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Black History Month Trivia: Historical Figures
Black History Month Trivia: Historical Figures
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1
Bayard Rustin was an American leader in social movements for civil rights, socialism, nonviolence, and gay rights.
True
False
2
Jackie Robinson was an African American professional baseball player who played for the?
Brooklyn Dodgers
Boston Red Sox
St Louis Cardinals
New York Yankees
3
When did Rudy Bridges establish The Ruby Bridges Foundation to promote tolerance and create change through education?
2002
1980
1998
1999
4
Thurgood Marshall was the first African American What?
Congressman
CEO
Supreme Court Justice
Senator
5
What year was Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm born?
1924
1920
1915
1939
6
What was Ira Aldridge's career?
Journalist
Senator
Playwright
Author
7
Muhammad Ali's nickname is "The Greatest".
False
True
8
Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander was the first African American woman to receive a PHD in Economics in the U.S.
True
False
9
Annie Lee Cooper played a crucial role in the 1965 Selma Voting Rights Movement.
True
False
10
Madam C. J. Walker was the first Black woman millionaire in the U.S. for creating hair care products for Black women.
False
True
11
What type of music did Nina Simone produce?
Jazz
All of the above
R&B
Gospel
12
Wynton Marsalis has held the position of director of jazz at Lincoln Center in NYC since 1987.
True
False
13
Dr. Maulana Karenga created this cultural observance designed to celebrate African-American heritage.
President's Day
Juneteenth
Kwanzaa
Black History Month
14
Who was the first black woman in space?
Zora Neale Hurston
Serena Willams
mary Fields
Mae Jemison
15
W.E.B Du Bois was one of the founders of NAACP.
False
True
16
What year was Harriet Tubman born?
1899
1845
1820
1830
17
Langston Hughes's first book of poetry was
The Weary Blues.
False
True
18
Serena Willams is a soccer player.
False
True
19
Cicely Tyson was a dentist.
False
True
20
Joe Louis was an athlete for what sport?
Boxing
Football
Tennis
Soccer
21
James Baldwin was an American novelist who wrote r "Notes of a Native Son" and "The Fire Next Time".
False
True
22
Myrlie Evers-Williams went to what higher education institution?
University of Mississippi
lcorn A&M College
Iowa State university
Connecticut College
23
Which distinguished gospel singer performed at John F. Kennedy's inauguration in 1961?
Tasha Cobbs
Mahalia Jackson
Shirley Caesar
Yolanda Adams
24
What was Marian Anderson known for?
Actress
Dancer
Opera and spiritual performer
Playwright
25
What state was Barack Obama born in?
Connecticut
Hawaii
California
Florida
26
Malcolm X was an African American leader in the civil rights movement, minister and supporter of Black nationalism.
False
True
27
Robert Guillaume gained a Tony Nomination for what play?
Wicked
Guys and Dolls
Legally Blonde
Chicago
28
What is Katherine G. Johnson known for?
Secretary for the department of defense.
Inventing the first clock.
Calculations for the NASA space program.
Female astronaut
29
Who was the first African American woman to win a singles title at Wimbledon?
Venus Williams
Zina Garrison
Ora Washington
Althea Gibson
30
What year was Martin Luther King Jr. Born?
1954
1929
1930
1925
31
Where was Rosa Parks born?
St. Louis, Missouri
Detroit, Michigan
New York, New York
Tuskegee, Alabama
32
Ethel Waters made history from her work on television.
False
True
33
Who was considered to be the "godmother" of the women's movement?
Claudette Colvin
Dorothy Height
Michelle Obama
Bessie Coleman
34
What player hit 73 home runs in a season and earned Major League Baseball’s Silver Slugger Award 12 times?
Hank Aaron
Jackie Robinson
Derek J
Barry Bonds
35
Hiram Rhodes Revels is the first African American man to graduate from Harvard and become U.S. senator.
False
True
36
Jane Bolin was the first Black woman to attend Yale Law School in 1931.
False
True
37
What was Richard Allen's career?
Athlete
Writer
Minister
Business Owner
38
In what Midwestern city did Dr. Hale Williams establish the first African-American hospital?
New York
Hartford
Houston
Chicago
39
Rudolph Fisher was an African-American physician, radiologist, novelist, short story writer, dramatist, and musician.
False
True
40
Who invented the three-position traffic signal in 1923 that includes the yellow light?
Garrett Morgan
J.P. Knight
Benjamin Franklin
Morgan Freeman
41
Fannie Lou Hamer helped organize the 1964 Freedom Summer African American voter registration drive in her Mississippi.
True
False
42
Patricia R. Harris served as Secretary of Housing and Urban Develoment under Carter's administration.
False
True
43
Arthur Ashe was posthumously rewarding which honorable award by President Bill Clinton?
The Booker Prize
THE PULITZER PRIZE
The Nobel Prize
Presidential Medal of Freedom
44
What type of scientist was George Washington Carver?
Chemist
Physicist
Biologist
Agricultural Scientist
45
What year was Maya Angelou born?
1920
1929
1930
1928
46
Gwendolyn Brooks was the first Black author to win what award?
an Oscar
Tony Award
Grammy
Pulitzer Prize
47
Angela Yvonne Davis was born in 1950.
True
False
48
Medgar Evers was Mississippi's field secretary for the NAACP.
True
False
49
Who was the first African American woman to win five Grammy Awards in one year?
Foxy Brown
Missy Elliot
Da Brat
Lauryn Hill
50
Barbara C. Jordan became the first Black woman to be elected to which state's senate?
California
Iowa
Florida
Texas
