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1
For most slaves, what country were they trying to reach when they escape to freedom?
Mexico
Alaska
Cuba
Canada
2
In what year was the African American celebration call Kwanzaa created?
1919
1990
2003
1966
3
He joined the Brooklyn Dodgers as a third baseman to become the first black in Major League Baseball of the modern era.
Thurgood Marshall
Jackie Robinson
Alfred Rudolph Waud
William Pickett
4
Name the founder of the Tuskegee University.
W. E. B. Dubois
Ricky Williams
Charles Sifford
Booker T. Washington
5
Name the first African American woman to become a physician in the United States (1864).
Mary Bowser
Rebecca Lee Crumpler
Rubye Bridges
Barbara Henry
6
Who was the first African American graduate of West Point?
Henry O. Flipper
Thurgood Marshall
Clarence Thomas
Benjamin Banneker)
7
He became the first African American appointed to the U. S. Supreme Court. Who is he?
Jay-Z
Clarence Thomas
Thurgood Marshall
Samuel L. Gravely Jr.
8
Who is the author of the book pictured below?
William J “Bill Powel
Bessie Coleman
Douglas Wilder
Zora Neal Hurston
9
Name the blind musician who had his first hit record in 1963.
Jessie Jackson
Michael Jackson
Stevie Wonder
Ray Charles
10
After the War of 1812, Canada granted freedom to Blacks residing there and used the courts to protect their freedom. Ame
Southern Lights
The North Star
Tree Lighting Ceremony
The Big Kahuna
11
Name the African American who is best known for publishing an almanac based on his astronomical calculations.
Benjamin Banneker
Robert H. Lawrence
Samuel L. Gravely Jr
Tyler Perry
12
Name the first African American woman to win three gold medals in Track & Field at the Olympics.
Serena Williams
Bessie Coleman
The Real McCoy
Wilma Rudolph
13
Name the 6', short tempered, pistol and shotgun carrying former slave who became the first AA female U. S. mail carrier.
Hattie McDaniel
Serena Williams
Mary Fields
Stagecoach Mary
14
According to the 2016 Nielsen Report, What is the total buying power of African Americans?
5.1 Trillion Dollars
1.1 Trillion Dollars
11.1 Trillion Dollars
191.1 Trillion Dollars
15
Name the Fem activist who, in 1887(71 years before R.Parks),refused to give up her seat in the women’s car on a train.
Madam C. J. Walker
Bessie Coleman
Ida B. Wells
Charlotte E. Ray
16
What rank did Jackie Robinson achieve in his service during World War II?
General
Solider
Captin
Lieutenant
17
Name the sculptor of the following.
Charles Drew
Charlotte E. Ray
Carter G. Woodson
Augusta Savage
18
Name the African American who invented the Ironing board in 1892.
Carol Mosely Braun
Bessie Coleman
Madam C. J. Walker
Sarah Boone
19
What is the present day holiday associated with this act of giving Union Soldiers a proper burial?
Presidents Day
Memorial Day
Union Soldiers Day
Veterans Day
20
Name the United States Supreme Court decision that declared state laws unconstitutional that tried to deny Blacks the ri
Thurgood Marshall)
Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court Case
Guinn v. United States
Roe vs. Wade
21
. Who organized the civil rights movement called the Freedom Riders?
Ernie Davis
Percy L. Julian
Charles Sifford
James Farmer
22
Who founded the oldest independent African American church in America?
Charles Sifford
Sarah Boone
Elijah McCoy
Richard Allen
23
Name the historian who grew up in P. Rico and started collecting books after asking his teacher why there were no black
Arturo Schomburg
Shirley Chisholm
Michael Jackson
Dr. Maulana Karenga
24
Who is the African-American biologist and educator best known for his work in cell surface?
Nat Love
Shawn Carter
Andrew Jackson
Ernest E. Just
25
. Name the first Black woman to file a court case in America and win. It resulting in her getting her son back.
Harriet Tubman
(Rebecca Lee Crumpler
Sojourner Truth
Katherine Johnson
26
Name the African American whose actions in 1955 led to the Supreme Court declaring segregated busing unconstitutional.
Jesse Jackson
Martin Luther King Jr.
