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1
Who was the first African American woman elected to the U.S. Congress?
Barbara Jordan
Maxine Waters
Shirley Chisholm
Kamala Harris
2
Who became the first African American woman to win the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a TV Drama?
Kerry Washington
Taraji P. Henson
Viola Davis
Angela Bassett
3
Who was the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature?
Maya Angelou
Alice Walker
Zora Neale
Toni Morrison
4
The film "Get Out" won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
False
True
5
What year was the Civil Rights Act signed into law?
1960
1954
1964
1974
6
The film
Black Panther
(2018) was the first superhero movie to win an Academy Award.
True
False
7
What landmark Supreme Court case ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional?
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Loving v. Virginia
Brown v. Board of Education
Plessy v. Ferguson
8
Which poet wrote
The Hill We Climb
and recited it at President Joe Biden’s inauguration?
Gwendolyn Brooks
Amanda Gorman
Nikki Giovanni
Tracy K. Smith
9
Who was the first African American Supreme Court Justice?
Constance Baker Motley
William Hastie
Thurgood Marshall
Clarence Thomas
10
Michael Jackson's album "Thriller" remains the best-selling album of all time.
False
True
11
Which of these artists received an EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony)?
Jennifer Hudson
John Legend
Viola Davis
Whoopi Goldberg
12
Who was the first Black woman to win the Academy Award for Best Actress?
Dorothy Dandridge
Hattie McDaniel
Cicely Tyson
Halle Berry
13
Who was the first African American to win an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series?
Issa Rae
Tracee Ellis Ross
Isabel Sanford
Phylicia Rashad
14
Which famous abolitionist was known for their work on the Underground Railroad?
Frederick Douglas
Harriet Tubman
Sojourner Truth
John Brown
15
What historic Black-owned record label was founded in Detroit in 1959?
Def Jam
Motown Records
Atlantic Records
Stax Records
16
Who is the most decorated gymnast in history, both at the Olympics and World Championships?
Gabby Douglas
Simone Biles
Dominique Dawes
Nadia Comaneci
17
Madam C.J. Walker was the first Black woman to become a self-made millionaire.
False
True
18
In what year did Juneteenth become a federally recognized holiday?
2015
1865
1980
2021
19
Oprah Winfrey was the first African American woman to host a nationally syndicated talk show.
False
True
20
Who won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, defying Adolf Hitler’s claims of Aryan supremacy?
Muhammad Ali
Usain Bolt
Jesse Owens
Carl Lewis
