Black history month quiz

First Lady of the United States from 2009-2017

Michelle Obama

Poet, actress, and lecturer

Maya Angelou

Founded the negro journal called 'The North Star' in 1847

Frederick Douglas

Helped many slaves escape to freedom using the Underground Railroad

Harriet Tubman

Organized the Black Nationalist movement in 1920

Marcus Garvey

Former California Senator and Vice President of the United States from 2021-2025

Kamala Harris

Actor and singer of the 1920s

Paul Robeson

Hero in the American Revolution and participant in the Intolerable Acts

Crispus Attucks

Civil Rights activist and Democratic Presidential nominee

Jesse Jackson

An African American writer, expressed the life of Black America in poetry

Langston Hughes

Led the deadliest slave revolt in United States history

Nat Turner

American civil rights and women's rights activist who focused on unemployment, voter awareness and education

Dorothy Height

African American woman who refused to give up her bus seat

Rosa Parks

Polar explorer who was one of the first people to reach the North Pole

Matthew Henson

First African American soloist to sing at the Metropolitan Opera

Marian Anderson

American investigative journalist, educator and one of the founders of the NAACP

Ida B. Wells

Agricultural scientist who produced 300 products from peanuts

George Carver

Gave the famous 'I Have A Dream' speech to over 200,000 people

Martin Luther King, Jr

Secretary of State under George W. Bush

Colin Powell

Astronomer, Mathematician, and compiled a series of six almanacs

Benjamin Banneker

First African American to have her poetry published in 1773

Phillis Wheatley

44th President of the United States from 2009-2017

Barack Obama

Built Tuskegee Institute in Alabama

Booker T. Washington

First African American woman elected to serve in Congress

Shirley Chisholm

Abolitionist who spoke about slavery and women’s rights

Sojourner Truth

Adviser to President Franklin D. Roosevelt

Mary Bethune

Founder of the NAACP

W.E.B. Du Bois

National spokesman for the Nation of Islam

Malcolm X

Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

Stokely Carmichael

First African American to be named to the Supreme Court

Thurgood Marshall

First African American to play baseball in the Major Leagues

Jackie Robinson

Professional golfer, tied for first place with Sam Snead for most PGA Tour wins

Tiger Woods

Singer, songwriter, actress, pianist and civil rights activist, known as the 'Queen of Soul'

Aretha Franklin

Professional tennis player who has won 23 Grand Slam titles

Serena Williams

Major League Baseball player selected to 25 All-Star teams, Hall of Fame, and all-time home run leader

Hank Aaron

Professional football player, sports analyst, and actor, considered the greatest running back in NFL history

Jim Brown

Professional basketball player who won six championships and is the first billionaire player

Michael Jordan

American jazz singer and actress, earned fourteen Grammy Awards

Ella Fitzgerald

First African American actor to receive two Academy Awards (Training Day and Glory)

Denzel Washington

National Football League free safety for the Pittsburgh Steelers

Minkah Fitzpatrick

Track star who won four gold medals in the 1936 Olympics

Jesse Owens

Musician, singer, and songwriter; one of the most influential electric guitarists in history

Jimi Hendrix

Actress and producer who won an Academy, Emmy, and two Tony Awards

Viola Davis

Artistic gymnast, most decorated American gymnast of all time

Simone Biles

Professional tennis player who won 11 tournaments, including Wimbledon

Althea Gibson

Professional boxer nicknamed the 'Brown Bomber', heavyweight champion for twelve years

Joe Louis

The first black male to win the Academy Award for Best Actor

Sidney Poitier

Professional tennis player who won three Grand Slam singles titles

Arthur Ashe

Singer, songwriter, and dancer, known as the 'King of Pop'

Michael Jackson

An American track and field athlete; world records in 100m and 200m races in 1988 Olympics

Florence Griffith Joyner

Television talk show host and actress

Oprah Winfrey

Most awarded female artist of all time with over 200 million records sold

Whitney Houston

Professional boxer, activist, entertainer, ranked greatest heavyweight boxer of all time

Muhammad Ali

Blind singer, pianist, and songwriter

Ray Charles

Track star who won three gold medals in the 1960 Olympics

Wilma Rudolph