Black History - Who Am I?

FamousAfrican Americans

100

I am a civil rights leader who never backed down in my stand against racism.

[A] Malcolm X                   [B] George Washington

[C] Martin Luther King Jr.   [C] Theodore Johnson

[C] Martin Luther King Jr.

200

I refused to give up my seat on the bus in Alabama and it started a movement that changed equality laws.

[A] Rosa Parks        [B] William Harrison

[C] Ruby Bridges    [D] Annie May Brown

[A] Rosa Parks  

300

I was 6 years old when I was escorted into an all white school in New Orleans.

[A] Martin Luther    [B] Daisy Brumfield

[C] Ruby Bridges    [D] Rosa King

[C] Ruby Bridges

400

I was elected and became the first African-American president.

[A] George Washington    [B] Malcolm X

[C] Thurgood Marshall     [D] Barack Obama

 [D] Barack Obama

500

I was dubbed the "Queen of All Media", was the richest African-American of the 20th century, and was once the world's only black billionaire.

[A] Oprah Winfrey      [B] Fannie Lou Hamer

[C] Harriet Tubman    [D] Barbara Johnson 

[A] Oprah Winfrey

Inventors

100

I made the first clock. I also authored some almanacs and helped design Washington DC.

[A]  Benjamin Banneker   [B] Lewis Latimer

[C] Percy Julian               [D] Jan Matzeliger

[A]  Benjamin Banneker

200

I am known as the "soybean chemist," for my extraordinary success in developing innovative drugs and industrial chemicals from natural soy products.

[A] Percy L. Julian                      [B] Roy H. Lander

[C] George Washington Carver    [D] Dr. Charles Drew

[A] Percy L. Julian

300

I am an inventor that created 325 uses for peanuts, 108 applications for sweet potatoes and 75 products made from pecans.

[A] Gary Smith        [B] George Washington Carver

[C] Bayard Rustin    [D] Frederick Douglas

[B] George Washington Carver

400

I invented an innovative line of Black hair care products that led to my distinction as one of America’s first self-made millionaires.

 

[A] Lorraine Hansberry        [B] Maya Angelou

[C] Madame C.J. Walker      [D] Mary McLeod Bethune

[C] Madame C.J. Walker

500

I was known as a “human computer,”  was part of a team that did mathematical calculations to help launch satellites—and later humans—into space.

[A] Patricia Bath             [B] Dorothy Johnson Vaughan

[C] Henrietta Bradberry    [D] Gloria Benson

[B] Dorothy Johnson Vaughan

Civil RightsActivists

100

I was an African American revolutionary and human rights activist who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement.

[A] Benjamin Banneker    [B] Jackie Robinson

[C] Malcolm X                 [D] Percy Jackson

[C] Malcolm X  

200

I am an American voting and women's rights activist, community organizer, and leader of the civil rights movement.

 

[A] Ruby Bridges    [B] Madame CJ Walker

[C] Rosa Parks       [D] Fannie Lou Hamer

 [D] Fannie Lou Hamer

300

After escaping slavery, I became an abolitionist who made at least 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people.

[A] Rosa Parks           [B] Harriet Tubman

[C] Dorothy Height     [D] Ruby Bridges

 [B] Harriet Tubman

400

I am a social reformer who became the most important leader of the movement for African-American civil rights in the 19th century.

[A] Abraham Lincoln    [B] Frederick Douglas

[C] Barack Obama       [D] W. E. Dubois

 [B] Frederick Douglas

500

I was an early American leader in the civil rights movement and one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

[A]  Oprah Winfrey              [B] Whitney Houston

[C] Ida Bell Wells-Barnett    [D] Aretha Franklin

[C] Ida Bell Wells-Barnett

Athletes

100

I am a businessman and basketball player that was integral in popularizing basketball and the NBA around the world

[A] Babe Ruth         [B] Michael Phelps

[C] Joe Montana     [D] Michael Jordan

[D] Michael Jordan

200

I am an American professional baseball player who became the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB).

[A] Jackie Robinson    [B] Shaquille O'Neal

[C] Bo Jackson          [D] Sugar Ray Leonard

[A] Jackie Robinson

300

As a six-time Olympic gold medalist and star basketball player for UCLA, I am one of the best.

[A] Jackie Joyner-Kersee    [B] Shannon Miller

[C] Althea Gibson              [D] Julia Irving

[A] Jackie Joyner-Kersee

400

I am the most decorated gymnast in history, winning 37 Olympic and World Championship medals.

[A]  Serena Williams         [B] Simone Biles

[C] Bessie Mae Jackson     [D] Jackie Joyner-Kersee 

[B] Simone Biles

500

I am an American professional boxer and social activist widely known as, “The Greatest." I am frequently cited as the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time.

[A] Tiger Woods        [B] Magic Johnson

[C] Muhammad Ali    [D] Mike Tyson

[C] Muhammad Ali

Entertainers

100

I am an actor, producer, writer and director. I am known as one of the most successful black celebrities in the television and film industry.

[A] James Brown     [B] Tyler Perry

[C] Eddie Murphy    [D] Tommie Lee Jones

[B] Tyler Perry

200

I am a pioneering jazz musician and one of the first Black superstars in the US, known for my trumpet playing.

[A] Louis Armstrong    [B] Ray Charles

[C] Kenny Loggins      [D] Stevie Wonder

[A] Louis Armstrong

300

I am an American singer, songwriter and pianist who was honored as the "Queen of Soul".

[A] Whitney Houston       [B] Angela Davis

[C] Whoopi Goldburg     [D] Aretha Franklin

[D] Aretha Franklin

400

I am an African-American actress, singer-songwriter, and comedian. I was the first African American to win an Oscar.

[A] Hale Berry    [B] Reece Witherspoon

[C] Beyonce       [D] Hattie McDaniel

[D] Hattie McDaniel

500

I am an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist. I was dubbed the "King of Pop".

[A] Prince               [B] Michael Jackson

[C] Elvis Presley     [D] James Brown

[B] Michael Jackson