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Questions regarding leaders, activists and events in both past and modern Black History.
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1
Who is the first Black entertainer to win an Oscar award?
Hattie McDaniel
Cicely Tyson
Morgan Freeman
Sidney Portier
2
Which Spike Lee Film advocates for social justice?
Jungle Fever
School Daze
Chi-Raq
Do The Right Thing
3
Before it became Black History Month what was the observation of Black History called?
Freedom Day
Black Rights Awareness Day
Slave History Week
Negro History Week
4
This athlete holds the record for most rebounds in a basketball game (55 rebounds).
Shaquille O'neal
Wilt Chamberlain
Michael Jordan
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
5
Which of these female politicians obtained degrees from both Harvard and Princeton University?
Angela Rye
Condoleezza Rice
Michelle Obama
Omarosa
6
Which rap duo won the first-ever Grammy for Best Rap Performance?
OutKast
Kris Kross
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
Method Man & Redman
7
What popular magazine did John H. Johnson begin in 1945?
The Root
Ebony
Essence
Jet Beauty
8
This civil rights activist began attending Morehouse College at just the age of 15 years old...
Marcus Garvey
Huey P. Newton
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Malcolm X
9
Which basketball player holds the record for most NBA Championships Rings (11)?
Bill Russell
Michael Jordan
Reggie Miller
Tim Duncan
10
Which institution is the first institution of higher learning founded for Black students?(HBCU)
Spelman College
Lincoln University
Morehouse College
Howard University
11
Which one of these characters are not a Black Disney character?
Princess Tiana
Oscar Proud
Frozone
Mushmouth
12
She was known as the "queen of gospel music." What was her name?
Mahalia Jackson
Aretha Franklin
Shirley Caesar
Patti Labelle
13
What artist/group made the song "Fight The Power"
N.W.A
Wu Tang Clan
Run-DMC
Public Enemy
14
Which sprinter became the first man to ever set three world records in a single Olympic game?
John Taylor
Usain Bolt
George Coleman Poage
Jesse Owens
15
What is the name of the Harlem club where many famous Black entertainers began their careers?
Jazzy Brown's
The Blues Joint
The Apollo Theatre
The Cotton Club
16
Who became the second Black actor to win an Academy Award of Best Actor?
Morgan Freeman
Samuel L Jackson
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Denzel Washington
17
Which boxer holds the record for most career knockouts (131)?
Apollo Creed
Floyd Mayweather
Muhammad Ali
Archie Moore
18
Who signed the Emancipation Proclamation Act that freed enslaved people?
Andrew Johnson
James Buchanan
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses Grant
19
Who was the first Black major-party Presidential Candidate?
Jesse Jackson
Barack Obama
Shirley Chisholm
Rev. Al Sharpton
20
What college is distinctively America's oldest historically black college for women?
Clark
Morgan State
Wilberforce
Spelman
21
Who was the first Black American Woman chosen as Miss America?
Dorothy Dandridge
Kenya Moore
Vanessa Williams
Whitney Houston
22
Who is considered the "Father of Black History"?
Jesse Jackson
Malcolm X
Carter G. Woodson
Martin Luther King Jr.
23
Who was the first African-American Astronaut to board the International Space Station?
Jeanette Epps
Charles Bolden
Ronald McNair
Guion Bluford
24
A jury acquitted J.W. Milam and Roy Bryant for the murder of which civil rights activist?
Emmett Till
Martin Luther King Jr.
Medgar Evans
Malcolm X
25
Nominated for a National Book Award, what is Maya Angelou's first autobiography?
Gather Together in My Name
The Heart of a Woman
The Letters to My Daughter
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
