Black History Month Females
This woman refused to give her seat to a white man.
Who is Rosa Parks?
This man delivered the "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
Who is the team Jackie Robinson played for?
A. Brooklyn Dodgers
B. Boston Red Sox
C. Brooklyn Nets
A. Brooklyn Dodgers
This is the month of Black History Month?
What is February?
Who helped 300 slaves escape to freedom?
Harriet Tubman
Who was the first black male President.
Who is Barack Obama?
He has won three National Basketball Association (NBA) championships and four NBA MVP awards
A. Usain Bolt
B. Tiger Woods
C. Lebron James
Who is LeBron James?
First Women and African American Vice President of the United States
Kamala Harris
She became the first African-American woman to travel into space when she served as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992.
A. Mary Jackson
B. Katherine Johnson
C. Mae Jemison
C. Mae Jemison
Who is the first African American to play a major sport. When this player joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, baseball was segregated.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
What team did Michael Jordan play for?
A. LA Lakers
B. Brooklyn Dodgers
C. Chicago Bulls
C. Chicago Bulls
These are the colors that represent Black History Month.
What are red, green, black and yellow?
She was the first lady to the first African American President of the United States
Who is Michelle Obama
The first African American to serve as a justice (judge) on the U.S. Supreme Court.
A. Barack Obama
B. Garret Morgan
C. Thurgood Marshall
C. Thurgood Marshall
Who was the first African-American to win the masters golf tournament?
A. Michael Jordan
B. George Foremen
C. Tiger Woods
Who is Tiger Woods?
Carter G. Woodson is known for :
A. "I Have A Dream" Speech
B. Discovering more than 300 uses for peanuts
C. Starting Black History Month in 1976?
C. Starting Black History Month in 1976?
Who is the African American female tennis player who 23 Grand Slams women's single.
A. Serena Williams
B. Venus Williams
C. Simone Biles
Who is Serena Williams?
One of the greatest American heavyweight boxing champions
A. Mike Tyson
B. Michael Jordan
C. Muhammed Ali
Who is Muhammed Ali
The record for the most Grammy Awards won in a lifetime is held by
A. Whitney Houston
B. Nina Simone
C. Beyonce
C. Beyonce
An agricultural scientist and inventor who developed hundreds of products using peanuts
A. George Washington
B. George Washington Carver
C. George Bush
George Washington Carver
As a 6-year-old, I entered an all-white school.
A. Claudette Colvin
B. Ruby Bridges
C. Rosa Parks
Who is Ruby Bridges?
Group of students who sat - in” at the whites–only lunch counter at F.W. Woolworth’s store. They refused to leave when denied service and stayed until the store closed. Their brave actions led to the desegregation of the Woolworth's lunch counter in July 1960 and made a significant impact on other events in civil rights history.
A. Black Panther Party
B. The Golden 14
C. The A&T Four (men)
C. The A&T Four (men)
Who is named the King of Pop?
A. Jay Z
B. Bruno Mars
C. Michael Jackson
C. Michael Jackson
True or False, Black History Month is only celebrated in the United States.
FALSE! Black History Month, also known as African American History Month, is an annual observance in Canada, Ireland, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
First African American Female Principal Dancer with the prestigious American Ballet Theatre
A. Mae Jamison
B. Misty Copeland
C. Alvin Ailey
Misty Copeland
First Black American to earn a PhD from Harvard University, published widely before becoming NAACP's director of publicity and research and starting the organization's official journal, The Crisis, in 1910
A. Fredrick Douglass
B. W.E.B Du Bois
C. Ida B Wells
B. W.E.B Du Bois
A group of brothers famously known for their lead singer Michael Jackson.
A. Jackson and brothers
B. Jackson 5
C. Jackson 4
B. Jackson 5
Who was a leader of the Harlem Renaissance and a great poet, activist, novelist and playwright?
A. Duke Ellington
B. Langton Hughes
C. Harlem Globetrotters
Who is Langston Hughes?
Using her mathematics skills, she helped NASA send astronauts to the moon and return them safely home.
A. Katherine Johnson
B. Harriet Tubman
C. Dorothy Vaughan
A. Katherine Johnson
A prolific inventor who called himself the “Black Edison,” He early versions of the traffic light and gas mask.
A. Lewis Howard Latimer
B. Garret Morgan
C. James Baldwin
B. Garret Morgan
Often referred to as "The Black National Anthem," Lift Every Voice and Sing was a hymn written as a poem by NAACP leader
A. James Weldon Johnson
B. Michael Jackson
C. Langston Hughes
A. James Weldon Johnson
A civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans
A. NCAA
B. NAACP
C. SNCC
B. NAACP
Who is She was only 12 when she became the first female African American author published?
A. Phillis Wheatley
B. Oprah Winfrey
C. Rosa Parks
A. Phillis Wheatley
Widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of basketball. Famously known for playing for the LA Lakers. Is also known for having a "mamba mentality."
A. Micheal Jordan
B. Lebron James
C. Kobe Bryant
C. Kobe Bryant
One of the greatest jazz singers from the 1930s to the '50s. She became the first African American woman to work with an all-white band. One of her most famous songs, “Strange Fruit” was based on a horrific and detailed account of a lynching in the South.
A. Billie Holiday
B. Beyonce
C. Rihanna
A. Billie Holiday
Who wrote the poem "Still I Rise"?
A. Maya Angelou
B. Rosa Parks
C. Harriet Tubman
Who is Maya Angelou?
She was the first African-American woman elected to the U.S. Congress and was an effective advocate for the needs of minorities, women and children.
A. Shirley Chisholm
B. Ella Baker
C. Harriet Tubman
Shirley Chisholm
This president signed the Emancipation Proclamation helping to free slaves and abolish slavery.
A. Barack Obama
B. Abraham Lincoln
C. Thomas Jefferson
B. Abraham Lincoln
He was the greatest jazz composer and bandleader of his time. One of the originators of big-band jazz, he led his band for more than 50 years and composed thousands of scores.
A. Prince
B. Nat King Cole
C. Duke Ellington
C. Duke Ellington
This former slave became a famous abolitionist and a Methodist preacher.
A. Harriet Tubman
B. Muhammed Ali
C. Sojourner Truth
Sojourner Truth