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Black History Month Trivia Night
Black History Month Trivia Night
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1
Before it became Black History Month what was the observance of Black History called?
Freedom Day
Slave History Week
Negro History Week
Black Rights Awareness Day
2
What does SNCC stand for?
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committe
Successful Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
3
Who became the second Black actor to win an Academy Award of Best Actor?
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Morgan Freeman
Denzel Washington
Samuel L Jackson
4
What were the laws called that separated black people from white people?
Lincoln Laws
Emancipation Act
Jim Crow Laws
Amendments
5
When did the civil rights end?
1800s
1960s
2020
1900s
6
Did you have fun ?
No Doubt
Yes
Si'
Umm Hmmm
7
Known as one of the 'first black technologists', this person led innovation within the computer science field.
George Washington Carver
Herman Chinery-Hesse
Frank Greene
Kunle Olukotun
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What year was the black panther party started?
October 1966
December 1967
November 1965
June 1968
9
Who was the first black president of the United States?
John Hanson
Barack Obama
Thurgood Marshall
Martin Luther King Jr.
10
What famous baseball player said, "Today's black athletes have no idea what we had to endure.”
Ernie Banks
Hank Aaron
Willie Mays
Bob Gibson
11
Who was the first black woman ever named to the cabinet of US. President?
Kamala Harris
Patricia R. Harris
Shirley Caesar
Dorothy Dandridge
12
What was the first American state to ban slavery?
Vermont
North Carolina
Georgia
Virginia
13
This is Mayo Angelou, what is she famous for?
American Civil rights activist and Singer
American Civil rights activist, Poet and Writer
American Civil rights activist and Actor
14
What were the purpose of Freedom Rides?
To desegregate the buses and bus stations
To desegregate the highways
Make fares equal
15
Malcolm X was assassinated in...
1991
1965
1955
1972
16
Who organized the freedom rides
Rosa parks
Martin Luther King Jr.
John Smith
James Farmer
17
In 1849, a Virginia slave named Henry Brown decided to mail himself to freedom. Did he succeed or fail?
Succeeded
Failed
18
Who is the first Black entertainer to win an Oscar award?
Sidney Portier
Hattie McDaniel
Cicely Tyson
Morgan Freeman
19
What Black nurses contributions to desegregation has been largely forgotten in history?
Harriett Tubman
Claudette Colvin
Rosa Parks
None of the above
20
When was Black History Month Created?
1861
1865
1926
1942
21
Who inspired the freedom rides
Martin Luther King Jr.
Donald Trump
Rosa Parks
Ruby Bridges
22
What was Muhammad Ali's original name?
Cassius Clay
Rodney Jenkins
Cassius Boyd
23
Who was Garrett Morgan?
He was the first African-American to die from a fidget spinner.
He patented the original traffic light and invented the smoke hood.
He was the first African-American to go to the moon.
He was just some ordinary dude.
24
Who were the Black Panthers? (hint: multiple answers)
A Black power political organization active in the '60s and '70s
A group that was influenced by Maclcom X
A group started in order to protect Blacks from police brutality in CA
A group that provided a lot of help for Black communities
25
Who was the first Black American Woman chosen as Miss America?
Kenya Moore
Vanessa Williams
Whitney Houston
Dorothy Dandridge
26
Who was the first Black major-party Presidential Candidate?
Shirley Chisholm
Jesse Jackson
Barack Obama
Rev. Al Sharpton
27
Where was the Black Panther Party founded?
Detroit, MI
Little Rock, AR
Oakland, CA
Montgomery, AL
28
What race was Malcolm X ?
Muslim
African American
White
Puerto Rican
29
She was the first black millionaire in America, an inventor, and social and political activist.
Oprah!
Agnes Ingram
Michelle Obama
Madame CJ Walker
30
What Event in Black History was depicted in the new HBO series Watchmen?
The Slave Revolt of 1811
The I Have a Dream Speech
The Civil Rights Movement
The Tulsa Race Massacre
31
Who was the first black Filmmaker?
Morgan Freeman
Sidney Poitier
Otis Redding
Oscar Micheaux
32
What was the name of the Harlem cabaret where Black entertainers of the day played to exclusively white audiences?
The Cotton Club
The Breakfast Club
Studio 54
The Apollo
33
Black party affiliation has been consistent towards what political sway, since 1936?
Independent
Democrat
Republican
34
Who wrote the speech "If you're not ready to die for it, put the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary?"
Martin Luther King Jr.
Malcolm X
Oprah Winfrey
Jesse Jackson
35
Who is the most nominated artist in Grammy history
Whitney Houston
Michael Jackson
Queen Latifah
Quincy Jones
36
In 2001, this person became the first black billionaire
LL Cool J
Robert Johnson
Michael Jordan
Oprah Winfrey
37
Sponsored free breakfast, food, shoes & schools for kids. Co-founded the Black Panther Party.
Huey P. Newton, Ph.D.
Martin Luther King Jr
Malcolm "X" Little
Barack obama
38
What was Jackie Robinson number?
42
56
87
1
39
Who was one of the first civil rights movement leader?
Jesse Jackson
Martin Luther King Jr.
Malcolm X
Kanye West
40
Olympic History as the First to Be on the USA Triathlon Board of Directors
Dr. Tekemia Dorsey
Cheryl Miller
Carol Lewis
Jackie Joyner
41
Sit-ins and freedom rides were examples of
non-violent protests against segregation.
efforts to protest the Brown v Board of Educationdecision.
violent protests against segregation.
efforts to end segregation in schools.
42
What did Rosa Parks Work as?
seamstress
lawyer
farmer
store manger
43
Who was the first African American to attend an all white school?
Rosa Parks
Ruby Bridges
Michelle Obama
Coretta Scott-King
44
Who was the first African American to win a singles title at Wimbledon?
Arthur Ashe
Venus Williams
Serena Williams
Althea Gibson
45
What team was Jackie Robinson on?
Minnesota twins
Brooklyn dodgers
Detroit tigers
Colorado Rockies
46
Who sometimes wrote music for Ella?
Duke Ellington
Norah Jones
Nat King Cole
Louis Armstrong
47
Who was elected chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in 1966?
George Carmichael
Martin Luther King Jr.
Al Sharpton
Stokely Carmichael
48
Woolworth was the _________ which the four NC A&T students sat-in at.
boycott
lunch counter
Woolworth
sit in
49
What Black American sparked the “Montgomery Bus Boycott”?
Corps Samuel Proctor
Richard Wright
Rosa Parks
Sojourner Truth
50
Who is first Black Deaf female filmmaker founder of DeafVision Filmworks?
Ann Marie "Jade" Bryan
Nathie Marbury
Michelle Banks
Evon Black
51
Which distinguished gospel singer performed at John F. Kennedy's inauguration in 1961?
Yolanda Adams
Diana Ross
Aretha Franklin
Mahalia Jackson
52
What was the first historically Black college in America?
Licoln University
Cheyney University
Howard University
Wiley College
