Black History Month
Entertainers
Important People
True or False
Random
100
Who started Black History Month?
A) Abraham Lincoln
B) Barack Obama
C) Carter J. Woodson
Carter J. Woodson
100
Who is/was considered the King of Pop?
A) Michael Jackson
B) Prince
C) Stevie Wonder
Michael Jackson
100
Who invented the elevator?
A) Alexander Miles
B) Booker T. Washington
C) George Washington Carver
Alexander Miles
100
True or False?
Rosa Parks' bus boycott happened in December 1955.
True
100
What is racism?
To discriminate against someone
200
Who triggered a boycott of the Montgomery, Alabama, bus system in 1955 by refusing to give up their seat to a white passenger on a bus?
A) Martin Luther King, Jr.
B) Malcolm X
C) Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks
200
Who was the star of Black Panther?
A) Chadwick Boseman
B) Denzel Washington
C) Samuel L. Jackson
Chadwick Boseman
200
This Civil Rights icon has a birthday on January 15th, even though we celebrate him on the third Monday in January?
A) Malcolm X
B) Martin Luther King, Jr.
C) Ronald Reagan
Martin Luther King, Jr.
200
The Bronx, New York is known as the birthplace of hip hop.
True
200
What is equality?
A. To subtract
B. To add
C. To be equal
To be equal
300
Who was the first African American justice on the U.S. Supreme Court
A) Clarence Thomas
B) Thurgood Marshall
C) Colin Powell
Thurgood Marshall
300
Who was the first African American actress to win an Academy Award for best actress?
A) Angela Bassett
B) Halle Berry
C) Whoopi Goldberg
Halle Berry
300
True or False: Barack Obama was both the 43rd and 44th President of the United States?
A) True
B) False
False. He was the 44th President of the United States; but he did serve 2 terms.
300
True or False?
Martin Luther King Jr was the first African American Nobel Peace Prize winner.
False. Ralph Bunche was.
300
Was the Underground Railroad an actual railroad?
A) Yes
B) No
No
400
Who was the first African American Major League Baseball player?
Jackie Robinson
400
Who is known as the fastest man in the world?
A) Michael Jordan
B) Usain Bolt
C) Will Smith
Usain Bolt
400
Who invented peanut butter?
A) Alexander Miles
B) Booker T. Washington
C) George Washington Carver
George Washington Carver
400
True or False?
Lauryn Hill wrote the bestselling memoir "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings".
False. Maya Angelou did.
400
What U.S. President first officially tried to help the struggles of African Americans?
A) Abraham Lincoln
B) Barack Obama
C) Lyndon B. Johnson
Abraham Lincoln
500
Who was the first African American to travel into space?
A) Guion Stewart Bluford
B) Neil Armstrong
C) Kanye
Guion Stewart Bluford
500
Who was the first African American Olympian to win the all-around title in gymnastics?
A) Gabby Douglas
B) Serena Williams
C) Simone Biles
Gabby Douglas
500
Who invented the traffic signal?
A) Booker T. Washington
B) Garret Morgan
C) George Washington Carver
Garret Morgan
500
True or False?
Booker T. Washington was the first African-American to appear on a U.S. postage stamp.
True.
500
The Kwanzaa holiday began in 1966 as a way to celebrate whose heritage?
A) African-Americans
B) Asian-Americans
C) Jewish-Americans
African-American