Black History Trivia

Question 1

Which track and field athlete won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics

Accepted Answer

Jesse Owens

Question 2

Who was the first African American U.S. Supreme Court Justice?

Accepted Answer

Thurgood Marshall

Question 3

Who was the first African American president of the United States?

Accepted Answer

Barack Obama

Question 4

Which U.S. president officially recognized Black History Month?

Accepted Answer

Gerald Ford

Question 5

Who was the first African American to play major league baseball?

Accepted Answer

Jackie Robinson

Question 6

Who refused to give up her bus seat, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

Accepted Answer

Rosa Parks

Question 7

Who led the Underground Railroad, helping enslaved people escape to freedom?

Accepted Answer

Harriet Tubman

Question 8

What was Black History Month orignally called?

Accepted Answer

Negro History Week

Question 9

Who was the first African American woman to travel into space?

Accepted Answer

Mae Jemison

Question 10

Which Supreme Court case ruled that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional?

Accepted Answer

Brown v. Board of Education

Question 11

What month is Black History Month celebrated in the United States?

Accepted Answer

February

Question 12

What is the name of the national holiday that honors Martin Luther King Jr.?

Accepted Answer

MLK Day

Question 13

Why was February chosen for Black History Month?

Accepted Answer

It includes the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln & Frederick Douglass

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

Martin Luther King Jr.

Question 15

Who started Black History Month?

Accepted Answer

Carter G. Woodson

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