History Trivia

What was the name of the first baseball team that Jackie Robinson played for?

• Brooklyn Dodgers

• Kansas City Monarchs

• Boston Red Sox

• New York Yankees

What HBCU did Jessie Jackson graduate from?

• Howard

• Tuskegee

• Morehouse

• North Carolina A&T

In what year were the first slaves brought to America?

• 1625

• 1619

• 1775

• 1583

Who invented the cotton gin?

• Eli Whitney

• Thurgood Marshall

• George Washington Carver

• Thomas Edison

Who purchased his/her own freedom in 1766?

• Frederick Douglas

• Olaudah Equiano

• Harriet Tubman

• Nat Turner

How many children did Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King have together?

• 1

• 5

• 8

• 4

Who created "Negro History Week" and when did it become "Black History Month?"

• Charles G. Woodson, 1926

• Woody Charles, 1936

• Thurgood Marshall, 1920

• George Williams, 1915

Who was the first African American to become the World Heavyweight Boxing Champion?

• Muhammad Ali

• Joe Frazier

• Jack Johnson

• George Foreman

When did Tiger Woods win his first Masters golf tournament?

• 1994

• 2000

• 1997

• 1990

Who was the first African American on a United States postage stamp?

• Frederick Douglas

• Booker T. Washington

• Harriet Tubman

• Martin Luther King Jr.