Black History Month
Athletics and the Arts
Civil Rights Movement
Quotes
African Americans in Government
100
When is Black History Month?
What is February
100
Who was the first African American golf champion to tour on the Professional Golf Association (PGA) circuit?
Who is Tiger Woods?
100
Martin Luther King Jr.'s role model as he pursued justice through peace and passive resistance?
Who is Gandhi?
100
I have a dream...
Who is MLK Jr.
100
First African American President of the United States
Who is Obama
200
Which fourteen year old black boy was lynched for whistling at a white woman?
Who is Emmet Till?
200
This amazing man is the self–proclaimed “greatest [boxer] of all time” was originally named after his father, who was named after the 19th century abolitionist and politician Cassius Marcellus Clay.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
200
Name of civil rights organization started by MLK Jr.?
What is NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
200
Fly like a butterfly, sting like a bee
Who is Muhammad Ali
200
Served as the 66th Secretary of State, the second person to hold the position under George W. Bush
Who is Condoleezza Rice?
300
Who was the first African American to have his likeness portrayed on a U.S. postage stamp?
Who is Booker T. Washington?
300
Who is ranked as the second best-selling female artist of the 21st century with record sales of over 37 million dollars?
Who is Beyonce Knowles?
300
Retail store/supermarket where Greensboro Sit-Ins took place
What is Woolworth's?
300
I have never run my train off the track and never lost a passenger
Who is Harriet Tubman?
300
What Supreme Court decision decreed that public schools should be integrated?
What is Brown v. Board of Education
400
Who started Black History Month?
Who is Carter G Woodson?
400
First African American to win a Grammy
Who is Stevie Wonder
400
Location where Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus (1/2 credit for state and no city)
What is Montgomery, AL?
400
I don't even call it violence when it's in self defense. I call it intelligence.
Who is Malcolm X
400
Which Supreme Court case stated that segregation was legal and constitutional as long as "facilities were equal"?
What is Plessy v. Ferguson
500
In what year were the first Africans brought to American to work as slaves? (points for guesses within 50 years)
What is 1619
500
Which author became the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature. (Hint: Her resume includes "Sula" and "The Bluest Eye")
Who is Toni Morrison?
500
Which racially motivated attack on a church caused the death of four girls in Alabama?
What is the Alabama Church Bombing?
500
I don't want a Black History Month. American History is Black History.
Who is Morgan Freeman
500
Who was the first African American to serve as the United States Secretary of State?
Who is Colin Powell?