Black History Month Trivia!

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Black History Month Trivia Challenge

Test your knowledge of significant events, individuals, and milestones in Black history! This trivia quiz will challenge your understanding and educate you about the contributions of Black figures in history.

Join us in celebrating Black history with questions about:

  • Cultural achievements
  • Major historical events
  • Influential personalities
15 Questions4 MinutesCreated by InspiringVoice42
When did the celebration of Black History Month begin?
1963
1923
1926
1957
Mary Ann Shadd Carey was the first Black Canadian woman to...
Go to space
Become a publisher
Open a gym
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Name the movie that tells the story of Katherine Johnson along with Dorothy Vaughn and Mary Jackson achievements at NASA
Apollo 13
Gravity
Hidden Figures
First Man
Where was the first "sit-in protest" at a segregated lunch counter?
W.T. Grant in Atlanta, Georgia
A & P in Jackson, Mississippi
Woolworth's in Greensboro, North Carolina
Walgreen's in Birmingham, Alabama
Mary Van Brittan Brown helped to invent the...
Refrigerated Food Truck
Ironing Board
Three Light Traffic Light
Home Security System
Where was Black Wall Street located?
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Rosewood, Florida
Slocom, Texas
Seneca Village, New York
When did Rosa Parks’ bus boycott happen?
September 1957
December 1955
January 1958
November 1956
Who was the first Black author to win the Pulitzer in 1950 for the novel Annie Allen?
Toni Morrison
James Baldwin
Zora Neale Hurston
Gwendolyn Brooks
Who was the first Black athlete to play Major League Baseball?
Ernie Banks
Willie Mays
Jackie Robinson
Monte Irvin
Who was the first African American actress to win an Academy Award®?
Ethel Waters
Lena Horne
Hattie McDaniel
Dorothy Dandridge
Who was the first African American Nobel Peace Prize winner?
Nelson Mandela
Ralph Bunche
Desmond Tutu
Wangari Maathai
What organization formed Feb. 12, 1909?
National Black Women's Justice Institue
National Black Chamber of Commerce
The National African American Leadership Summit
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Which famous jazz band leader was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom?
Duke Ellington
Count Basie
King Oliver
Benny Goodman
Who was the first female self-made millionaire in the United States?
Diana Ross
Madam C. J. Walker
Annie Malone
Dorothy Height
Maya Angelou recited her poem On the Pulse of Morning at the inauguration of what president?
Barack Obama
Jimmy Carter
Bill Clinton
George H.W. Bush
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