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1
Who was Guion Bluford?
First Black Deep Sea diver
First African-American in space
First Black man to settle in Delaware
Invented the post stamp
2
Where was the first "sit-in" at a segregated lunch counter?
Charleston, South Carolina
Jackson, Mississippi
Selma, Alabama
Greensboro, North Carolina
3
Nelson Mandela became President of what country?
Nigeria
South Africa
Ghana
Kenya
4
Dr. Dre is an African-American music artist who has an electronics brand called?
Boots
Dre's
Beets
Beats
5
About how much was Madame C.J. Walker Worth at the time of her death?
$14 million
$2 million
$8 million
$10 million
6
Which president issued the Emancipation Proclamation that freed slaves?
Barack Obama
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
7
Who the most famous black baseball player?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Jackie Robinson
Barry Bonds
Malcolm X
8
When was the first Olymic game where an African-American won a medal?
1902
1908
1904
1906
9
Who invented the means to preserve blood for a transfusion?
George Washington Carver
Charles Drew
Garrett Morgan
John Conyers
10
Who is Garrett Morgan?
Inventor of the home security system
Inventor of the bottle cap
Inventor of the carbon filament for the light bulb
Inventor of the three post traffic lights
11
Who was the 1st Black star of a network TV show?
Micki Grant
Edward Brooke
Bill Cosby
Jennifer Jackson
12
What was the first African American owned-and-operated newspaper?
Our Times
The Mississippi Enterprise
Birmingham Times
Freedom's Journal
13
Barack Obama is the ___ president of the United States?
44th
51st
42nd
45th
14
Which African American refused to move bus seats on December 1, 1955?
Rosa Parks
Antonio Brown
Martin Luther King Junior
Julio Jones
15
What was the name of the first African-American female pilot?
Bessie Coleman
Mildred Jeter
Aretha Franklin
Mahalia Jackson
16
Who was the first Black woman to receive an M.D. in the U.S.?
Annie Malone
Rebecca Crumpler
Annie Allen
Minnie Drew
17
Who was the first African American to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court?
John Roberts
Charles Houston
Clarence Thomas
Thurgood Marshall
18
What was Jackie Robinson’s baseball number?
54
31
42
33
19
At its height, what was the slave population in the U.S.?
About 4 million
About 500,000
About 2 Million
About 1 Million
20
Who was Toni Stone?
First female black chemist
First black self-made millionaire
The first woman to play professional baseball in a men's league
The first woman to be inducted into the hall of fame
21
Who invented Peanut Butter
George Washington Carver
Tiger Woods
Colin Powell
Booker T. Washington
22
Who is Jessica Watkins?
First female to win a Nobel prize
First Black composer who was performed by the New York Metropolitan Opera
Author of I know why the caged bird sings
The first Black woman to live on the International Space Station
23
Who shot Martin Luther King, Jr. on April 4, 1968?
James Earl Ray
Lee Harvey Oswald
John Wilkes Booth
Gavrilo Princip
24
Where was Malcolm X killed?
Massachusetts State Prison
Audubon Ballroom, Manhattan
His House, Queens
Downtown Boston
25
How many Grammy awards has Beyonce won?
16
18
20
31
26
Who is known as the "Father of Ice cream"?
Toni Stone
Jerry Duke
Agustus Jackson
Nelson Mandela
27
Who was the female former slave that led other slaves to the underground railroad
J. Cole
Jonathon Coleman
Harriet Tubman
De'Aaron Fox
28
Where did Alice Ball earn the first masters degree given to an African-American female ?
University of Hartford
Howard University
University of Hawaii
Stanford University
29
What was the first state to abolish slavery?
New York
Vermont
Ohio
Maine
30
Who invented the first traffic light?
Garrett Morgan
Thomas Edison
George Washington Carver
Ralphe Bunch
31
Who is the most honored woman in the history of the Grammy awards?
Mariah Carey
Aretha Franklin
Mariah CareyBeyoncé
Whitney Houston
32
Which amendment extended voting rights to African Americans?
14th
12th
13th
15th
33
Who was Maya Angelou?
First female to win the National Book Award
First black female cable car conductor in San Fransisco
Poet, writer, and first black female cable car conductor in San Fransisco
Inventor of the ironing board
34
What sport did John Baxter Taylor win this medal?
Men's long jump
Men's archery
1600 meter relay
men's 400 meter
35
What Supreme Court case banned segregation?
The People V. OJ Simpson
Brown V. Board of Education
Plessy V. Ferguson
Virginia V. King
36
Who is the first black female U.S. Secretary of State?
Rosa Parks
Coretta Scott King
Michelle Obama
Condoleezza Rice
37
What year was the Thirteenth Amendment ratified, abolishing slavery?
1895
1927
1865
1943
38
My name is George Crum I am an African-American inventor who invented what?
Peanut Butter
Lay's
Potato Chips
Veggie Chips
39
Who was the first African-American author to publish a novel?
Gwendolyn Brooks
Henry Lousie Gates
Harriet Wilson
Allen Davids
40
What was the name of the organization founded by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?
LFCC
YMCA
NAACP
MADD
41
Where did John Mercer Langston become the first black Lawyer
New York
Delaware
Connecticut
Ohio
42
Where did Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his famous “I Have A Dream” speech?
Cape Town, South Africa
Los Angeles, USA
Toronto, Canada
Washington D.C, USA
43
What year did President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act?
1968
1975
2000
1963
44
Whose proposal did Congress consider civil rights resulting in the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Dwight Eisenhower
Lyndon B. Johnson
John F. Kennedy
45
Who was the first black Oscar winner?
Hattie McDaniel
Lupita Nyong'o
Halle Berry
Butterfly McQueen