20+ Black History Trivia Questions for the Office

Black History Month is all about celebrating the accomplishments, strength, and contributions of Black people. From civil rights leaders to trailblazing artists, Black history is inspiring and educational.

Use these trivia questions to celebrate and spark real conversations—whether in the office, classroom, or at home. Get started with these questions and test your knowledge of Black history!

Celebrate Black history with these trivia questions:

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1. What is the name of Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous speech delivered during the March on Washington in 1963?
   
   
2. Who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era, breaking the color barrier in 1947?
   
   
3. Which civil rights activist refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955?
   
   
4. Who became the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 for his leadership in the Civil Rights Movement?
   
   
5. What landmark legislation was passed in 1964 to prohibit discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin?
   
   
6. What organization, co-founded by Martin Luther King Jr., was pivotal in coordinating nonviolent protests during the Civil Rights Movement?
   
   
7. Who was the first African American woman to become a Supreme Court Justice?
   
   
8. What groundbreaking hip-hop group won the first Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance in 1989?
   
   
9. Who was the abolitionist and activist who helped enslaved people escape through the Underground Railroad and later served as a spy for the Union Army during the Civil War?
   
   
10. What 1954 Supreme Court case declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional?
    
    
11. Which organization, known by the acronym SNCC, was instrumental in organizing sit-ins and voter registration drives in the 1960s?
    
    
12. Who was the attorney who successfully argued for the desegregation of buses following the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
    
    
13. Who was the first African American woman to win a Nobel Prize for Literature?
    
    
14. In what year did President Abraham Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring the freedom of enslaved people in Confederate states?
    
    
15. What iconic hip-hop group, known for their politically charged music, released the album Fear of a Black Planet in 1990?
    
    
16. Which actor won an Academy Award for portraying Malcolm X in Training Day, and also starred in other iconic roles such as Glory and Fences?
    
    
17. Which Black woman sculptor, active during the Harlem Renaissance, was known for her works celebrating African heritage and themes of freedom?
    
    
18. Who co-founded the Black Panther Party in 1966, an organization advocating for self-defense and social programs in Black communities?
    
    
19. Which landmark Supreme Court case ruled that the exclusion of Black jurors was unconstitutional?
    
    
20. Who was the first Black woman elected to Congress, representing New York's 12th Congressional District in 1968?
    
    
21. Who was the Black woman writer and anthropologist famous for her book Their Eyes Were Watching God, written during the Harlem Renaissance?
    
    
22. What was the name of the anti-slavery newspaper published by Frederick Douglass to advocate for abolition and civil rights?
    
    
23. In what year was the Voting Rights Act, which aimed to overcome barriers to voting for African Americans, signed into law?
    
    
24. During the Harlem Renaissance, which poet became famous for works such as The Negro Speaks of Rivers?
    
    

Answers: 

1. "I Have a Dream"
2. Jackie Robinson
3. Rosa Parks
4. Martin Luther King Jr.
5. Civil Rights Act of 1964
6. Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
7. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson
8. DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
9. Harriet Tubman
10. Brown v. Board of Education
11. Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
12. Fred Gray
13. Toni Morrison
14. 1863
15. Public Enemy
16. Denzel Washington
17. Augusta Savage
18. Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale
19. Swain v. Alabama (1965)
20. Shirley Chisholm
21. Zora Neale Hurston
22. The North Star
23. 1965
24. Langston Hughes

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