Black Leaders and Reformers Quiz

Question 1

American intellectual and civil rights activist W.E.B. DuBois was a founding member of which organization in 1909?

Accepted Answer

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

Question 2

Which former slave and noted abolitionist edited and published The North Star, an abolitionist newspaper?

Accepted Answer

Frederick Douglass

Question 3

What key event in the civil rights movement happened in 1964?

Accepted Answer

Congress passed the Civil Rights Act

Question 4

President Kennedy ordered the National Guard to enroll two African American students, at which university?

Accepted Answer

University of Alabama

Question 5

Which civil rights activist gained notoriety in the late 19th century for her editorials denouncing racial injustice?

Accepted Answer

Ida B Wells

Question 6

Who is generally considered the mother of the civil rights movement?

Accepted Answer

Rosa Parks

Question 7

The National Rainbow Coalition, was formed in 1986 by which African–American political leader?

Accepted Answer

Reverend Jesse Jackson Sr

Question 8

The 15th Amendment, which granted African Americans the right to vote, was passed on which date?

Accepted Answer

February 3, 1870

Question 9

Which of the following propelled Martin Luther King Jr. to national prominence as a leader of the civil rights movement?

Accepted Answer

led the boycott in 1956 in Montgomery AL, against segregated city bus lines

Question 10

Which landmark Supreme Court case represented an important victory for the civil rights movement in 1954?

Accepted Answer

Brown vs the Board of Education of Topeka

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