Black History Month Quiz Strathcona

Question 1

When did Rosa Parks’ bus boycott happen?

Accepted Answer

December 1955

Question 2

Which President officially recognized Black History Month?

Accepted Answer

President Gerald Ford

Question 3

Which Black Canadian woman is known for standing up against segregation in a Nova Scotia theater in 1946?

Accepted Answer

Viola Desmond

Question 4

Drake is from which Canadian city?

Accepted Answer

Toronto

Question 5

Before Barack Obama became President (2009-2017), he served as what?

Accepted Answer

U.S. Senator

Question 6

Why is February Black History Month

Accepted Answer

It coincides with the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass.

Question 7

Who was the first African American Major League Baseball player?

Accepted Answer

Jackie Robinson

Question 8

Who legally freed slaves with his "Emancipation Proclamation"?

Accepted Answer

Abraham Lincon

Question 9

In which year did the Emancipation Act pass in the British Empire, freeing enslaved people, including those in Canada?

Accepted Answer

1833

Question 10

Which of these Black Canadians is a famous choreographer?

Accepted Answer

Tre Armstrong

Question 11

What is the term for the African Canadians who escaped slavery and settled in Canada via the Underground Railroad?

Accepted Answer

Freedom Seekers

Question 12

What movement tried to end slavery in the United States

Accepted Answer

Abolition

Question 13

What year was the first African American slave brought to North America?

Accepted Answer

1619

Question 14

In 1957 Martin Luther King Jr. founded which organization to work for equality for the blacks?

Accepted Answer

SCLC

Question 15

Which Canadian musician is known for hits like “Blinding Lights” and has Ethiopian roots?

Accepted Answer

The Weekend

Question 16

When did Martin Luther King Jr. give his “I Have A Dream Speech”?

Accepted Answer

Dec. 21, 1962

Question 17

Who wrote the bestselling memoir “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”?

Accepted Answer

Maya Angelou

Question 18

When did the celebration of Black History Month begin?

Accepted Answer

1976, 1926

Question 19

Who was the first African American Nobel Peace Prize winner?

Accepted Answer

Ralph Bunche

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