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A quiz about the United States' African-American history.
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1
Who was the first African-American man to play in Major League Baseball?
Ernie Banks
Satchel Paige
Larry Doby
Jackie Robinson
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Who was the first African-American appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court?
Prince Hall
Richard Allen
Thurgood Marshall
James Derham
3
What does NAACP stand for?
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Nationwide Association About Colored Persons
National Administration to Assure Colored Protection
New Administration for Amending Constitutional Protection
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Who created "Negro History Week," the predecessor to Black History Month?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Thomas A. Johnston
Barack Obama
Carter G. Woodson
5
What court case outlawed segregation in schools?
Dred Scott v Sandford
Mapp v Ohio
Brown v Board
Plessy v Ferguson
6
How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?
One month
9 months
One year
2 years
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Who was the first African-American to win a Nobel peace prize?
Nelson Mandela
Ralph Bunche
Albert John Lutul
MLK
8
What Supreme Court case legalized interracial marriage nationwide?
Hart v Oklahoma
Brown v Board
Gitlow v New York
Loving v Virginia
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Who said "What happens to a dream deferred? / Does it dry up / like a raisin in the sun?"
Absalom Boston
Alexander Twilight
Langston Hughes
Peter Williams Jr.
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In what year was the NAACP founded?
1900
1918
1920
1909
11
Where was the first anti-segregation sit-in held?
Charleston, South Carolina
Atlanta, Georgia
Greensboro, North Carolina
Jackson, Mississippi
12
In what year did Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his famous "I Have A Dream" speech?
1863
1963
1964
1959
13
At its height, what was the population of enslaved persons in the U.S.?
1 million
2 million
4 million
500,000
14
What group of students was famous for challenging school segregation in the deep South?
Middle Rock Five
Arkansas Middle School
The Harlem Globe Trotters
Little Rock Nine
15
Andrew Alford invented this device for radio navigational systems.
Localizer Antenna
GPS
Solid State Read-only Memory
Data Systems
