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What does the phrase “separate but equal” refer to?

Who was the first Black woman to serve as a U.S. Senator?

Black history month trivia

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1
Who was the first Black woman to serve as a U.S. Senator?
Kamala Harris
Phyllis Wheatley
Diane Nash
Carol Moseley Braun
2
What does the phrase “separate but equal” refer to?
A law stating Black married couples and white couples have the same rights
A doctrine that said racial segregation didn’t violate the 14th Amendment
A document declaring that the South was seceding from the U.S.
A law that seperates the northern and suthern states
3
What were “Jim Crow” laws?
Laws that legalized slavery.
Laws that determined what would happen to slaves if they tried to escape.
Document to end segregation
Laws in the U.S. that made it legal for places to be racially segregated.
4
What state was Barack Obama senator of before his presidency?
Georgia
Illinois
California
Hawaii
5
Where was “Black Wall Street” located?
Nashville, Tennessee
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Houston, Texas
Jackson, Mississippi
6
Which famous speech did Sojourner Truth deliver in 1851?
“A plea for the oppressed”
"I lived a better day"
“What, to the slave, is the Fourth of July?”
“Ar’nt I a woman?”
7
Which inventor called himself the “Black Edison” and came up with the modern three-signal traffic light?
Rosa Parks
Marie Van Brittan Brown
Garret Morgan
Lonnie Johnson
8
At what age did Serena Williams win her first U.S. Open?
21
17
23
20
9
Who was the most famous "conductor" on the Underground Railroad?
Francis Harper
Bessie Coleman
Ella Baker
Harriet Tubman
10
Jesse Owens is considered one of the greatest athletes of his time in which sport?
Track & Field
Fencing
Basketball
Weightlifting