Black History Month

Black HERstory

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100

Which three countries celebrate Black History Month Every Year?

A. United States, Australia, Nigeria

B. Canada, Haiti, United States

C. United Kingdom, United States, and Canada

100

She was the first Black major-party candidate to run for President of the United States, in the 1972 U.S. presidential election, making her also the first woman ever to run for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination.

A. Kamala Harris

B. Shirley Chisholm

C. Stacy Abrams

D. Condoleezza Rice

B. Shirley Chisholm

100

Who was the First African American Supreme Court Justice?

A. Clarence Thomas

B. Thurgood Marshall

C. Patricia Timmons-Goodson

D. Tamika Montgomery-Reeves

B. Thurgood Marshall

Marshall was an American lawyer and civil rights activist who served as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from October 1967 until October 1991. Marshall was the Court's first African-American justice.

100

Activist Alicia Garza is a co-founder of the BLM movement, and coined the phrase "Black lives matter" in THIS year with a Facebook post. Today, people around the world are joining the movement she co-founded.

A. 2020

B. 2019

C. 2013

D. 2016

C. 2013

When asked in 2020 why her statement has so much power, Alicia Garza stated, "'Black lives matter' is so simple and yet so complex. It really is a very direct assertion of both a problem and a solution at the same time. Here we are seven years later, and I think what's become clear is that some of the discomfort with this statement is that it forces you to choose sides. You can't say some Black lives matter or they kind of matter or they matter sometimes. The statement asks you, do you believe Black lives matter? And if so, is that the world that we live in right now? And if not, what are we going to do to close the gap there?"

100

Which Black mathematician was a surveyor who helped plan the District of Columbia in 1790?

A. Benjamin Banneker

B. David Blackwell

C. Clarence F. Stephens

D. Kelly Miller

C. Benjamin Banneker

200

Which President first officially recognized Black History Month?

A. Jimmy Carter

B. Gerald Ford

C. Ronald Reagan

D. Barack Obama

B. Gerald Ford

200

She is a dancer, singer, fundraiser, author, and poet who read a specially-composed poem at President Bill Clinton's inauguration in 1993.

A. Marita Koch

B. Maya Angelou

C. Gwendolyn Brooks

D. Langston Hughes

B. Maya Angelou (1928-2014)

200

Which HBCU did Vice President Kamala Harris graduate from?

A. Hampton University

B. Spelman College

C. Clark Atlanta University

D. Howard University

200

Who was the first African American woman to win five Grammy Awards in one year?

A. Beyonce

B. Nicki Minaj

C. Lauryn Hill

D. Missy Elliott

C. Lauryn Hill

200

A medical doctor and scientist, he was very interested in solving the problem of storing and using blood for transfusions (a transfusion is done when a person is hurt or ill and needs blood restored in their body). He developed a process for removing plasma (blood without cells) from blood. Plasma can be stored much longer than whole blood. He is credited with heading two blood banks – The American Red Cross and Blood for Britain. Blood for Britain provided blood for soldiers injured in World War II.

A. James Baldwin

B. Charles Drew

C. Frederick Douglas

D. W. E. B. Du Bois

B. Dr. Charles Drew

300

Why is Black History Month Celebrated in February?

A. To honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.

B. To recognize the influence that Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass had on black Americans

C. To celebrate the history of black achievement.

B. Carter Woodson is known as the father of Black History. He announced the second week of February to be dedicated to celebrating Black history, and to recognize the influence that Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass had on Black Americans and the important people and events in the history of the African diaspora.

300

On March 2, 1955 she was arrested at the age of 15 in Montgomery, Alabama for refusing to give up her bus seat to a White woman.

A. Rosa Parks

B. Claudette Colvin

C. Ida B. Wells

D. Ella Baker

B. Claudette Colvin

300

Which constitutional amendment abolished slavery throughout the United States?

A. The 2nd amendment

B. The 13th amendment

C. The 14th amendment

D. The 15th amendment

B. 13th Amendment

The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. The amendment was passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified by the required 27 of the then 36 states on December 6, 1865

300

What was the first Black-owned company to be traded on the New York Stock Exchange?

