Black History I
50 years before ____ was celebrated, the US celebrated Negro History Week.
a. Black History Month b. Black Lives Matter c. Black Joy d. Black Panthers month
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 d. 1971
B) What is 1976
Which black female artist is the most Grammy-Award nominated female artist of all time?
a. Nicki Minaj b. Aretha Franklin c. Beyonce d. Whitney Houston
Who is Beyonce
Who is the most decorated gymnast of all time?
a. Simone Biles b. Gabby Douglas c. Dominque Dawes d. Morgan Dennis
A) Who is Simone Biles?
Who was the first African American to win an Academy Award in a leading role?
a. Richard Pryor b. Denzel Washington c. Sidney Poitier d. Redd Foxx
C) Who is Sidney Poitier?
He is considered to be the father of Black History Month.
a. Martin Luther King Jr. b. John Lewis c. Carter J. Woodson d.Abraham Lincoln
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 d. Rosa Park
A) Who is Harriet Tubman
Who was the first African American to star in their own tv show?
a. Ethel Waters b. Oprah Winfrey c. Wendy Williams d. Sidney Poitier
A) Who is Ethel Waters
Who was the first Black boxer?
a. Muhammed Ali b. Jack Johnson c. Mike Tyson d. Sonny Liston
B) Who is Jack Johnson?
Biden promised to nominate a Black woman for what?
a. Attorney General b. Supreme Court
c. Department of Education d. Vice-President
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 d. Joseph Wapner
A) Who is Thurgood Marshall?
What was the first historically Black college in the US?
a. Howard University b. Cheyney University
c. Lincoln University d. UAPB
B) What is Cheyney University
Who was the first Black man to win an Oscar
a. Bill Cosby b. Richard Pryor c. Redd Foxx d. Sidney Poitier
B) Who is Sidney Poitier?
Who was the first black NBA Player?
a. Michael Jordan b. Ray Allen c. Earl Lloyd d. Jacki Robinson
C) Who is Earl Lloyd
Who became the first Black woman on the US quarter?
a. Maya Angelou
b. Shirley Chisholm
c. Angela Davis
d. Aretha Franklin
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 d. Coretta Scott King
A) Who is Rosa Parks
Which President officially recognized Black History Month?
a. Richard Nixon b. Ronald Reagan c. Jimmy Carter d. Jerald Ford
C) Who is President Jimmy Carter
This black singer is considered to be the King of Pop.
a. James Brown b. B.B. King c. Michael Jackson d. Prince
A) Who is Michael Jackson?
Who was the first Black baseball player in Major League baseball?
a. Willie Mays b. Jackie Robinson c. Hank Thompson Hank Aaron
B) Who is Jackie Robinson
True or False: The Emancipation Proclamation gave African Americans the right to vote?
False
This president signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 freeing slaves in the southern states.
a. George Washington b. Abraham Lincoln
c. Thomas Jefferson e. Andrew Johnson
B) Who is Abraham Lincoln
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
He is the considered the Godfather of Soul.
a. Iaac Jayes b. Prince c. James Brown d. Sly Stone
C) Who is James Brown?
At what sporting event did players raise a black-gloved fist during the playing of the US national anthem?
a. 1968 Summer Olympics b. 1972 Summer Olympics
c. 1974 World Cup d. 1968 Winter Olympics
A) What is the 1968 Summer Olympics
Who beat the German Nazis in their own Olympics?
a. Gabbly Douglas b. Usain Bolt c. Carl Lewis d. Jesse owens
B) What is Jesse Owens?