Black History Month Quiz-St. Mary's

Who is the patron saint of African Americans?

• St. Peter Claver

• Augustus Tolton

• St. Michael

• St. Martin de Porres

Who was the first African American priest in the United States?

• Pierre Toussaint

• Bishop Harold Perry

• Augustus Tolton

• Daniel Rudd

Who was the Supreme Court's first African American justice?

• Clarence Thomas

• Thurgood Marshall

• Kentanji Brown Jackson

• Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier for Major League Baseball. Who was the second player to follow his lead?

• Larry Doby

• Cool Papa Bell

• Buck O'Neil

• Satchell Paige

Who became the first African American woman to make a bid to be President of the United States when she ran for the Democratic nomination in 1972?

• Rosa Parks

• Shirley Chisolm

• Corretta Scott King

• Betty Shabazz

Who is the most Grammy-nominated artist in the history of the awards with 76 nominations and 26 awards?

• Quincy Jones

• Aretha Franklin

• Louie Armstrong

• Whitney Houston

Who was the First African American Nobel Peace Prize winner?

• Malcolm X

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Albert John Lutul

• Ralph Bunche

When did the celebration of Black History Month begin?

• 1963

• 1928

• 1926

• 1936

Who wrote the bestselling memoir “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”?

• Corretta Scott King

• Alice Walker

• Maya Angelou

• Toni Morrison

Before Barack Obama became President (2009-2017), he served as what?

• Mayor of Chicago

• Speaker of the House

• Governor of Illinois

• U.S. Senator