barack Obama was the ____ president of the United States?
40th
50th
38th
44th
12
Where was "Black Wall Street" located?
Houston, Texas
Chicago, Illinois
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Nashville, Tennessee
13
Which Motown group was Diana Ross a member of?
The Supremes
Four Tops
The Temptations
The Jackson Five
14
What were "Jim Crow" laws?
Laws in the U.S that made it legal for places to be racially segregated
Laws that determined what would happen to slaves if they escaped
Laws that legalized slavery
15
Madame CJ Walker was the first African American female __________________
Self-made millionaire
to graduate from an integrated high school
Doctor
to own property in Ohio
16
Jackie Robinson debuted in the MLB as first base for which team?
Los Angeles Atlantics
Los Angeles Dodgers
Brooklyn Dodgers
Brooklyn Atlantics
17
"Soul Train" was created and hosted by which TV presenter?
Don Cornelius
Arsenio Hall
Montel Williams
Marvine Gaye
18
What month is Black History Month?
January
October
September
February
19
Where did Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his famous 'I Have A Dream' speech?
Washington, D.C
Memphis, Tennessee
Atlanta, Georgia
Harlem, New York
20
Who was the first African American woman to earn licensure as a practicing veterinarian?
Dr. Margie Lee
Dr. Jane Hinton
Dr. Lisa Grey
Dr. Alfreda Webb
21
How many times did Kobe Bryant win the NBA Championship?
8
7
5
3
22
The Apollo Theater was opened in what city?
Harlem, New York
Chicago, Illinois
Los Angeles, California
Atlanta, Georgia
23
When did the celebration of Black History Month begin?
1926
1957
1963
1923
24
Who was the first African-American to recieve a PhD from Harvard?
Booker T. Washington
Ida B. Wells
W.E.B. DuBois
Martin Luther King Jr.
25
Which of the following is Maya Angelou's first body of work?
Maya's Memory
I Know why the Caged Bird Sings
A Song Flung Up in Heaven
The Heart of a Woman
26
Which African American man invented the three-way traffic light?
George Washington Carver
Garrett Morgan
William Robinson
George Monroe
27
Who was the first Black Supreme Court Justice?
Clarence Thomas
Martin Luther King Jr.
Thurgood Marshall
George Crum
28
When did Rosa Parks' bus boycott happen?
September 1960
November 1950
December 1955
January 1958
29
Who was the first African American Nobel Peace Prize winner?
Desmond Tutu
Nelson Mandela
Ralph Bunche
Wangari Maathai
30
What is the name of Michelle Obama's debut memoir?
Dreams from My Father
My Story
Just As I Am
Becoming
