Week 2 Black History Quiz

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was formed in ___?

Claudette Colvin was arrested 9 months before Rosa Parks for not giving up her seat on the bus to white passengers.

Gordan Parks was the first Black photographer at Life magazine.

_____ was the first African American woman elected to the House of Representatives.

Langston Hughes was the first black man to become a lawyer in 1854

In what year did Black History Month become a month long celebration

George Washington Carver created peanut butter.

Who was the first African American President of the United States?

When did Jackie Robinson become the first African American Major League Baseball player?

Hattie McDaniel was the first African American performer to receive an Academy Award in 1940.