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YWCA Black History Month Quiz
YWCA Black History Month Quiz
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1
What is the name of Michelle Obama's debut memoir?
Just As I Am
Dreams from My Father
My Story
Becoming
2
Who was the first African American and Native American woman to hold a pilot license?
Mary McLeod Bethune
Barbara Smith
Viola Davis
Bessie Coleman
3
Which African American man invented the three-way traffic light?
George Monroe
George Washington Carver
William Robinson
Garrett Morgan
4
How many times did Kobe Bryant win the NBA Championship?
3
7
8
5
5
Who played T'Challa in Black Panther?
Don Cheadle
Anthony Mackie
Chadwick Boseman
Michael Ealy
6
Jesse Owens is considered one of the greatest athletes of his time in which sport?
Track and Field
Fencing
Boxing
Football
7
Which Motown group was Diana Ross a member of?
The Supremes
Four Tops
The Jackson Five
The Temptations
8
Which of the following actresses is an EGOT recipient (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony)?
Octavia Spencer
Whoopi Goldberg
Beyonce
Queen Latifah
9
What is the name of our current vice president?
Sojourner Truth
Kamala Harris
Shontel Brown
Michelle Obama
10
Who was the first African-American to recieve a PhD from Harvard?
Ida B. Wells
Booker T. Washington
Martin Luther King Jr.
W.E.B. DuBois
11
What was Ruby Bridges famous for?
Being the first black principal
Being the first Black student to attend an all-white school
Being the first Black woman to run for president
Sitting at a lunch counter to protest segregation
12
What month is Black History Month?
February
September
October
January
13
What were "Jim Crow" laws?
Laws that legalized slavery
Laws that determined what would happen to slaves if they escaped
Laws in the U.S that made it legal for places to be racially segregated
14
Madame CJ Walker was the first African American female __________________
to own property in Ohio
to graduate from an integrated high school
Self-made millionaire
Doctor
15
Who was the first African American Major League Baseball player?
Jesse Owens
Michael Jordan
Muhammad Ali
Jackie Robinson
16
In what year was the Black Panther Party founded?
1966
2000
1920
1975
17
Who was the first Black Supreme Court Justice?
Thurgood Marshall
Clarence Thomas
George Crum
Martin Luther King Jr.
18
In what year did interracial marriage become legal in all 50 states?
1967
1878
1889
2001
19
Where did Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his famous 'I Have A Dream' speech?
Harlem, New York
Washington, D.C
Memphis, Tennessee
Atlanta, Georgia
20
Which of the following is Maya Angelou's first body of work?
Maya's Memory
I Know why the Caged Bird Sings
The Heart of a Woman
A Song Flung Up in Heaven
21
"Soul Train" was created and hosted by which TV presenter?
Arsenio Hall
Marvine Gaye
Montel Williams
Don Cornelius
22
When did Rosa Parks' bus boycott happen?
January 1958
September 1960
December 1955
November 1950
23
Barack Obama was the ____ president of the United States?
40th
38th
44th
50th
24
The Apollo Theater was opened in what city?
Harlem, New York
Chicago, Illinois
Los Angeles, California
Atlanta, Georgia
25
Where was "Black Wall Street" located?
Houston, Texas
Nashville, Tennessee
Chicago, Illinois
Tulsa, Oklahoma
26
When did the celebration of Black History Month begin?
1963
1923
1957
1926
27
Jackie Robinson debuted in the MLB as first base for which team?
Los Angeles Atlantics
Brooklyn Dodgers
Los Angeles Dodgers
Brooklyn Atlantics
28
Who was the most famous "conductor" on the Underground Railroad?
Bessie Coleman
Harriet Tubman
Thurgood Marshall
Francis Harper
29
Who was the first African American Nobel Peace Prize winner?
Ralph Bunche
Desmond Tutu
Wangari Maathai
Nelson Mandela
30
Who was the first African American woman to earn licensure as a practicing veterinarian?
Dr. Alfreda Webb
Dr. Jane Hinton
Dr. Margie Lee
Dr. Lisa Grey
