These Black History Month trivia questions can help people of all ages celebrate this important time of the year. Learn about all the great African-American leaders of our time.
Our Black History Month quiz will challenge your knowledge and fill you with new facts. Children can learn about interesting African-American history.
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Black History Month Trivia Questions 1. What month is Black History Month celebrated in America? Reveal Answer February 2. What other country celebrates Black History Month in February? Reveal Answer Canada 3. What month is Black History Month celebrated in the U.K.? Reveal Answer October 4. Who is known as the “Father of black history”? Reveal Answer Carter G. Woodson 5. February was chosen for Black History Month because it contained the birthday of Frederick Douglass and who else? Reveal Answer Abraham Lincoln 6. In what year did Black History Month become established? Reveal Answer 1926 7. Which U.S. state was the first to abolish slavery in 1777? Reveal Answer Vermont 8. Which Amendment in the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery? Reveal Answer The 13th 9. Who was the first black President elected in America? Reveal Answer Barack Obama 10. Who is the most well-known civil rights activist in America? Reveal Answer Martin Luther King Jr. 11. Who was the first black person to serve on the Supreme Court? Reveal Answer Thurgood Marshall 12. Who was the first black woman to become First Lady in America? Reveal Answer Michelle Obama 13. Who is known as the “First Lady of Civil Rights”? Reveal Answer Rosa Parks 14. Rosa Parks had a vital role in which boycott? Reveal Answer Montgomery Bus Boycott 15. What is the name of the anti-slavery newspaper published by Frederick Douglass in the 19th century? Reveal Answer The North Star 16. Harriet Tubman, who helped enslaved people escape through the Underground Railroad, was nicknamed what? Reveal Answer Moses 17. Who is the author of the novel “The Color Purple”? Reveal Answer Alice Walker 18. In what year was the 13th Amendment ratified? Reveal Answer 1865 19. Who was the first black woman to become Secretary of State in America? Reveal Answer Condoleezza Rice 20. In what year was Maya Angelou born? Reveal Answer 1928 21. Who was the first female African American pilot? Reveal Answer Bessie Coleman 22. In what year was the Journal of Negro History founded? Reveal Answer 1916 23. Who was the first black athlete to play for a major baseball league? Reveal Answer Jackie Robinson 24. What is the name of the black power political organization founded in 1966? Reveal Answer Black Panther Party 25. Which black female activist was placed on the FBI’s Most Wanted List in 1970? Reveal Answer Angela Davis 26. What is the name of the largest political rally in U.S. history? Reveal Answer March on Washington 27. Which civil rights activist publicly denounced the Vietnam War in his “Beyond Vietnam” speech? Reveal Answer Martin Luther King Jr. 28. Madame C.J. Walker was the first black woman to become a millionaire after she invented a line of what? Reveal Answer Cosmetics 29. What is the name of the 2016 film based on the true story of three black female mathematicians who worked at NASA? Reveal Answer Hidden Figures 30. What is the name of the legislation that outlawed racial discrimination during voting? Reveal Answer Voting Rights Act 31. What holiday celebrates the emancipation of enslaved people in America? Reveal Answer Juneteenth 32. Who was the first black woman elected as Vice President of America? Reveal Answer Kamala Harris 33. In what year did interracial marriage become legal in America? Reveal Answer 1967 Sharing is Caring:
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