Booker T. Washington
Rosa Parks
27
Name the first African American elected as the President of the United States.
Ralph Bunche
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
Bill Clinton
President Barack Obama
28
Name the first African American to win the Heisman Trophy.
Tom Brady
Emmitt Smith
Michael Jordan
Ernie Davis
29
Name given to the African Queen who fought the Romans and negotiated a peace treaty with Emperor Augustus.
Rosa Parks
Oprah
Queen Amanirenas
Candace (Kandake)
30
Name the first African American to hold a patent.
Thomas L. Jennings
Augusta Savage
Frederick Douglass
Ralph Bunche
31
Name the actor/director who played the role of Madea.
Benjamin Davis Jr.
Robert H. Lawrence
Tyler Perry
Edison’s Pioneers
32
Name the first African American woman elected to U. S. Congress.
Alvin Ailey
Shirley Chisholm
Carol Mosely Braun
Bessie Coleman
33
. Name the document that allowed Blacks to enlist and fight in the Civil War.
Civil War Proclamation
Proclamation for Blacks to Fight
The carbon filament
Emancipation Proclamation
34
Name the African American doctor who synthesize cortisone which was used to treat arthritis and other inflammatory dise
Charles Darwin
Percy L. Julian
Charles Drew
Thurgood Marshall
35
Name the entertainer who is famous for wearing one sequined glove and housing a wild life refuge in his back yard.
Michael Jackson
Tom Brady
Jessie Jackson
Joe Louis
36
What was the first nation-wide labor union led by an African American (1925)?
Railroad of Sleeping Cars
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
Pullman Company
African Methodist Episcopal Church
37
Who is the African American in this picture?
Hattie McDaniel
Shirley Chisholm
Bessie Coleman
Jane M. Bolin
38
Who was America’s first African American General?
Michael Jackson
Joe Louis
Henry “Box” Brown
Benjamin Davis Jr.
39
The city of Timbuktu is not a myth. It’s real. Name the continent where it was located.
America
Europe
Africa
Asia
40
Name the escape slave who spoke and wrote against slavery for the Anti-Slavery Society.
Frederick Douglass
Augusta Savage
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
Abraham Lincoln
41
What is the title of this iconic engraving?
Last Supper
Polls
The First Vote
Haitian Revolution
42
In 1922, she became the first black woman to gain an international permit to fly. Who is she?
Colin Powell
Althea Gibson
Mary Fields
Bessie Coleman
43
The first African-American master distiller helped make what whiskey successful?
Buffalo Soldiers
Jack Daniel
William Pickett
Alan Shepard
44
Name the African American who successfully performed pericardium surgery to repair a wound.
William Pickett
President Barack Obama
Daniel Hale Williams
(Alvin Ailey
45
Thomas Edison’s elite scientist team included one African-American engineer and scientist. Who was he?
Alice Ball
Thomas L. Jennings
Louis Latimer
Water Closet
46
Name the African American journalist noted for her anti-lynching campaign of the late 1800’s.
Bessie Coleman
Michelle Obama
Booker T. Washington
Ida B. Wells
47
In 1972, he took the U. S. Congressional seat vacated by Barbara Jordan. Name him.
Mickey Leland
Michael Jordan
Bessie Coleman
Haitian Revolution
48
Name the six year old female who in 1960 became the first AA child to attend an all white school in New Orleans.
Zora Neal Hurston
Ida B. Wells
Mary Bowser
Rubye Bridges
49
What famous African American’s face did the US Treasury announced to be place on the twentydollar bill in 2016?
Deadwood Dick
Harriet Tubman
Rubye Bridges
Nat Love
50
Name the African American inventor, born in Canada of escaped slaves, who invented a lubricating cup for steam engines.
Shirley Chisholm
Jane M. Bolin
Elijah J. McCoy
Thomas L. Jennings
51
Who was the African American cowboy who invented the sport of“Steer Wrestling”?
William Pickett
Benjamin Banneker
Nathan “Nearest” Green
Henry O. Flipper
52
Who was the first African American woman to graduate from law school in the United States?
Katherine Johnson
Ida B. Wells
Charlotte E. Ray
Toni Morrison
53
Name the first African American astronaut.
Ralph Bunche
Robert H. Lawrence
Thomas L. Jennings
Ronald McNair
54
What is the official name of the museum pictured here?
