African American History Trivia Question and Answers
1.
Which US President supported MLK's March on Washington?
Answer:
John F. Kennedy
2.
Which artist performed at MLK's March on Washington?
Answer:
Joan Baez
3.
Who administers the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in D.C.?
Answer:
National Park Service
4.
Which Public Enemy song was written about Martin Luther King, Jr.?
Answer:
By The Time I Get To Arizona
5.
Where is The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change located?
Answer:
Atlanta
6.
What is located in the King Center?
Answer:
The Rosa Parks Room
7.
The King Center maintains an exhibit at what airport?
Answer:
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Airport
8.
Complete the MLK quote "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice ___"
Answer:
Everywhere
9.
In 1870, Congress passed resolution readmitting Mississippi on the condition that it would never change its constitution to disenfranchise what group of people?
Answer:
Blacks (African Americans)
10.
In 1867, an institution was founded at Augusta, Georgia which was to become one of the most prestigious black colleges in the nation. What college was it?
Answer:
Morehouse College
11.
Who was hit in the head with a brick thrown by a slave owner at a slave trying to escape?
Answer:
Harriet Tubman
12.
In 1822, a major slave revolt was to be lead by Denmark Vesey. But it was betrayed by a house slave. In what state was this revolt to take place in?
Answer:
South Carolina
13.
Who first introduced legislation for the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday in the US?
Answer:
John Conyers
14.
What year did the US Congress pass the MLK holiday legislation?
Answer:
1983
15.
MLK Day was signed into law by which US President?
Answer:
Ronald Reagan
16.
Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in which US State?
Answer:
Georgia
17.
What year did Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. win the Nobel Peace Prize?
Answer:
1964
18.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. received his Ph.D in 1955 at which university?
Answer:
Boston
19.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot and killed at what Tennessee motel?
Answer:
Lorraine
20.
Finish the title of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. book "Why We Can't ____"
Answer:
Wait
21.
At what age did MLK finish Morehouse College?
Answer:
19
22.
What year did Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. marry Coretta Scott?
Answer:
1953
23.
Which Washington DC spot did MLK deliver his "I have a Dream" speech?
Answer:
Lincoln Memorial
24.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was the leader of which organization?
Answer:
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference
25.
What famous work did MLK do while in prison after being arrested for the anti-segregation protests in Birmingham, Alabama?
Answer:
Letter From A Birmingham City Jail
26.
How many children does Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Have?
Answer:
4
27.
In 1963, MLK led a coalition of numerous civil rights groups in a nonviolent campaign aimed where?
Answer:
Birmingham, Alabama
28.
How old was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. when he won the Nobel Peace Prize?
Answer:
35
29.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led the way to the Voting Rights Act which was passed in what year?
Answer:
1965
30.
Dr. King shifted his focus toward economic justice, which he highlighted by leading several campaigns where?
Answer:
Chicago, Illinois
31.
What year did MLK win the Presidential Medal of Freedom?
Answer:
1977
32.
What honor was given to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in 2004?
Answer:
Congressional Gold Medal
33.
What is Dr. King's legal name at birth?
Answer:
Michael King
34.
What country did MLK take a trip with the help of a Quaker group in 1959?
Answer:
India
35.
How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last in which MLK helped lead?
Answer:
385 Days
36.
The MLK book "Stride Toward Freedom" is an account of what historic event?
Answer:
Montgomery Bus Boycott
37.
When MLK met President Kennedy he asked him to outlaw what?
Answer:
Segregation
38.
In 1958 Martin Luther King, Jr. was stabbed while speaking where?
Answer:
Harlam
39.
On June 23, 1963 MLK led a freedom walk in what American city?
Answer:
Detroit
40.
On January 3, 1964 what honor did Martin Luther King receive?
Answer:
Time Man Of The Year
41.
What was Martin Luther King's first book?
Answer:
Stride Toward Freedom
42.
What was the title of Martin Luther King's book of inspirational sayings?
Answer:
Strength To Love
43.
Whose peaceful teachings was a major influence on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. ?
Answer:
Henry David Thoreau
44.
Where did Martin Luther King, Jr. meet Coretta Scott?
Answer:
Boston
45.
What was the name of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr's sister?
Answer:
Christine
46.
What is the name of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr's first born child?
Answer:
Yolanda
47.
In 1964, what did FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover call Martin Luther King, Jr.
Answer:
The most notorious liar in the country
48.
What was the name of Martin Luther King, Jr's final speech that was delivered six days prior to his death?
Answer:
I've Been to the Mountaintop
49.
What foreign figure has Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. been compared to?
Answer:
Mohandas Gandhi
50.
What is the official address of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial?
Answer:
1964 Independence Avenue, S.W.
51.
What city did Martin Luther King, Jr. give his last speech?
Answer:
Memphis
52.
How tall is the MLK Jr. Memorial in Washington?
