Black History Month
(General)
(General)
Black Inventors
Vocabulary
Black History Month Entertainers
Quotes
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What month is considered Black History Month?
February
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Who invented the Automatic Elevator Doors?
Jackie Robinson
Alexander Miles
Barack Obama
Alexander Miles
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What does achievement mean?
Something done successfully with effort, courage and skill
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Who was the first African American Olympian to win the all-around title in gymnastics?
Gabby Douglas
Olivia Buth
Ava Sophia
Gabby Douglas
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Which civil rights activist gave the famous speech beginning "I have a dream..."
Martin Luther King Jr.
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Who started Black History Month
A) Abraham Lincoln
B) Barack Obama
C) Carter J. Woodson
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Who helped through the process of inventing peanut butter?
Maya Angelou
George Washington Carver
Barack Obama
George Washington Carver
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What is activism?
Action of using campaigning to bring about political or social change.
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Who was the star of Black Panther?
A) Chadwick Boseman
B) Denzel Washington
C) Samuel L. Jackson
Chadwick Boseman
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Which black president said "We did not come to fear the future. We came here to shape it."
Barack Obama
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Who was the first African American to travel into space?
A) Guion Stewart Bluford
B) Neil Armstrong
C) Peter Irving
Guion Stewart Bluford
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Who invented the horse shoe?
Oscar E. Brown
Rosa Parks
Richard Allen
Who is Oscar E. Brown
300
What is emancipation?
Process of being set free from legal restrictions.
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Who is known as the fastest man in the world?
A) Michael Jordan
B) Usain Bolt
C) Will Smith
Usain Bolt
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Which black first lady said "History has shown us that courage can be contagious, and hope can take on a lie of its own."
Michelle Obama
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What was the name of the African American woman who helped hundreds of slaves in the southern United States escape to freedom?
Harriet Tubman
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Who invented the traffic signal ?
Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander
Garret Morgan
Ruby Bridges
Garret Morgan
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What is justice?
Just behavior or treament.
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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
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This person, who was the first black major league baseball player said, "A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives."
Jackie Robinson
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Who was the first African American Major League Baseball player?
Jackie Robinson
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Who was the first black millionairess ?
Jackie Robinson
Langston Hughes
Madam C. J. Walker
Madam C. J. Walker
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What does Thrive mean ?
Grow or develop well or vigorously.
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Who is the first female black vice president of America ?
Kamala Harris
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Which famous black activist who refused to give up her seat on the bus, said "knowing what must be done does away with fear".
Rosa Parks