National Museum of African American Culture
National Museum of African American History and Cultural
National Museum of African Americans
National Museum of History
55
Who was the founder of the first society specifically devoted to the professional study of Black History (1915)?
Tyler Perry
Carter G. Woodson
Paul Quinn
George Washington Carver
56
Name the famous educator and scientist who was known as the young “plant doctor”.
Ronald McNair
George Washington Carver
Phillis Wheatley
Robert H. Lawrence
57
In 1607, James town became the first permanent English settlement in North America. How many years passed before the fir
12 years
20 years
5 years
10 years
58
What is the title of the Negro National Anthem?
Lift Every Voice and Sing
Star Spangled Banner
I pledge Allegiance
Cupid Shuffle
59
The Executive Order called the Emancipation Proclamation was issued 157 years ago on January 1st of what year?
1800
1671
1863
1992
60
Name the first African American to be elected governor in the United States since Reconstruction.
Charles Sifford
Douglas Wilder
Earl Campbell
Booker T. Washington
61
In 2019, Forbes Magazine named this Rapper/Entertainer/businessman the first hip-hop billionaire. Who is he?
Beyonce
P.Diddy
Ernest E. Just
Jay-Z
62
The year 2020 marks the sesquicentennial of what Amendment?
20th Amendment
12th Amendment
15th Amendment
14th Amendment
63
Name the slave who was actually a Union spy who infiltrated the Confederate president’s household.
Toni Morrison
Phillis Wheatley
Mary Bowser
Charlotte E. Ray
64
In 1989, he became the first African American to hold the office of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Name him.
Harriet Tubman
Jackie Robinson
Alfred Rudolph Waud
Colin Powell
65
Name the Texan who grew up and established his own dace repertory company in 1958.
Oprah Winfrey
William Pickett
Alan Shepard
Alvin Ailey
66
In 1929, the Mexican President issued a decree that sparked the Texas Revolution. Name the decree.
The immediate abolition of Slavery in Cuba -9/16/1929
The immediate abolition of Slavery in China-9/16/1929
The immediate abolition of Slavery in Texas -9/16/1929
The immediate abolition of Slavery in Mexico -9/16/1929
67
Name the first woman and the first African American to graduate with a master’s degree from the University of Hawaii.
Mary Fields
Serena Williams
Alice Ball
Hattie McDaniel
68
Who is the African American mathematician pictured here?
Sojourner Truth
Harriet Beacher Stowe
Katherine Johnson
Harriet Tubman
69
Name the first African American female Judge in the United States.
Jane M. Bolin
Bessie Coleman
Madam C. J. Walker
Shirley Chisholm
70
Name the first African American to design, construct and own a professional golf course.
Tiger Woods
Richard Allen
William J “Bill Powell
Percy L. Julian
71
Name the first African American to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
President Barack Obama
Frederick Douglass
Dr. Martin Luther King J
Ralph Bunche
72
Name the African American who formed the organization Operation PUSH.
Barbara Jordan
John “Jack” Johnson
Jesse Jackson
Elijah J. McCoy
73
Name the city that had a famous section known as Black Wall Street, the mecca of Black owned businesses, in the 1920’s.
Tulsa, Oklahoma (Greenwood section)
Austin, Mississippi
New York, New York
Dallas, Texas (South Section)
74
He was a slave, merchant seaman and dockworker in 1770, when British soldiers killed him making a total of five civilia
The Boston Massacre
Black Moses
Operation Desert Storm
Mansa Musa Keita
75
Name the first African American to outright own a major film studio.
Tyler Perry
Michelle Obama
Will Smith
Jay-Z
76
This picture illustrates the most successful slave revolt in modern history. Name the revolution.
Vietnam War
Haitian Revolution
Operation Desert Storm
Night of Fire
77
There were two distinct migration time periods for Blacks leaving the South. Name one item that pushed Blacks to make th
All of the above
Harsh treatment
Ku Klux Klan
Jim Crow laws
78
Name the sailor pictured below.
Dorie Miller
Arturo Schomburg
Marvin Gaye
Nelson Mandela
79
Name the first Black American woman to be a self-made millionaire.
