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Celebrating Black History Month with SHU R.I.S.E Gen 1.
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1
The name of Michelle Obama's memoir is "Just as I am"?
True
False
2
What African American Founded Dance Company is well-known for the piece “Revelations”?
c. Deep Rooted Dance Center
a. Kathrine Dunham Company
b. Alvin Ailey Dance Theater
d. Cleo Parker Robinson Dance
3
The Apollo Theater opened in what city?
b. Harlem, NY
d. Chicago, IL
c. Atlanta, GA
a. Los Angeles, CA
4
Which historically black sorority was founded second?
b. Zeta Phi Beta
a. Alpha Kappa Alpha
d. Sigma Gamma Rho
c. Delta Sigma Theta
5
Who was the first African American woman to earn licensure as a practicing veterinarian?
c. Dr. Margie Lee
a. Dr. Jane Hinton
b. Dr. Alfreda Webb
d. Dr. Lisa Grey
6
Who wrote “Lift Every Voice & Sing” aka the Negro National Anthem?
d. Maya Angelou
b. James Weldon Johnson
c. Booker T Washington
a. Langston Hughes
7
Where did Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his famous ‘I Have A Dream’ speech?
Atlanta, Georgia
a. Memphis, Tennessee
Grenada
a. Washington, D.C
8
What TV show is highlighted HBCU's where the students attended Hillman University?
c. Fresh Prince
b. Black-ish
a. A Different World
d. The Cosby Show
9
What year and team did Jackie Robinson make history, being the first African American to play Major League Baseball?
c. New York Yankees, 1948
d. Chicago Cubs, 1949
b. Brooklyn Dodgers, 1947
a. Boston Red Sox, 1954
10
Madame CJ Walker was the first African American female _______________.
c. Self-made thousandaire.
d. To own property in Ohio.
a. Self-made millionaire.
b. To graduate from a integrated high school
11
What was the first HBCU in the U.S. to officially issue degrees to African Americans?
d. Howard University
a. Shaw University
b. Lincoln University
c. Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
12
Truth Hurts was the first major single by which of the following artists?
Lizzo
Cardie B
Doja Cat
Megan Thee Stallion
13
Alexa Irene Canady was the first ______________ in 1981
African American OBGYN
African American woman cardiologist
African American woman Neurosurgeon
African American woman doctor
14
Who invented the three-way traffic light?
a. George Washington Carver
d. William Robinson
c. George Monroe
b. Garrett Morgan
15
Who was the first African American Senator and what state did they represent?
b. Hattie McDaniel, California
a. Shirley Chisolm, New York
d. Thurgood Marshall, Maryland
c. Hiram Rhodes Revels, Mississippi
16
Which singer headlined the Super Bowl LVII (2023) halftime show?
SZA
Jennifer Lopez
Alicia Keys
Rihanna
17
In what year was interracial marriage legalized in the U.S.?
c. 1973
b. 1952
d. 1967
a. 1964
18
At what age did Serena Williams win her first U.S. Open?
b. 21
a. 17
d. 25
c. 20
19
Who was the first African American woman to headline Coachella?
b. Nicki Minaj
d. Janelle Monae
c. Beyoncé
a. Lizzo
20
Why was Black History Month placed in February?
c. Bday month of Abraham Lincoln and Fredrick Douglass.
It was close to the beginning of the new year.
a. It was the shortest month.
d. It was the same month as the March on Washington
21
Who made history with the first rap song to win Grammy Awards for Song and Record of the Year in 2019?
b. Lil Nas X - Old Town Road
a. Childish Gambino - This is America
d. Drake - God’s Plan
c. Lizzo - Truth Hurts
22
What was Black History Month Previously known as?
d. It has always been Black History Month.
b. Negro History Month
a. Negro History Week
c. Black History Year
23
Ice Cube was one of the founding members of which hip-hop group?
N.W.A
Wu-Tang Clan
The Roots
Boys2Men
24
What was the first widely distributed label to be owned, operated, and marketed to African Americans?
a. Black Swan Records
d. Vee-Jay Records
b. Motown Records
c. Sugar Hill Records
25
LeBron James has played for the Cleveland Cavaliers, L. A Lakers and _______.
Chicago Bulls
Boston Celtics
Miami Heat
Houston Rockets
26
Who was the first African American and Native American woman to hold a pilot license?
Barbara Smith
a. Bessie Coleman
Mary McLeod Bethune
Beyonce
27
What movie was directed by Ryan Coogler, featuring a predominantly Black cast and became a cultural phenomenon?
d) Moonlight
b) Black Panther
c) Hidden Figures
a) Selma
28
Who was the first African American woman to go to space?
b. Yvonne Cagle
c. Mae Jemison
d. Stephanie Wilson
a. Jeanette Epps
29
All Eyes On Me is an album by which notorious rapper?
Dr. Dre
Tupac Shakur
Snoop Dogg
Cardie B
