Black History Month
Name the the three countries that celebrate Black History Month Every Year.
1. United States, Australia, Nigeria
2. Canada, Haiti, United States
3. United Kingdom, United States, Canada
3. United Kingdom, United States, and Canada
Which African American athlete has participated in 60 Grand Slam tournaments and won 21 of them? Serena or Venus Williams ??
Serena Williams
Who is the most decorated American gymnast ever?
a) Simone Biles
b) Shannon Miller
c) Mary Lou Retton
d) Gabby Douglas
Simone Biles
5 times the amount. Who has been dubbed the "Queen of All Media" and North America's first multi-billionaire African American woman?
Oprah Winfrey
8 times the amount Who was the first black NBA Player?
a. Michael Jordan
b. Ray Allen
c. Earl Lloyd
d) Spud Webb
Earl Lloyd
5 times the amount. In what year was Black History Month recognized across the country?
1976 with the recognition of President Gerald Ford.
4 times the amount. Who was the first African American female astronaut?
a) Carrie H. Jennings
b) Mae. C. Jemison
c) Olivia H. Black
d) Madisen D. Blanchett
Mae C. Jemison who flew aboard Endeavor in 1992
Which NFL athlete demonstrated his activism on the field by kneeling down during the national anthem?
a) Jared Goff
b) Colin Kapernick
c) Tom English
d) James White
Colin Kaepernick
4 times the amount. Who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993 for her novel Song of Solomon.
a) Laura Combs
b) Jeanne Bladsworth
c) Toni Morrison
d) Judy Blossom
Toni Morrison
5 times the amount. What year did the National Museum of African American History and Culture open?
2016
What year was Black Lives Matter founded as an organized movement?
2013
Who was the first African American woman to win an Oscar?
a) Jen Gallant
b) Hattie McDaniel
c) Desiree Smith
d) Elizabeth Daniel
Hattie McDaniel in 1940
Who is the only woman to be on the Forbes list of 100 highest paid athletes in 2019?
a) Simone Biles
b) Venus Williams
c) Danica Patrick
d) Serena Williams
Serena Williams
Who was the first black artist to win a Grammy in 1958?
a) Ella Fitzgerald
b) Cassie Lamport
c) Anabelle Pearson
d) June White
Ella Fitzgerald
This African American actress won best supporting actress for her role in the movie Fences with Denzel Washington.
a) Jenna Jones
b) Halle Smith
c) Viola Davis
d) Jennifer Cooley
VIola Davis
Chaisson Daily Double. Who is attributed to be the creator of Black History Month?
a) Carter Woodson
b) Jeremy Irons
c) Chad Leonis
d) Jack Campbell
Carter Woodson is known as the father of black history. He announced the second week of February to be dedication to celebrating black history. He thought Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass, both born in Feb., had the greatest influence on black Americans.
Which transgender woman threw the first brick at the Stonewall riots and started the gay liberation movement in 1969?
a) Janice Chapman
b) Hilary S. Smith
c) Karen Clark
d) Marsha P. Johnson
Marsha P. Johnson
Who was the first African American gymnast to win the all around gold medal in the olympics?
a) Gabby Douglas
b) Simone Biles
c) Shannon Miller
d) Nellie Kim
Gabby Douglass
Chaisson Daily Double. Who was the American lawyer who came up with the idea of intersectionality- the analytical framework for understanding how aspects of a person's social and political identities combine to create different modes of discrimination and privilege.
a) Jessisa Jackson
b) Samantha Pillars
c) Kimberle William Crenshaw
d) Anne Duffy
Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw
Chaisson Daily Double. This self-taught mathematician helped design the layout for DC.
a) Benjamin Banneker
b) Peter Gordon
c) Tom Englerent
d) Lou Collangelo
Benjamin Banneker
CHaisson Daily Double THis president signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 freeing slaves in the southern states.
a. George Washington
b. Abraham Lincoln
c. Thomas Jefferson
ABraham Lincoln
What was the name of the African American who helped hundred of enslaved people in the US escape to freedom?
a. Harriet Tubman
b. Sojourner Truth
c. Assata Shakur
Harriet Tubman
Chaisson Daily Double. Who was the first African American to star in their own tv show?
a. Ethel Waters
b. Oprah Winfrey
c. Wendy Williams
d) Catherine Arsenault
Ethel Williams
At what sporting event did players raise a black-gloved fist during the playing of the US national anthem?
a. 1968 Summer Olympics
b. 2016 Super Bowl
c. 1974 World Cup
1968 OLympics
Who became the first Black woman on the US quarter?
a. Maya Angelou
b. Shirley Chisholm
c. Angela Davis
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Maya Angelou