Black History Month Trivia Quiz

When is the Black History Month celebrated in the United States?

• June
• May
• February
• December

Who is considered the 'Father of Black History'?

• Carter G. Woodson
• Frederick Douglass
• Malcolm X

In what year was Black History Month first celebrated?

• 1976
• 1980
• 1909
• 1915

Who was the most famous "conductor" on the Underground Railroad?

• Sojourner Truth
• Rosa Parks
• Harriet Tubman

What were “Jim Crow” laws?

• Laws that limited slave trade
• Laws that abolished slavery
• Laws that enforced racial segregation
• Laws that granted equal rights to all citizens

Who established the NAACP?

• W.E.B. Du Bois
• Malcolm X
• Marcus Garvey

Who was the first African American and Native American woman to hold a pilot license?

• Rosa Parks
• Harriet Tubman
• Bessie Coleman
• Maya Angelou

Which famous speech did Sojourner Truth deliver in 1851?

• I Have a Dream
• Ain't I a Woman?
• The Gettysburg Address
• Declaration of Sentiments

Where did Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his famous ‘I Have A Dream’ speech?

• New York
• Atlanta
• Washington D.C.
• Chicago

In what year was interracial marriage legalized in the U.S.?

• 1910
• 2001
• 1967
• 1948

Who was the first African American woman elected to the U.S. Congress?

• Shirley Chisholm
• Kamala Harris
• Maxine Waters
• Rosa Parks

For what specific work was Toni Morrison awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature?

• 'The Bluest Eye'
• 'Beloved'
• 'Song of Solomon'
• 'Jazz'

Who made history as the first rapper to win both the Grammy Awards for Song of the Year and Record of the Year in 2019?

• Lil Nas X
• Kid Cudi
• Jay-Z
• Childish Gambino