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1
What was Claudette Colvin known for?
Helped the Women Movement
Challenged the and successfully overturned bus segregation laws
Helped Harriet Tubman with the Underground Rail Road
Challenged the Jim Crow laws
2
Who was the African American chemist who pattened birth control pills?
Titus Johnson
Sherman Ernest Loestrin
Percy Lavon Julian
Eric Goldstein
3
Taraji P. Henson played Katherine G. Johnson in the movie
Hidden Figures
. What was Johnson known for?
Secretary for the Department of Defense
Invented America's first clock
She was the first Black Astronaut
Her calculations helped NASA's space program
4
What year did the Civil War begin?
1920
1861
1830
1756
5
Who was the first African American woman to win five Grammy's in one year?
Whitney Houston
Beyonce
Missy Elliot
Lauryn Hill
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Who is Augustus Jackson?
A famous Novelist
My 7th grade teacher
The inventor of Icecream
The founder of August
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More than three million Black Americans registered to fight in WWII
True
False
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What was the name of the Harlem cabaret where Black entertainers of the day played to exclusively white audiences?
The Apollo
The Cotton Club
The Breakfast Club
Studio 54
9
Who invented the three-position traffic signal in 1923?
J.P Knight
Garrett Morgan
Benjamin Franklin
Morgan Freeman
10
What Month was MVBBVoices founded?
July
June
April
May
11
Who is the pioneer of "Afrobeats"
Fela Kuti
Banjo Mosele
Tony Allen
Burna Boy
12
What Event in Black History was depicted in the new HBO series Watchmen?
The Civil Rights Movement
The Tulsa Race Massacre
The Slave Revolt of 1811
The I Have a Dream Speech
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What was the first historically Black college in America?
Wiley College
Howard University
Cheyney University
Licoln University
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Who is Kimberle Crenshaw?
Introduced the Theory of Intersectionality to Feminism
Co-Founder of BLM
Introduced the Theory Multiculturalism to Counseling
Member of the Black Wall Street
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Out of the 12.5 million African slaves shipped to the New World, how many made it to the US?
4.9 million
10.7 Million
157,000
388,000
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Who is Marcus Garvey?
The founder of the NAACP
The founder of UNIA
My Jamaican Neighbor
The man who sang "What's going on"
17
Who was the first Black woman to win a Nobel Prize?
Leymah Gbowee
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Wangarĩ Muta Maathai
Toni Morrison
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When was the NAACP founded
1959
1945
1926
1909
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What year was MLK Jr's famous I Have a Dream Speech?
1963
1959
1954
1949
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What Country led the most successful slave revolt?
Jamaica
Haiti
Columbia
Puerto Rico
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As a student at the Baltimore School of Performing Arts, rapper Tupac Shakur took these classes...
Ballet and poetry
Theater and modern dance
Hip Hop and poetry
Music appreciation and film
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What was Philip B Downing famous for inventing?
The elevator
The mailbox
The telephone
The yo-yo
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What player hit 73 home runs in a season and earned Major League Baseball's Silver Slugger Award 12 times?
Wille Mays
Jackie Robinson
Barry Bonds
Hank Aaron
