What month is considered Black History Month?
A) January
B) February
C) March
February
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
Who is Harriet Tubman
Who invented the automatic doors for elevators?
A.) Alexander Miles
B.) Frank Epperson
Who is Alexander Miles
Who is the king of pop?
MJ
Who is the first Black female vice president?
Who is Kamala Harris
Who started Black History Month
A) Abraham Lincoln
B) Stevie Wonder
C) Carter J. Woodson
Carter J. Woodson
What were the children who went to Central High School referred to as.
a. The big 9
b. The Little Rock 9
What is the Little Rock 9?
Who did experiments with peanuts?
A.) Alexander Miles
B.) G.E. Becket
C.) George Washington Carver
Who is George Washington Carver
What athlete was the first African American baseball player?
A.) Jackie Robinson
C.) James Harden
Who was Jackie Robinson?
Who is the famous singer who sings "Single Ladies"?
A.) Whitney Houston
B.) Beyonce
Who is Beyonce?
Who was the highest ranking Army officer?
A) Clarence Thomas
B) Thurgood Marshall
C) Colin Powell
Colin Powell
True or False: The Emancipation Proclamation gave African Americans the right to vote?
A) True
B) False
False. It was an executive order by the President Abraham Lincoln to free the slaves.
Who invented the traffic light?
A.) Garret Morgan
B.) Lonnie Johnson
C.) Oscar E. Brown
Who is Garret Morgan?
The first African American woman to be promoted to principal dancer for the American Ballet?
Misty Copeland
Where did the movie the Black Panther take place.
Wakanda
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
What was the name for Martin Luther King's most famous speech?
A) "Gettysburg Address"
B) "The Other America"
C) "I Have a Dream"
"I Have a Dream"
Who invented the super soaker and the nerf gun?
A.) James E. West
b.) James Earl Jones
c.) Lonnie Johnson
Who is Lonnie Johnson
Who is the fastest man in the world?
Who is Usain Bolt
Who famous Black person is know to be the "King of Pop" ?
Who is Michael Jackson
Who was the first African American child to go to a school in the south?
A) Kamela Harris
B) Ruby Bridges
Ruby Bridges
In The Movie : Hidden Figures, what is the name of the main character that was the best mathematician at NASA ?
A.) Katherine Johnson
B.) Rosa Parks
Who is Katherine Johnson.
Who invented the color computer monitor/screen?
A.) Mark Dean
B,) Thomas Edison
C.) Oscar E. Brown
Who is Mark Dean?
I am a famous boxer. I said "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee"
Muhammad Ali
I was the Poet Laureate at the most recent presidential inauguration.
Who is Amanda Gorman