Duplicate of Black History Month Celebration

Question 1

Slaves brought rhythms, spirituals, and chants to America creating what music style?

Accepted Answer

Blues & Jazz

Question 2

Which Supreme Court ruling in 1954 decided separate was not equal and brought about the end of legal racial segregation?

Accepted Answer

Brown v. Board of Education

Question 3

The famous boxer Muhammad Ali was given what name at birth?

Accepted Answer

Cassius Clay

Question 4

This civil rights organization was founded in 1909 to fight racism.

Accepted Answer

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

Question 5

Who joined the Tuskegee Institute in 1896, gaining fame for experiments with peanuts and other crops to replace cotton?

Accepted Answer

George Washington Carver

Question 6

What was the movement that fought for equality for black people in the 1950s-1960s called?

Accepted Answer

Civil Rights Movement

Question 7

In which year did Mae Jemison become the first African American woman to travel into space as a NASA astronaut?

Accepted Answer

1992

Question 8

This person was imprisoned for 27 years for opposing apartheid (a system of racial segregation) in South Africa.

Accepted Answer

Nelson Mandela

Question 9

True or False. Madame C.J. Walker was the first Black woman to become a self-made millionaire in the United States?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 10

Jackie Robinson was the first African American to play in Major League Baseball.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 11

What was the first historically black college/university (HBCU) in the U.S.?

Accepted Answer

Cheyney University of Pennsylvania

Question 12

Where did Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his famous "I Have a Dream" speech?

Accepted Answer

Washington, D.C

Question 13

Who was the first African American woman to serve as a US Supreme Court justice?

Accepted Answer

Shirley Chisholm

Question 14

African Americans make up 11% of our total U.S. population, but what percentage of the U.S. prison population?

Accepted Answer

32%

Question 15

Who was the first African American woman to win 5 Grammy Awards in one year (1999)?

Accepted Answer

Lauryn Hill

Question 16

This person played the superhero(Black Panther) and worked to raise money for charities to support cancer patients?

Accepted Answer

Chadwick Boseman

Question 17

Which female African American singer, noted for her hit song “Respect”, is known as the “Queen of Soul”?

Accepted Answer

Aretha Franklin

Question 18

What month do we celebrate Black History Month?

Accepted Answer

February

Question 19

How many African American Presidents have we had in the U.S.?

Accepted Answer

1

Question 20

Lebron James was the first NBA player to go to the NBA straight out of high school.

Accepted Answer

False

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