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1
Who were the Tuskegee Airmen?
The first African-American pilots to serve in the Air Force
The first African-American submarine squad
None of the above
The first African-American tank commanders
2
Name the first African-American to serve as a United States Supreme Court justice.
Clarence Thomas
John Roberts
Sonia Sotomayor
Thurgood Marshall
3
Who was the first African-American woman to be ranked #1 by the Women's Tennis Association?
Althea Gibson
Serena Williams
Sloane Stephens
Venus Williams
4
Who was the first African-American man to play Major League Baseball?
Jackie Robinson
Willie Mays
Reggie Jackson
Hank Aaron
5
Which of these about Martin Luther King Jr. is true?
He gave the famous "I Have a Dream" speech
He believed in non-violent resistance
He won a Nobel Peace Prize
He was a Christian minister
6
Why was Rosa Parks important?
She was the first African-American to fly on an airplane
All of the above
She refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white man
Her famous "I Have a Dream" speech
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He discovered hundreds of uses for previously useless foods, and most notably, the peanut.
Frederick Douglass
Charles Drew
George Washington Carver
Reggie Jackson
8
At its peak, how many African-Americans were living as slaves in the United States?
500,000
1 million
100,000
4 million
9
This famous athlete is known for this saying, "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee."
Jim Brown
Michael Jordan
Muhammad Ali
Jesse Owens
10
He was the first American track and field athlete to win 4 gold medals at a single Olympic Games.
Edwin Moses
Jesse Owens
Usain Bolt
Carl Lewis
11
Who was the first African-American to be elected President of the United States of America?
Barack Obama
Jimmy Carter
George W. Bush
Ronald Reagan
12
What month does the United States observe a public holiday in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.?
March
February
January
December
13
What name was given to the escape system used by slaves in the late 1800's?
The Underground Railroad
The Underground Train
The Underground Path
The Underground Bus
14
The Civil Rights Movement occurred in the mid-1920's.
False
True
15
To where did Harriet Tubman lead the runaway slaves?
She brought them to northern free states and Canada
SHe brought them further south
Shel left them in a permanent safe house in Georgia
None of the above
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Hattie McDaniel was the first African-American to win an academy award. Which movie was she in?
Casablanca
WIzard of Oz
Gone with the Wind
Singin' in the Rain