A. Telfar

B. BET, Black Entertainment Television

C. Oprah Winfrey Network OWN

D. AJ Crimson Beauty

B. BET, Black Entertainment Television

300

1. Secretary for the Department of Defense

2. Invented America First Clock

3. Her Calculations helped NASA Space Program

4. She was the first Black Female Astronaut

Her Calculations helped NASA Space Program

400

Black History Month was first proposed by Black educators and the Black United Students at Kent State University in February of which year?

A. 1920

B. 1980

C. 1969

C. It was proposed in 1969

400

She is an activist who began using the phrase, “Me too,” on Twitter in an effort to raise awareness about sexual assault and sexual abuse.

A. Angela Davis

B. Ida B. Wells

C. Kathleen Cleaver

D. Tarana Burke

4. Tarana Burke.

In 2006, Tarana Burke began using the phrase, “Me too,” on Twitter in an effort to raise awareness about sexual assault and sexual abuse. However, it was something that she wishes she had said to other survivors of sexual assault before then- that they were not alone. That she too had survived. “Me too,” became a movement after the use of the hashtag gained popularity when actresses began coming forward with their experiences in Hollywood. Along with others, Tarana Burke was named “Person of the Year” by Time Magazine in 2017. As the Senior Director of the non-profit Girls for Gender Equality in Brooklyn, New York, she helps create opportunities for young Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) to overcome the many hurdles that they face. Through GGE, Ms. Burke tackles issues of sexism, poverty, racial injustices, transphobia, homophobia, and harassment.

400

A historical building that once housed the first National Guard unit in the U.S. to have Black officers, and hosted a crowd of 800 people at the first-ever National Negro Congress in 1936, an event that focused on the needs of Black workers during the Great Depression. Today, the building is the home of THIS Chicago Public School.

Chicago Military Academy Bronzeville!

400

Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915-1973), often referred to as the "godmother of rock and roll," is the most recent inductee to the Rock and Roll's Hall of Fame's "Early Influencers." She was inducted in THIS year.

A. 2018

B. 2020

C. 1973

D. 1968

A. 2018

400

In THIS year, scientist Valerie Thomas invented and patented the illusion transmitter. The device produces optical illusion images via two concave mirrors. Unlike flat mirrors, which produce images that appear to be inside, or behind the mirror, concave mirrors create images that appear to be real, or in front of the mirror itself. This technology was subsequently adopted by NASA and has since been adapted for use in surgery as well as the production of television and video screens.

A. 2000

B. 1965

C. 1980

D. 1995

C. 1980

500

In a 2005 interview with 60 Minutes, this famous actor said, "I don't want a Black History Month. Black History is American History."

A. Denzel Washington

B. Laurence Fishburne

C. Will Smith

D. Morgan Freeman

500

This transgender rights activist is known as one of the central figures of the Stonewall Uprising in 1969.

A. Marsha P. Johnson

B. Sylvia Rivera

C. Maya Angelou

D. Angela Davis

A. Marsha P. Johnson

500

Bayard Rustin's contributions to the Civil Rights Movement have often been left out of history due to anti-LGBTQ+ prejudice - Rustin was gay. In his role as an advisor to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, he organized THIS major 1963 event.

A. Million Man March

B. March on Washington for Jobs & Freedom

C. Freedom Rides

D. Montgomery Bus Boycott

B. March on Washington for Jobs & Freedom

500

This Afro-Latina artist, whose parents are of Dominican & Trinidadian descent, has been called "unabashedly political" and famously supported Bernie Sanders in his 2016 and 2020 presidential runs.

A. Princess Nokia

B. Cardi B

C. Gina Torres

D. Dascha Polanco

B. Cardi B

500

Esteban Hotesse was the only known Dominican airman to serve as a part of THIS group of the first Black military pilots during World War II.

A. Black Angels

B. High Fliers

C. Tuskegee Airmen

D. African American Airforce

C. Tuskegee Airmen