Answer:
30 Feet
53.
After King's assassination, who proposed erecting a permanent memorial to King in Washington, D.C.?
Answer:
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
54.
What instrument was Coretta Scott King accomplished in?
Answer:
Violin
55.
Which Dr. Martin Luther King's children became a minister?
Answer:
Bernice
56.
Who performed at the rescheduled dedication of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial?
Answer:
Stevie Wonder
57.
Which Dr. King's children died unexpectedly in 2007?
Answer:
Yolanda
58.
What is the name of MLK's speech that marks the 50th anniversary on August 28th, 2013?
Answer:
I Have A Dream
59.
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change was established in what year?
Answer:
1968
60.
What is the name of Stevie Wonder song that was written about MLK?
Answer:
Happy Birthday
61.
Who established the The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change?
Answer:
Mrs. Coretta Scott King
62.
Who is the CEO of the King Center?
Answer:
Rev. Bernice King
63.
Martin Luther King, Jr. is pictured on a commemorative postage stamp issued in 1979 for how much?
Answer:
15 Cents
64.
Complete the MLK quote "Jesus gave me the message, Gandhi showed me the___"
Answer:
Method
65.
Complete the MLK quote "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that ___"
Answer:
Matter
66.
Complete the MLK quote, "We must build dikes of courage to hold back the _____".
Answer:
Flood Of Fear
67.
Who appeared as Martin Luther King Jr in the 1978 TV mini series "King"?
Answer:
Paul Winfield
68.
Why was the "I Have A Dream Speech" in Washington D.C. almost never clearly heard?
Answer:
Sound System Sabotaged
69.
Who pushed Dr. King to include the "I Have A Dream" part in his speech at the March On Washington?
Answer:
Mahalia Jackson
70.
What magazine published an interview with Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1965?
Answer:
Playboy
71.
Who became a millionaire by inventing and marketing a hair-straightening device?
Answer:
Madame C. J. Walker
72.
At which Washington, DC memorial did Martin Luther King Jr. give his famous "I Have A Dream" speech?
Answer:
Lincoln Memorial
73.
What date in 2014, is MLK Day in the US?
Answer:
January 20th
74.
In 1999, which US State changed Civil Rights Day to Martin Luther King Jr. Day?
Answer:
New Hampshire
75.
In 1954, which US State was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. a minister?
Answer:
Alabama
76.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr's March on Washington took place in August of what year?
Answer:
1963
77.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote the book "Stride toward Freedom" in what year?
Answer:
1958
78.
What subject did Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. received his BA from Morehouse College?
Answer:
Sociology
79.
Which group remained neutral on MLK's March on Washington?
Answer:
AFL-CIO
80.
What high school did Martin Luther King, Jr. attend in Atlanta?
Answer:
Booker T Washington High
81.
In July 1962 MLK was sentenced to 45 days in jail or a fine for how much?
Answer:
$178
82.
Who was the director and editor of the MLK papers project?
Answer:
Clayborne Carson
83.
Complete the MLK quote. "Faith is taking the first step, even when you don't see the whole ___".
Answer:
Staircase
84.
Complete the MLK quote. "In the end we will remember not the words of our enemies, but___".
Answer:
The Silence Of Our Friends
85.
What year was MLK born?
Answer:
1929
86.
What fraternity was MLK a member of?
Answer:
Alpha Phi Alpha
87.
Complete the MLK quote, "We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as ____".
Answer:
Fools
88.
Complete the MLK quote, "A man can't ride your back unless ____.".
Answer:
It's Bent
89.
Who wound up with the typewritten speech right after it was given by Dr. King at the March on Washington?
Answer:
George Raveling
90.
Who rebuilt the sound system at the March on Washington the night before King's speech?
Answer:
U.S. Army Signal Corps
91.
How did Dr. King's brother Alfred Daniel Williams King die?
Answer:
Drowning
92.
What did Lloyd Jowers own in Memphis near the Motel where King was shot?
Answer:
Jim's Grill
93.
Which constitutional amendment abolished slavery?
Answer:
13th Amendment
94.
What African-American tennis superstar died of AIDS on Feb. 6, 1993?
Answer:
Arthur Ashe
95.
What year did Martin Luther King Jr. march in Selma?
Answer:
1965
96.
Which white abolitionist wrote the groundbreaking book "Uncle Tom's Cabin"?
Answer:
Harriet Beecher Stowe
97.
Which writer/journalist left her estate to Martin Luther King, Jr. upon her death in 1967?
Answer:
Dorothy Parker
98.
After the assassination of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., who took over as head of the SCLC?
Answer:
Ralph Abernathy
99.
What African-American woman's arrest launched the Montgomery bus boycott?
Answer:
Rosa Parks
100.
Why was February chosen as Black History Month?
Answer:
Frederick Douglas And Abraham Lincoln Were Both Born In February
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