Oprah Winfrey
Madam C. J. Walker
Beyonce
80
Name the record company founded by Berry Gordy, Jr. in 1959.
Motown
Sony
Empire
Robben Island
81
Name the first African American Union formed in 1858.
Association of Black Dragons
NAACP
Association of Black Caulkers
Association of Black Ambassadors
82
Name the heavyweight boxing champion called “The Brown Bomber.”
Mike Tyson
Joe Louis
Henry “Box” Brown
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
83
. Name the first Black college in Texas, established in 1872.
Paul Quinn
C. E. Ray
Asa Phillip Randolph
George Pullman
84
Name the famous African American cowboy pictured below:
Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall
William Pickett
Nat Love
85
After learning that she was to be sold to another plantation, she ran away to freedom and returned to guide other to fre
Toussaint L’Overture
Harriet Tubman
Bessie Coleman
Colin Powell
86
Name the first black woman in television and film to own her own production company.
Oprah Winfrey
Katherine Johnson
Barbara Henry
Beyonce
87
At fourteen, this enslaved female published her first story. Who was she?
Mary Bowser
Phillis Wheatley
Oprah Winfrey
Katherine Johnson
88
Define disenfranchisement
all citizens equal rights in public facilities
citizens from foreign nation or served as soldiers
The prevention of the right to vote for a person or group of people
Lift Every Voice and Sing
89
What sport is Althea Gibson know for?
Tennis
Golf
Softball
Basketball
90
Name the freedom fighter who led the uprising aboard the ship ARMISTAD.
George Washington Carver
Robert H. Lawrence
Joseph Cinque
Mary Bowser
91
Name the first African American elected to the U. S. Senate.
Barbara Jordan
Joe Louis
Carol Mosely Braun
Douglas Wilder
92
Who was the African American who invented the forerunner of the device pictured here?
Alan Shepard
Daniel Hale Williams
Garrett A. Morgan
Nathan “Nearest” Green
93
Who was the first Black woman to receive a Nobel Prize in literature?
Rebecca Lee Crumpler
Toni Morrison
Katherine Johnson
Ernest E. Just
94
Name the first black heavyweight championship boxer.
Barack Obama
Mike Tyson
John “Jack” Johnson
Alvin Ailey
95
Name the African American surgeon and medical researcher famous for his pioneering work in blood preservation.
Jack Daniel
Henry O. Flipper
Charles Drew
Mary Fields
96
Name one reason why Blacks joined the Second Great Migration (from 1940-1970)?
Job opening after World War I
Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court Case)
discrimination
All of the above
97
Name the first African American to play on the PGA Tour.
Charles Drew
Tiger Woods
Mary Fields
Charles Sifford
98
Name the South African political leader who fought against Apartheid.
Smokey Robinson
Nelson Mandela
Tyler Perry
James Farmer
99
Who was the first African American to win an Oscar Award in film?
Jane M. Bolin
Dr. Maulana Karenga
Hattie McDaniel
Haley Berry

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Questions 99

Answers

1
For most slaves, what country were they trying to reach when they escape to freedom?
Mexico
Alaska
Cuba
Canada
2
In what year was the African American celebration call Kwanzaa created?
1919
1990
2003
1966
3
He joined the Brooklyn Dodgers as a third baseman to become the first black in Major League Baseball of the modern era.
Thurgood Marshall
Jackie Robinson
Alfred Rudolph Waud
William Pickett
4
Name the founder of the Tuskegee University.
W. E. B. Dubois
Ricky Williams
Charles Sifford
Booker T. Washington
5
Name the first African American woman to become a physician in the United States (1864).
Mary Bowser
Rebecca Lee Crumpler
Rubye Bridges
Barbara Henry
6
Who was the first African American graduate of West Point?
Henry O. Flipper
Thurgood Marshall
Clarence Thomas
Benjamin Banneker)
7
He became the first African American appointed to the U. S. Supreme Court. Who is he?
Jay-Z
Clarence Thomas
Thurgood Marshall
Samuel L. Gravely Jr.
8
Who is the author of the book pictured below?
William J “Bill Powel
Bessie Coleman
Douglas Wilder
Zora Neal Hurston
9
Name the blind musician who had his first hit record in 1963.
