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Boys & Girls Club Black History Month Quiz
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1
Who was the first African American to win an Academy Award?
Halle Berry
Hattie McDaniel
Sidney Poitier
Dorothy Dandridge
2
What was the first African American owned-and-operated newspaper?
Freedom's Journal
The Washington Post
Birmingham Times
Vibe Magazine
3
What was the informal system that helped slaves escape to the North during mid-1800s?
mystery machine
slave system
underground railroad
<p>highway to heaven</p>
4
Who was the first African American Major League Baseball player?
Jackie Robinson
Lebron James
Ernie Banks
Satchel Paige
5
When did Black History Month officially start?
1976
1983
1941
<p>1932</p>
6
What Year Did Carter G. Woodson propose a 'Negro History Week'?
1980
2011
1915
1967
7
Who was the first black star on network TV
Morgan Freeman
Bill Cosby
Anthony Anderson
Dave Chapelle
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Who signed The Emancipation Act?
Barack Obama
Andrew Johnson
Frederick Douglas
Abraham Lincoln
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Who was the first African American millionaire?
Madam CJ Walker
Oprah Winfrey
Beyonce
Michelle Obama
10
Frederick Douglas was a leader of which movement during the Civil War?
Confederate
Suffrage
Slavery
Abolitionist
11
Who was the first African American Nobel Peace Prize winner?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Albert John Lutul
Ralph Bunche
Nelson Mandela
12
On December 1, 1955, what was Rosa Parks arrested for?
Not giving up her seat to a White person on the bus
making fun of new kids at the Boys and Girls Club
marching in Selma
rioting in Montgomery
13
Whose philosophy was 'by any means necessary'?
Malcolm X
Martin Luther King Jr.
Carter G. Woodson
Tupac
14
Who were the "Little Rock Nine"?
9 Black students enrolled in Little Rock Central High
a result of Brown v Board of Education & 14th amendment
nine kids throwing rocks
a & b
15
Where did Martin Luther King deliver his famous "I Have A Dream" speech?
Montgomery
Washington, D.C.
Vegas
Atlanta
16
Who is the first Black billionaire?
Jay Z
Robert Johnson
Oprah Winfrey
Debrorah Lee
17
Who broke three track and field World Records in 45 minutes at Ohio State?
Michael Jordan
Flash
Jessie Owens
Carl Lewis
18
Where was the first "sit-in" at a segregated lunch counter?
Charleston, South Carolina
Atlanta, Georgia
Jackson, Mississippi
Greensboro, North Carolina
19
Which famous Supreme Court Case declared that "separate but equal" facilities were legal?
roe v. wade
plessy v. ferguson
beyonce v. sasha fierce
brown v. board of education
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Who was the first Black published poet?
Phillis Wheatley
Zane
Torri Morrison
Richard Wright
