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1
Whoopi Goldberg earned which award(s)?
All of the above
Oscar
Grammy
Tony
Emmy
2
Which African American singer is famous for the song “What’s Going On”?
Tupac Shakur
Marvin Gaye
3
Where did Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his famous ‘I Have A Dream’ speech?
Virginia
Alabama
Washington D. C.
Delaware
4
Dr. Mae Jemison was the first African American woman to _____?
fly a plane
fly in space
become president
5
Which African American organization was founded in 1909 to promote civil rights and racial equality?
NAACH
NAAC
NAACL
NAACP
6
Toni Morrsion wrote the famous novel
Beloved
and won a Nobel Prize for literature
False
True
7
What Track & Field event did DeHart Hubbard earn an Olympic gold medal, making him the first African American to do so?
triple jump
pole vault
high jump
long jump
8
Barack Obama was the first African American to become president of the United States
True
False
9
Which African American leader was a key figure in the Civil Rights Movement and gave the “I Have a Dream” speech?
Malcolm X
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
NAACP
Maya Angelou
10
Who led the March on Washington in 1963
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Toni Morrsion
Marvin Gaye
Tupac Shakur
11
What year did the Civil Rights Act get passed in the United States?
1964
1967
1966
1965
12
Muhammad Ali's nickname is "The Greatest"
False
True
13
Which African American rapper is credited with popularizing hip-hop culture worldwide?
Marvin Gaye
Tupac Shakur
14
Which famous African American athlete became the first to break the color barrier in Major League Baseball?
Dr. Toni Morrison
Jackie Robinson
Rosa Parks
Thurgood Marshall
15
What year did Black History Month begin being celebrated?
1991
1976
1982
1963
16
Who said "By any means necessary"?
Malcolm X
Dr. Mae Jemison
17
Who was the first African American woman to run for president of the United States?
Rosa Parks
Michelle Obama
Shirley Chisolm
Kamala Harris
18
Thurgood Masrshall was the first African American man to sit at the U.S. Supreme Court in 1967
True
False
19
Simone Biles is the most decorated sportsperson in which sport?
Dance
Gymnastics
Soccer
Basketball
20
Who refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus, inspiring the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Shirley Chisholm
Jackie Robinson
Claudette Colvin
21
Who was the first African American to serve as a U.S. Supreme Court Justice?
Ralph Bunche
Thurgood Marshall
22
Ralph Bunche was the first African American to win the Nobel Peace Prize
False
True
23
The first African American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize
Dr. Maya Angelou
Simone Biles
Rosa Parks
Mary Eliza Mahoney
24
Which African American social reformer was an early advocate for women’s rights and abolition?
Whoopi Goldberg
Jesse Owens
Mary Eliza Mahoney
Sojourner Truth
25
At what age did Serena Williams win her first U.S. Open?
13
20
17
15
26
When is Black History Month observed in the United States?
March
February
January
May
27
Who was the first African American woman elected to Congress?
Simone Biles
Rosa Parks
Claudette Colvin
Shirley Chisolm
28
Simone Biles was the first African American to win an Olympic gold medal.
False
True