Black History I
50 years before ____ was celebrated, the US celebrated Negro History Week.
a. Black History Month
b. Black History Week
c. Black Joy
A) What is Black History Month
In which year did Black History Month become an annual, month-long celebration?
a. 1960
b. 1976
c. 1990
B) What is 1976
Which black female artist is the most Grammy-Award nominated female artist of all time?
a. Nicki Minaj
b. Rihanna
c. Beyonce
Who is Beyonce
Who is the most decorated gymnast of all time?
a. Simone Biles
b. Gabby Douglas
c. Dominque Dawes
A) Who is Simone Biles
Whose foundation donated $15M to Black, POC, LGBTQ+ and Women-Led Nonprofits Focused on Environmental Justice?
a. Cardi B
b. Zendaya
c. Rihanna
C) Who is Rihanna
He is considered to be the father of Black History Month.
a. Martin Luther King Jr.
b. John Lewis
c. Carter J. Woodson
C) Who is Carter J. Woodson
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
A) Who is Harriet Tubman
This famously hilarious family's projects include In Living Color, Major Payne, My Wife and Kids and Scary Movie(s).
a. The Jacksons
b. The Winans
c. The Wayans
B) Who is The Wayans Family
Who was the first African American boxer to become heavyweight champion?
a. Muhammed Ali
b. Jack Johnson
c. Mike Tyson
B) Who is Jack Johnson
Biden promised to nominate a Black woman for what?
a. Attorney General
b. Supreme Court
c. Department of Education
B) What is the Supreme Court
Who was the first African American Supreme Court Justice?
a. Thurgood Marshall
b. Ruth Bader Ginsburg
c. Clarence Thomas
A) Who is Thurgood Marshall?
What was the first historically Black college in the US?
a. Howard University
b. Cheyney University
c. Lincoln University
B) What is Cheyney University
This screenwriter and producer for shows such as Grey's Anatomy, Scandal, How to Get Away with Murder and Netflix's Bridgerton series was also named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2007, 2013 and 2021?
a. Shonda Rhimes
b. Oprah Winfrey
c. Tyler Perry
a. Who is Shonda Rhimes
This person won the singles and doubles titles at the 1956 French Open becoming the first Black American woman to win a Grand Slam tournament. Over the next three years, she won 10 more Grand Slam titles in singles and doubles. In 1963, became the first Black woman to join the LPGA Tour.
a. Serena Williams
b. Althea Gibson
c. Cynthia Gibbs
C) Who is Althea Gibson
Who became the first Black woman on the US quarter?
a. Maya Angelou
b. Shirley Chisholm
c. Angela Davis
A) Who is Maya Angelou
She triggered a boycott of the Montgomery, Alabama, bus system in 1955 by refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger on a bus.
a. Claudette Colvin
b. Ida B. Wells
c. Rosa Parks
A) Claudette Colvin
Who is an African American physician, surgeon and medical researcher known as the inventor of the blood bank ?
a. Emmett Chapelle
b. Benjamin Banneker
c. Charles Drew
C) Who is Charles Drew
The name of the character who was also the Black Panther?
a. T’ challa
b. Shuri
c. M’Baku
A) Who is T’ challa
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
A) What is the 1968 Summer Olympics
What is the theme for Black History Month 2024?
a. Black Health and Wellness
b. The Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth
c. Black Women
A) What is African Americans and the Arts
This oldest Black female Greek-letter organization, and member of the Divine Nine was founded at Howard University in 1908.
a. Delta Sigma Theta Sorority (ΔΣΘ)
b. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. (AKA)
c. Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. (ZΦB)
B) Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. (AKA)
True or False: In 1849, a Virginia slave named Henry Brown decided to mail himself to freedom.
a. True
b. False
A) What is true
Which Black artist known for the song “Earned It” became the first to top three slots on the Billboard R&B?
a. Jay Z
b. Drake
c. The Weeknd
C) Who is The Weeknd
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
A) What is the 1968 Summer Olympics
Jessica Watkins is the first Black woman to spend months in...?
a. In the sea
b. In space
c. In the mountains
B) What is space