Black History Month

Sports Stars/Entertainers

100

He is one of the most successful golfers of all-time.

a. Jimmy Dean  b. Tiger Woods  c. Michael Jordan

b. Tiger Woods

200

This baseball player broke the color barrier in baseball and played for the Brooklyn Dodgers.

a. Willie Mays  b. Jesse Owens  c. Jackie Robinson

c. Jackie Robinson

300

This musician was born in Baton Rouge, LA and could sing and play several musical instruments.  One of his famous songs was "What A Wonderful World"

a. Louis Armstrong  b. George Costanza  c. Thurgood Marshall

a. Louis Armstrong

400

This olympic athlete won 4 gold medals in front of Adolf Hitler at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany.

a. Magic Johnson   b. Spike Lee    c. Jesse Owens

c. Jesse Owens

500

This actor is famous for his deep voice used in several films such as The Lion King (Mufasa) and the Star Wars Trilogy (Darth Vader).

a. George Washington Carver  b. James Earl Jones  c. Charles R. Drew

b. James Earl Jones

Politicians

100

This man became the first African-American president in U.S. history.

a. Barak Obama  b. George Washington Carver  c. Thurgood Marshall

a. Barak Obama

200

This man was the first African-American justice in the Supreme Court.

a. Garrett Morgan  b. Sojourner Truth  c. Thurgood Marshall

c. Thurgood Marshall

300

This president was in office when Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke at the march in Washington, D.C. in 1963.

a. Ronald Reagan  b. John F. Kennedy  c. Lyndon B. Johnson

b. John F. Kennedy

400

He was a very influential speaker and writer who spoke out for freedom of African-Americans during the Civil War.

a. Frederick Douglas  b. Abraham Lincoln  c. John F. Kennedy

a. Frederick Douglas

500

This president signed the Emancipation Proclamation, effectively ending slavery in the U.S.

a. George Washington  b. Martin Luther King, Jr.  c. Abraham Lincoln

c. Abraham Lincoln

Civil Rights

100

He gave a speech in front of nearly 250,000 people in Washington, D.C. about a dream including equal rights for people of all races.

a. Malcolm X  b. Barak Obama  c. Martin Luther King, Jr.

c. Martin Luther King, Jr.

200

After Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus, people decided to protests the buses in Atlanta.  This protest became known as the:

a. bus boycott   b. bus riot   c. bus sit-in

a. bus boycott

300

After becoming a free man with the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, he founded the Tuskegee Institute.

a. Thurgood Marshall  b. Louis Armstrong  c. Booker T. Washington

c. Booker T. Washington

400

He was the first African-American to receive a PhD from Harvard and went on to become one of the founders of the NAACP.

a. James Earl Jones  b. W.E. Dubois  c. Charles R. Drew

b. W.E. Dubois

500

Born into the family of 9 children, he became an influential author who wrote about the African-American's struggle during the civil rights era.

a. Martin Luther King, Jr.  b. James White  c. James Baldwin

c. James Baldwin

African-American Women

100

Her decision to stay seated on a bus rather than give up her seat to a white person caused protests and a bus boycott.

a. Rosa Parks   b. Oprah Winfrey   c. Wilma Rudolph

a. Rosa Parks

200

She helped slaves escape using the Underground Railroad.

a. Harriet Tubman  b. Rosa Parks   c. Sojourner Truth

a. Harriet Tubman

300

She was an American preacher who fought for civil and human rights.  She assisted Union soldiers during the Civil War and became a counselor for the National Freedom Relief Association.

a. Rosa Parks  b. Sojourner Truth  c. Harriet Tubman

b. Sojourner Truth

400

She was the first African-American woman in space.

a. Sojourner Truth  b. Harriet Tubman  c. Mae C. Jemison

c. Mae C. Jemison

500

This was a system used by anti-slavery people using homes and passageways to hide runaway slaves in their attempt to escape to freedom.

a. Bus Boycott   b. Protests   c. Underground Railroad

c. Underground Railroad

Miscellaneous

100

He used developed multiple products using peanuts, soybeans and sweet potatoes.  His discoveries helped improve agricultural output in the South.

a. James Earl Jones  b. George Washington Carver  c. Jackie Robinson

b. George Washington Carver

200

He was an American doctor and surgeon who came up with the idea of a blood bank along with a way to preserve plasma.

a. Charles R. Drew  b. George Washington Carver  c. Booker T. Washington

a. Charles R. Drew

300

As a businessman and inventor, he was the first to patent the traffic signal.

a. Garrett Morgan  b. Martin Luther King, Jr.  c. W.E. Dubois

a. Garrett Morgan

400

He was the first African-American man in space.

a. Louis Armstrong  b. Thurgood Marshall  c. Guion Bluford

c. Guion Bluford

500

This is the name of the document, signed by Abraham Lincoln, that freed slaves from bondage.

a. Declaration of Independence  b. Bill of Rights  c. Emancipation Proclamation

c. Emancipation Proclamation