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Did you know? Black History Month Edition
Did you know? Black History Month Edition
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1
Ben Carson is famous for being a what?
plastic surgeon
pediatrician
neurosurgeon
pharmacist
2
What are the other two countries who observe Black History Month?
The UK and Canada
Canada and Spain
France and Spain
The UK and France
3
At the time of her historic bus incident, what was Rosa Parks' occupation?
high school cafeteria worker
department store seamstress
hospital orderly
drugstore clerk
4
Benjamin Banneker was known for what?
inventing
singing
playing sports
being an astronomer
5
What sport was Jesse Owens known for?
baseball
football
soccer
track
6
Who became the first African American to graduate from Harvard University?
W. E. B. Du Bois
Thurgood Marshall
Richard Theodore Greener
Charles Hamilton Houston
7
This person is famous for inventing new hair products and becoming a millionaire
Madame C. J. Walker
Sojourner Truth
Billie Holliday
Aretha Franklin
8
Who is Sojourner Truth?
actor
singer
abolitionist
inventor
9
What major U.S. city elected the first African American Mayor in 1967?
New Orleans
Cleveland
Atlanta
New York
10
George Washington Carver is known for his work with what?
sweet potatoes
soybeans
peanuts
green beans
11
When did February become Black History Month?
1952
1910
1976
1988
12
When did they start trying to integrate schools?
1972
1980
1960
1954
13
Maya Angelou is famous for writing, which of the following?
Beloved
The Bluest Eye
Their Eyes were Watching God
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
14
Which of the following was not a Civil Rights leader?
Malcolm X
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Chuck Berry
W. E. B. Dubois
15
Which of the following is not known for being a famous singer?
Aretha Franklin
Toni Morrison
Etta James
Billie Holiday
16
Which of the following organizations, founded in 1909, is the oldest?
United Negro College Fund,
National Urban League
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
17
Who was the first African American to serve as a U.S. Senator?
Carol Mosley Braun
Hiram Revels
Blanche K. Bruce
Edward Brooke
18
Where was the first "sit-in" at a segregated lunch counter?
Charleston, South Carolina
Atlanta, Georgia
Greensboro, North Carolina
Jackson, Mississippi
19
What were quilts used for on the underground railroad?
to send messages to the government
to decorate homes
to send messages to travelers on the railroad
to keep travelers on the railroad away
20
Who led the earliest recorded protest against slavery?
the Amish
the Shakers
Mennonites
the Quakers
21
Which of the following is not a famous actor?
Hank Aaron
Morgan Freeman
Eddie Murphy
Tyler Perry
22
Sarah Goode was the first African American woman to receive a patent. What did she invent?
folding bed
hair straightening system
lip stick
dry-cleaning process
23
Which of the following people went to space?
Barbara Jordan
Harriett Tubman
Billie Holliday
Mae Jemison
24
What was Thurgood Marshall known for?
being a professional singer
being on the Supreme Court
being a professional athlete
being the inventor of the lightbulb
25
Little Eva (singer famous for the song Locomotion) is from what local town?
Washington
New Bern
Greenville
Belhaven
26
When did the Civil Rights movement take place?
1975
1968
1954
1920
27
Who was the first African American Nobel Peace Prize winner?
Nelson Mandela
Albert John Lutul
Ralph Bunche
Martin Luther King Jr.
28
What was the first Black owned company to be traded on the New York Stock Exchange?
BET
Peebles
Johnson and Johnson
Harpo
29
When did racial segregation end in baseball?
1950
1921
1963
1947
30
What was Louis Armstrong famous for?
dancing
singing
composer
playing the trumpet