4th Grade Black History Bowl Quiz

I am the first African American president of the United States.

• Kamala Harris

• George Washington

• Joe Biden

• Barack Obama

“Painting is a lot harder than pickin' cotton. Cotton's right there for you to pull off the stalk, but to paint, you got to sweat your mind.”

These words were said by...

• Mae Jemison

• Clementine Hunter

• Rosa Parks

• Ann Lowe

“Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a

broken- winged bird that cannot fly.”

This is a quote from...

• Langston Hughes

• Jacob Lawrence

• Lebron James

• Stevie Wonder

I am the poet who wrote, And Still I Rise.

(a)  

Invented the first home security system.

• Sarah Boone

• Granville Woods

• Alexander Miles

• Marie Van Brittan Brown

I am the first African American fashion designer to be nationally recognized.

(a)  

Inventor of the potato chip

• George Washington Carver

• Gordon Ramsey

• Rachel Rae

• George Crum

Invented the street letter box.

• Thomas Edison

• Philip Bell Downing

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Benjamin Franklin

I helped to free over 300 slaves.

• Rosa Parks

• Harriet Tubman

• Maya Angelou

• Mae Jemison

“People always say that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn't true. I was not tired physically … No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in."

This is a quote from...

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Jesse Jackson

• Malcolm X

• Rosa Parks