Black History Month Trivia

Who was the first black woman to become an astronaut?

• Amanda Gorman

• Mae Jemison

• Rosa Parks

• Nina Simone

Who was the first black baseball player to break the color line the MLB?

• Hank Aaron.

• Barack Obama

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Jackie Robinson.

Who were the African America congressional representatives who protested the United States Government's treatment of African Americans during the Cold War?

• Rep. Harold Washington and Rep. Maxine Waters

• Rep. Powell and Rep. Diggs

• Rep. Gwen Moore and Rep. Louis Stokes

• Rep. Charles Rengel and Rep. Harold Ford

Why was Rosa Parks arrested?

• Rosa Parks was very tired after work so she refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus.

• She slashed the tires on the bus she was riding on.

• She was a leader in the NAACP and her arrest lead to the bus boycotts in Montgomery.

• She yelled at the white bus driver.

Who was the inventor that created many household products we still use today from peanuts?

• Malcolm X.

• George Washington Carver.

• Marvin Gaye.

• John Lewis.

Who said, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

• James Baldwin: Novelist, Playwright, Social Critic

• Frederick Douglass: Statesman, Writer, Activist

• Martin Luther King, Jr.: Civil Rights Activist, Minister

Who was the former slave that escaped and went on to advocate for abolition of slaves, treatment of black soldiers during the Civil War, and suffrage for black people and women.

• Booker T. Washington

• Frederick Douglas

• Harriet Tubman

• Langston Hughes

What is an HBCU?

• Heroically Black Colleges and Universities

• Historically Broke Clubs and Unions

• Hypothetically Bench-marked Child United

• Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

What is the 13th Amendment?

• Gave women the right to vote.

• Gave black people the right to vote once they turn 18.

• Abolished slavery within the United States and any place controlled by the United States.

Finish the name: March on Washington for...

• Equality and Liberty.

• Jobs and Freedom.

• Freedom.

• Racial Equality.