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1
What was the name of the Supreme Court case that overruled segregation in the school system?
Green vs. Public Education Board
Brown vs. Board of Education
Red vs. Educational Law
Black vs. Schools of Topeka
2
Guion Stewart Bluford, Jr., spent six days in space in 1983. Was he a member of a
Challenger
Apollo
Gemini
3
Sarah Goode was the first African American woman to receive a patent for the Hair Straightening System
False
True
4
Dr. Daniel Hale Williams was the first African American Supreme Court Justice.
True
False
5
Nelson Mandela became President of what country?
Kenya
Uganda
Ghana
None of these
6
What was the name of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s father's church?
Southern Church of the People
Atlanta Southern Baptist
Atlanta Tabernacle
Ebenezer Baptist
7
Who competed in the 1936 Olympics in Germany and beat the world record.
Langston Hughes
Jesse Owens
Duke Ellington
Thurgood Marshall
8
Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass were born in the same month
False
True
9
In 1960, four African American college students staged a sit-in that helped integrate this store's lunch counter.
Woolworth's
W.T. Grant
S.S. Kresge
G.C. Murphy
10
Patricia R. Harris was the first black woman ever named to the cabinet of a U.S. president
True
False
11
Daniel Hale Williams was first African American Heart Surgeon
False
True
12
Sojourner Truth was a former slave that became a famous abolitionist and a Methodist preacher
False
True
13
Who was a largely self-educated mathematician, astronomer, compiler of almanacs and writer?
Benjamin Banneker
Ruby Bridges
Louis Armstrong
Mae C. Jemison
14
Rudy Bridges was the first...
First African-American student to integrate a southern elementary.
First African-American woman in the Supreme Court
First African-American woman to fly a plane.
First African-American woman in the U.S Senate
15
To where did Harriet Tubman lead the runaway slaves?
She left them in a permanent safe house in Georgia.
She brought them further south.
She brought them to northern free states and Canada.
None of these
16
Which city is widely acknowledged as the birthplace of Hip Hop?
Brooklyn, New York City
Compton, Los Angeles
The Bronx, New York City
Houston, Texas
17
What famous baseball player said, "Today's black athletes have no idea what we had to endure.”
Bob Gibson
Hank Aaron
Willie Mays
Ernie Banks
18
Who was the first African American man to play Major League Baseball?
Luke Easter
Hank Thompson
Jackie Robinson
Willie Mays
19
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
Freed all slaves
Ended segregation
Gave everybody voting rights
Integrated schools
20
What was Muhammad Ali's original name?
Aaron Brown
Cassius Clay
Leviticus Lewis
Marcellus Moore
21
The 15th Amendment, which granted African-Americans the right to vote, was passed on July 14, 1889
False
True
22
Oprah Winfrey was the first African American Billionaire
False
True
23
What was George Washington Carver's job?
Singer
Teacher
Doctor
Scientist
24
Who wrote the book Roots?
Maya Angelou
Alice Walker
Zora Neale Hurston
Alex Haley
25
What group launched the Freedom Rides in 1961?
CORE-Congress of Racial Equality
SNCC-Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
ACLU-American Civil Liberties Union
SCLC-Southern Christian Leadership Conference
26
In 1964, Martin Luther King, Jr won a Nobel Peace Prize
False
True
27
Black History Month is only celebrated in the United States.
False
True
28
At the time of her historic bus incident, what was Rosa Parks' occupation?
Department store seamstress
Hospital orderly
Drugstore clerk
High school cafeteria worker
29
Eleanor Roosevelt arranged for this singer to perform at the Lincoln Memorial.
Marian Anderson
Aretha Franklin
Ella Fitzgerald
Della Reese
30
When was Black History Month celebrated for the first time?
1926
1909
1960
1976
31
Thurgood Marshall was the first African American to serve on the U.S...
President's Cabinet
Senate
House of Representatives
Supreme Court
32
FDR was the U.S. president who signed Executive Order 9981, ending official racial discrimination in the armed forces
False
True
33
The Sugar Hill Gang was the group who recorded this single in 1979 “Rapper‟s Delight.”
False
True
34
Anna Arnold Hedgeman wrote “The Gift of Chaos” and “The Trumpet Sounds”
False
True
35
Who was the first African American gold medal Olympian?
Carl Lewis
Alice Coachman
Usain Bolt
Jesse Owens
36
Roy Nichols was the first African American bishop in The United Methodist Church.
True
False
37
Maya Angelou famous for her singing
True
False
38
What was the first All Black television sitcom?
Amos & Andy
Sanford and Son
The Cosby Show
Good Times
39
Dorothy Height was the only woman besides Coretta Scott King on the platform when MLK gave his "I Have a Dream" speech
False
True
40
What song did Louis Armstrong write?
Chimes Blues
All of these
What a Wonderful World
Mr. Sandman
