What do you know about African-American History?

Question 1

What was the name of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s father's church?

Accepted Answer

Ebenezer Baptist

Question 2

Who was the first African American Major League Baseball player?

Accepted Answer

Jackie Robinson

Question 3

Who was the first African American to serve as a US Supreme Court Justice?

Accepted Answer

Thurgood Marshall

Question 4

Where was the first "sit-in" at a segregated lunch counter?

Accepted Answer

Greensboro, North Carolina

Question 5

At the time of her historic bus incident, what was Rosa Parks' occupation?

Accepted Answer

Department Store Seamstress

Question 6

Who is this?

Accepted Answer

Malcolm X

Question 7

What year was the Thirteenth Amendment ratified, abolishing slavery?

Accepted Answer

1865

Question 8

Who proposed Congress to consider civil rights laws resulting in the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

Accepted Answer

John F. Kennedy

Question 9

With the 15th Amendment ratification in 1870, what did African Americans gain?

Accepted Answer

voting rights

Question 10

He founded the United Negro Improvement Assoc. and began the Back to Africa Movement?

Accepted Answer

Marcus Garvey

Question 11

Founded in 1909, the ________ is the oldest and largest grass-roots civil rights organization.

Accepted Answer

NAACP

Question 12

At its height, what was the estimated slave population in the U.S.?

Accepted Answer

about 4 million

Question 13

This "Father of Black History", founded Negro History Week which became Black History Month.

Accepted Answer

Carter G. Woodson

Question 14

Which film was the first to feature black nominees for both Best Actor and Best Actress?

Accepted Answer

Sounder

Question 15

Who was the first African American to win an Academy Award (Oscar)?

Accepted Answer

Hattie McDaniel

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