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1
What was the movement for equal black rights in the 1950s and 1960s called?
Equal Rights Movement
Civil Rights Movement
Equality Movement
Black Rights Movement
2
Who is this political activist, author, professor and Black Panther Party member?
Taraji P. Henson
Angela Davis
Maya Angelou
Elaine Brown
3
A daughter of once enslaved parents, she became a prominent Black educator & leader of the 20th Century.
Bernice Thomas
Mary Thomas
Mary McLeod Bethune
Sarah Edwards
4
During the 1968 Olympics, two Black athletes raised a fist as the US national anthem played. Who were they?
Tommie Smith and John Carlos
Tommie Smith & Jesse Owens
Maya Rudolph & Jesse Owens
Jesse Owens and John Carlos
5
What are the HBCUs in the state of Florida?
Florida Memorial University, UF, FSU, USF
FSU, UF, UM
Bethune-Cookman University, FSU, FAMU
Edward Waters, Florida Memorial, FAMU, BCU
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What was Claudette Colvin known for?
Sitting in at a whites-only diner
Speaking in Washington D.C. at the March on Washington
Being arrested for not to giving up her seat on a segregated bus at 15.
Marching at Selma
7
Who was the Miami native with Bahamian roots that was the first Black man to win the Academy Award for best actor?
Will Smith
Morgan Freeman
Sidney Poitier
Denzel Washington
8
Who was the first Black woman to win Wimbeldon, the French and US Open?
Althea Gibson
Coco Gauff
Venus Williams
Serena Williams
9
When was the Civil Rights Act, making it illegal to discriminate by color, gender, religion, or ethnicity, passed?
1865
1982
1964
1899
10
He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, organized the March on Washington, and a member of the LGBTQ community
Bayard Rustin
Andrea Jenkins
Alvin Ailey
James Baldwin
11
This African-American woman was an American mathematician that calculated NASA astronauts orbital space first landings.
Mammy Hunter
Katherine Johnson
Emma Thomas
Anna Banche
12
Carter G. Woodson, founder of BHM, was the first African American to receive a PhD from Harvard?
True
False
13
Besides the U.S., what other two major political powers celebrate Black History Month?
Mexico and Canada
North Korea and the UK
Canada and the UK
England and Russia
14
Who was the first African American Senator and what state did they represent?
Shirley Chisolm, New York
Hattie McDaniel, California
Thurgood Marshall, Maryland
Hiram Rhodes Revels, Mississippi
15
In what year and what team did Jackie Robinson make history as the first African American to play Major League Baseball?
Boston Red Sox, 1954
Brooklyn Dodgers, 1947
New York Yankees, 1948
Chicago Cubs, 1949
16
Who has the most Grammy awards in history?
Nicki Minaj
Stevie Wonder
Quincy Jones
Blue Ivy's mother
17
This artist has the biggest selling album of all time
Prince
Whitney Houston
Michael Jackson
Bob Marley
18
Who is the creator of Negro History Week, which later became Black History Month?
James Baldwin
Dr. W.E.B. Du Bois
Dr. Carter G. Woodson
Langston Hughes
19
What African American founded dance company is well-known for the piece “Revelations”?
Deep Rooted Dance Center
Cleo Parker Robinson Dance
Kathrine Dunham Company
Alvin Ailey Dance Theater
20
Who were the musical guests for the Super Bowl 2022 Half Time Show?
Kendrick Lamar, Normani, Megan Thee Stallion and Kanye West
Snoop Dogg, Jennifer Hudson, Lil Baby, MC Hammer and Machine Gunn Kelly
Dr. Dre, G-Eazy, Cardi B., Offset and Bruno Mars
Mary J. Blige, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Kendrick Lamar, and 50 Cent
21
What is the name of this popular Black TV show?
Family Matters
The Proud Family
The Game
Martin!
22
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince was the first rapper to win a Grammy?
False
True
23
Before it became Black History Month what was the observance of Black History called?
Freedom Day
Negro History Week
Black Rights Awareness Day
Black Awareness Week
24
This African-American woman was the first Oscar winner for her role as Mamie in Gone With The Wind.
Hattie McDaniel
Ella Fitzgerald
Mariah Carey
Whitney Houston
25
Why was Black History Month placed in February?
It was close to the beginning of the new year.
It was the same month as the March on Washington.
It's the same month of Abraham Lincoln and Fredrick Douglass' birthdays.
It was the shortest month.
26
What brothers wrote the lyrics and music for “Lift Every Voice & Sing,” aka the Negro National Anthem?
Damon & Marlon Wayans
James Weldon and John Rosamond Johnson
Michael and Tito Jackson
Marvin Gaye and Sam Cooke
27
Who was the first African American to obtain a PhD from Harvard?
Carter G Woodson
Martin Luther King, Jr
Alain Locke
W.E.B DuBois
28
Which famous Floridian novelist wrote "Their Eyes Were Watching God?"
Zora Neale Hurston
Lorraine Hansberry
Maya Angelou
Toni Morrison
29
Who was the first Black president of an American country?
Vicente Guerrero
Martin Luther King, Jr
Barack Obama
Abraham Lincoln
30
Who was the 3rd African American to obtain their PhD from Harvard?
Alain Locke
Carter G. Woodson
W.E.B. DuBois
Malcolm X
