Black History Women
"The Color Purple" was written by this author.
a.) Lorraine Hansberry
b.) Zora Neale Hurston
c.) Alice Walker
Alice Walker
Civil Rights activist, politician, and Baptist minister who ran for President in 1984.
a.) Jesse Jackson
b.) Al Sharpton
c.) T.D. Jakes
Jesse Jackson
Broke baseball's color barrier, playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers
a.) Hank Aaron
b.) Jackie Robinson
c.) Kenneth W. Griffin
Jackie Robinson
"Raspberry Beret", "When Doves Cry", "Purple Rain" are all songs by this artist
a.) El DeBarge
b.) Charlie Wilson
c.) Prince
Prince
The deceased actor known for playing Jackie Robinson in the movie “42” and T’Challa in “Black Panther”
a.) Andre Braugher
b.) Chadwick Boseman
c.) Michael Kenneth Williams
Chadwick Boseman
Known as the "Godmother of the Civil Rights Movement", She was president of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) from 1957 to 1997.
a.) Dorothy Height
b.) Ella Baker
c.) Coretta Scott King
Dorothy Height
Founded the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute and advised Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft.
a.) Eugene K. Jones
b.) Booker T. Washington
c.) Alfred Edgar Smith
Booker T. Washington
Born as Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr., he changed his name, calling it a “slave name.” He changed it to this
a.) Galveston Giant
b.) Booker T
c.) Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali
Jamaican reggae singer, guitarist, and songwriter, who is considered a global symbol of Jamaican music and culture and identity.
a.) Bob Marley
b.) Peter Tosh
c.) Jimmy Cliff
Bob Marley
Dubbed the "Queen of all media," she's best known for her long-running talk show.
a.) Wendy Williams
b.) Oprah Winfrey
c.) Sherri Shepherd
Oprah Winfrey
The first African American child to attend a whites-only school in Louisiana during the New Orleans school desegregation crisis.
a.) Ruby Bridges
b.) Irene T. McVay
c.) Ida B. Wells
Ruby Bridges
A formerly enslaved man who became a prominent activist, author and public speaker. He became a leader in the abolitionist movement, which sought to end the practice of slavery.
a.) W.E.B. Du Bois
b.) Langston Hughes
c.) Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass
Jesse Owens, Wilma Rudolph, Carl Louis, Shacarrie Richardsons are all athletes in this sport.
a.) Wrestling
b.) Track and Field
c.) Tennis
Track and Field
Referred to as the "Queen of Soul", named as the greatest singer of all time by many - has hits including "R-E-S-P-E-C-T".
a.) Chaka Khan
b.) Anita Baker
c.) Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin
Popular actress known for a massive list of movies like “The Help,” “The Woman King,” Amanda Waller in Suicide Squad and more.
a.) Angela Bassett
b.) Alfre Woodard
c.) Viloa Davis
Viola Davis
Born into slavery in New York, but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom. After going to court to recover her son in 1828, she became the first black woman to win such a case against a white man.
a.) Sojourner Truth
b.) Maria W. Stewart
c.) Madam C. J. Walker
Sojourner Truth
Known as the winning lawyer of the famous case Brown v. Board of Education, in which segregated schools were declared unconstitutional.
a.) Fred Gray
b.) Jane Bolin
c.) Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall
This athlete played both professional baseball and football. This athlete is the only athlete in history to be named an All Star.
a.) Bo Jackson
b.) Deion Sanders
c.) Brian Jordon
Bo Jackson
Seen as one of the biggest pop singers in history, the New Jersey-born star had hits including “I Wanna Dance With Somebody”.
a.) Mary J. Blige
b.) Whitney Houston
c.) Jennifer Hudson
Whitney Houston
Brooklyn-based director and actor known for his work that explores race relations. Also known for always having a courtside seat at Knicks games
a.) Jordan Peele
b.) Spike Lee
c.) John Singleton
Spike Lee
In 1968, she became the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress and represented New York's 12th congressional district.
a.) Shirley Chisholm
b.) Barbara Lee
c.) Maxine Waters
Shirley Chisholm
An activist who was bloodied at Selma and across the Jim Crow South in the historic struggle for racial equality, he continued to fight for people's rights after joining Congress in 1987.
a.) Julian Bond
b.) John Lewis
c.) James Farmer
John Lewis
He was the first African American head coach to win a Super Bowl in the NFL.
a.) Mike Tomlin
b.) Herm Edwards
c.) Tony Dungy
Tony Dungy
Helped shaped the sounds of the 1960s, which earned him the nicknames "Prince of Motown" and "Prince of Soul.". He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.
a.) Marvin Gaye
b.) James Brown
c.) Stevie Wonder
Marvin Gaye
Influential actor who is one of 18 entertainers to win the EGOT, which includes an Emmy Award, a Grammy Award, an Academy Award, and a Tony Award. One of their big roles included “The Color Purple”
a.) Whoopi Goldberg
b.) Jennifer Hudson
c.) Danny Glover
Whoopi Goldberg