Black History Month I
Black History Month II
Black Inventors
Black History Month Entertainers
Sports
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What month is considered Black History Month?
A) January
B) February
C) March
February
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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?
A.) Rosa Parks
B.) Harriet Tubman
C.) Katherine Johnson
Harriet Tubman
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Who invented the elevator?
A.) George Washington Carver
B.) Alexander Miles
C.) Oscar E. Brown
D.) G. E. Becket
Alexander Miles
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Her success during the 2000's was recognized with the Recording Industry Association of America's Top Certified Artist of the Decade, as well as Billboard magazine's Top Radio Songs Artist and the Top Female Artist of the Decade.
Beyonce Knowles-Carter
100
Who is the first African American Olympian to win the All Around Title in gymnastics?
Gabby Douglas
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Who started Black History Month
A) Abraham Lincoln
B) Barack Obama
C) Carter J. Woodson
Carter J. Woodson
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Who was the first African American to win an Academy Award in a leading role?
a. Halle Berry
b. Denzel Washington
c. Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier
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Who invented peanut butter ?
A.) George Washington Carver
B.) Alexander Miles
C.) G.E. Becket
George Washington Carver
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Which record company was founded by Berry Gordy, Jr. in Detroit in 1959?
A.) Sun Records
B.) Atlantic Records
C.) Motown Records
D.) Chuck Berry
Motown Records
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Who is the fastest man in the world?
Usain Bolt
300
Who was the first African American justice on the U.S. Supreme Court
A) Clarence Thomas
B) Thurgood Marshall
C) Colin Powell
Thurgood Marshall
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True or False: The Emancipation Proclamation gave African Americans the right to vote?
A) True
B) False
False. It was an executive order by the president Abraham Lincoln to free the slaves.
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Who invented the horse shoe?
A.) Garret Morgan
B. Alexander Miles
C.) Oscar E. Brown
Oscar E. Brown
300
Who was the star of Black Panther?
A) Chadwick Boseman
B) Denzel Washington
C) Samuel L. Jackson
Chadwick Boseman
300
Who was the first Black Major League Baseball player?
Jackie Robinson
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Who triggered a boycott of the Montgomery, Alabama, bus system in 1955 by refusing to give up their seat to a white passenger on a bus?
A) Martin Luther King, Jr.
B) Malcolm X
C) Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks
400
What was the name for his most famous speech?
A) "I Have a Dream"
B) "The Million Man March"
C) "America the Great"
"I Have a Dream"
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Who invented the letter box ?
A.) Garret E. Morgan
B.) Alexander Miles
C.) G.E. Becket
G.E. Becket
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
Who was the first Black quarterback to lead his team to a Super Bowl championship ?
Doug Williams
500
Who was the first African American to travel into space?
A) Guion Stewart Bluford
B) Neil Armstrong
C) Kanye
Guion Stewart Bluford
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Who is the United States' first female vice president, the highest-ranking female official in U.S. history, and the first African American and first Asian American vice president?
Vice President Kamala Harris
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Who invented the traffic signal ?
A.) Garret Morgan
B,) Alexander Miles
C.) G.E. Becket
D.) Oscar E. Brown
Garret Morgan
500
Who was the first African American woman to be promoted to principal dancer for the American Ballet?
Misty Copeland
500
Who was the fastest woman in the world?
A.) Carmelita Jeter
B.) Florence Griffith Joyner
C.) Marion Jones
Florence Griffith Joyner, also known as Flo-Jo