Black History
(General)
(General)
Black Inventors
Vocabulary
Black History Month Entertainers
Quotes
100
What Holiday is also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Liberation Day, and Emancipation Day?
Hint: This holiday celebrates the emancipation of those who had been enslaved in the United States.
Juneteenth!
100
Who invented the Automatic Elevator Doors?
A) Jackie Robinson
B) Alexander Miles
C) Barack Obama
Alexander Miles
100
What does achievement mean?
Something done successfully with effort, courage and skill
100
Who was the first African American Olympian to win the all-around title in gymnastics?
A) Gabby Douglas
B) Olivia Buth
C) Ava Sophia
Gabby Douglas
100
Which civil rights activist gave the famous speech beginning "I have a dream..."
Martin Luther King Jr.
200
Who started Black History Month
A) Abraham Lincoln
B) Barack Obama
C) Carter J. Woodson
200
Who helped through the process of inventing peanut butter?
A) Maya Angelou
B) George Washington Carver
C) Barack Obama
George Washington Carver
200
What is activism?
Action of using campaigning to bring about political or social change.
200
Who was the star of Black Panther?
A) Chadwick Boseman
B) Denzel Washington
C) Samuel L. Jackson
Chadwick Boseman
200
Which black president said "We did not come to fear the future. We came here to shape it."
Barack Obama
300
Who was the first African American to travel into space?
A) Guion Stewart Bluford
B) Neil Armstrong
C) Peter Irving
Guion Stewart Bluford
300
Who invented the horseshoe?
A) Oscar E. Brown
B) Rosa Parks
C) Richard Allen
Who is Oscar E. Brown
300
What is emancipation?
Process of being set free from legal restrictions.
300
Who is known as the fastest man in the world?
A) Michael Jordan
B) Usain Bolt
C) Will Smith
Usain Bolt
300
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
400
What was the name of the African American woman who helped hundreds of slaves in the southern United States escape to freedom?
Harriet Tubman
400
Who invented the traffic signal?
A) Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander
B) Garret Morgan
C) Ruby Bridges
Garret Morgan
400
What is justice?
Just behavior or treament.
400
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
400
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
500
Who was the first African American Major League Baseball player?
Jackie Robinson
500
Who was the first black millionairess?
A) Jackie Robinson
B) Langston Hughes
C) Madam C. J. Walker
Madam C. J. Walker
500
What does Thrive mean ?
Grow or develop well or vigorously.
500
Who is the first female black vice president of America ?
Kamala Harris
500
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