Black History Month I
Black History Month II
Vocabulary
Black History Month Entertainers
100
What month is considered Black History Month?
A) January
B) February
C) March
February
100
What was the name of the African American woman who helped hundreds of slaves in the southern United States escape to freedom?
A.) Rosa Parks
B.) Harriet Tubman
C.) Katherine Johnson
Harriet Tubman
100
What does brave mean?
A) to show courage
B) to be athletic
C) to be smart
to show courage
100
Who currently holds the second place ranking for most Grammys ever won.
A.) Quincy Jones
B.) Stevie Wonder
C.) Beyoncé
D.) Kanye West
Who is Quincy Jones. He has won 28 Grammy's.
200
Who was the first African American Major League Baseball player?
A) Abraham Lincoln
B) Rosa Park
C) Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson
200
What was the name of MLK’s most famous speech?
A) "I've Been to the Mountaintop"
B) "The Other America"
C) "I Have a Dream"
"I Have a Dream"
200
What does slavery mean?
A) choosing not to do something
B) forced labor
C) separated from a group
Forced labor
200
Which record company was founded by Berry Gordy, Jr. in Detroit in 1959?
A.) Sun Records
B.) Atlantic Records
C.) Motown Records
D.) Chuck Berry
What is Motown Records
300
A year after the bus boycotts began, the Supreme Court decided to get rid of ____?
A) Slavery
B) Segregation
C) Civil rights
Segregation
300
Martin Luther King Jr. chose to fight racial discrimination with what?
A) violence
B) peaceful protest
C) throwing rocks at cars
Peaceful Protest
300
What does boycott mean?
A) choosing not to do something
B) forced work
C) to be smart
Choosing not to do something.
300
Who was the star of Black Panther?
A) Chadwick Boseman
B) Denzel Washington
C) Samuel L. Jackson
Chadwick Boseman
400
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?
Rosa Parks
400
Who was the first African American to be named president?
Barack Obama
400
What does segregation mean?
The mandatory separation of a group of people based off the color of their skin
500
What was the passageway that Harriet Tubman used to help free the slaves?
The Underground Railroad
500
What did the North Star symbolize for Harriet Tubman when she was a slave?
Freedom
500
What does discrimination mean?
Unjust or wrong treatment of others based off the color of their skin, gender, etc.