- Who said, "injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere"?
Martin Luther King, Jr. - As a student at the Baltimore School of Performing Arts, rapper Tupac Shakur took these classes
Ballet and poetry - When did Rosa Parks' bus boycott happen?
December 1955 - Who said, "life is not a spectator sport"?
Jackie Robinson - Who was the first African American Nobel Peace Prize winner?
Ralph Bunche - When did Martin Luther King Jr. give his "I Have A Dream" speech?
Sept. 9, 1965 - Which President officially recognized Black History Month?
President Gerald Ford - Who said, "if there is no struggle, there is no progress"?
Frederick Douglass - Members of this labor union helped to build the nation's black middle class and civil rights movement
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters - Madam C.J. Walker became America's first female, self-made millionaire. What product did her company sell?
Cosmetics - What state was the first to elect a black governor, doing so in 1989?
Virginia - What was Muhammad Ali's original name?
Cassius Clay - Who was the first African American Major League Baseball player?
Jackie Robinson - Which city is known as the birthplace of hip hop?
The Bronx, New York - This amendment abolished slavery "within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."
The 13th Amendment - What did President Abraham Lincoln sign in 1863 declaring "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free"?
The Emancipation Proclamation - Who wrote the bestselling memoir "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"?
Maya Angelou - Who was the first African-American to appear on a U.S. postage stamp?
Booker T. Washington - Who was the first African American woman to win five Grammy Awards in one year?
Lauryn Hill - Who said, "if not us, then who? If not now, then when?"
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20 Black History Trivia Questions
20 Black History Month trivia questions to learn, celebrate and honour Black History Month! 1. Who said, "injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere"? Martin Luther King, Jr., 2. Who said, "life is not a spectator sport"? Jackie Robinson 3. When did Rosa Parks...