Jessie Jackson
Michael Jackson
Stevie Wonder
Ray Charles
10
After the War of 1812, Canada granted freedom to Blacks residing there and used the courts to protect their freedom. Ame
Southern Lights
The North Star
Tree Lighting Ceremony
The Big Kahuna
11
Name the African American who is best known for publishing an almanac based on his astronomical calculations.
Benjamin Banneker
Robert H. Lawrence
Samuel L. Gravely Jr
Tyler Perry
12
Name the first African American woman to win three gold medals in Track & Field at the Olympics.
Serena Williams
Bessie Coleman
The Real McCoy
Wilma Rudolph
13
Name the 6', short tempered, pistol and shotgun carrying former slave who became the first AA female U. S. mail carrier.
Hattie McDaniel
Serena Williams
Mary Fields
Stagecoach Mary
14
According to the 2016 Nielsen Report, What is the total buying power of African Americans?
5.1 Trillion Dollars
1.1 Trillion Dollars
11.1 Trillion Dollars
191.1 Trillion Dollars
15
Name the Fem activist who, in 1887(71 years before R.Parks),refused to give up her seat in the women’s car on a train.
Madam C. J. Walker
Bessie Coleman
Ida B. Wells
Charlotte E. Ray
16
What rank did Jackie Robinson achieve in his service during World War II?
General
Solider
Captin
Lieutenant
17
Name the sculptor of the following.
Charles Drew
Charlotte E. Ray
Carter G. Woodson
Augusta Savage
18
Name the African American who invented the Ironing board in 1892.
Carol Mosely Braun
Bessie Coleman
Madam C. J. Walker
Sarah Boone
19
What is the present day holiday associated with this act of giving Union Soldiers a proper burial?
Presidents Day
Memorial Day
Union Soldiers Day
Veterans Day
20
Name the United States Supreme Court decision that declared state laws unconstitutional that tried to deny Blacks the ri
Thurgood Marshall)
Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court Case
Guinn v. United States
Roe vs. Wade
21
. Who organized the civil rights movement called the Freedom Riders?
Ernie Davis
Percy L. Julian
Charles Sifford
James Farmer
22
Who founded the oldest independent African American church in America?
Charles Sifford
Sarah Boone
Elijah McCoy
Richard Allen
23
Name the historian who grew up in P. Rico and started collecting books after asking his teacher why there were no black
Arturo Schomburg
Shirley Chisholm
Michael Jackson
Dr. Maulana Karenga
24
Who is the African-American biologist and educator best known for his work in cell surface?
Nat Love
Shawn Carter
Andrew Jackson
Ernest E. Just
25
. Name the first Black woman to file a court case in America and win. It resulting in her getting her son back.
Harriet Tubman
(Rebecca Lee Crumpler
Sojourner Truth
Katherine Johnson
26
Name the African American whose actions in 1955 led to the Supreme Court declaring segregated busing unconstitutional.
Jesse Jackson
Martin Luther King Jr.
Booker T. Washington
Rosa Parks
27
Name the first African American elected as the President of the United States.
Ralph Bunche
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
Bill Clinton
President Barack Obama
28
Name the first African American to win the Heisman Trophy.
Tom Brady
Emmitt Smith
Michael Jordan
Ernie Davis
29
Name given to the African Queen who fought the Romans and negotiated a peace treaty with Emperor Augustus.
Rosa Parks
Oprah
Queen Amanirenas
Candace (Kandake)
30
Name the first African American to hold a patent.
Thomas L. Jennings
Augusta Savage
Frederick Douglass
Ralph Bunche
31
Name the actor/director who played the role of Madea.
Benjamin Davis Jr.
Robert H. Lawrence
Tyler Perry
Edison’s Pioneers
32
Name the first African American woman elected to U. S. Congress.
Alvin Ailey
Shirley Chisholm
Carol Mosely Braun
Bessie Coleman
33
. Name the document that allowed Blacks to enlist and fight in the Civil War.
Civil War Proclamation
Proclamation for Blacks to Fight
The carbon filament
Emancipation Proclamation
34
Name the African American doctor who synthesize cortisone which was used to treat arthritis and other inflammatory dise
Charles Darwin
Percy L. Julian
Charles Drew
Thurgood Marshall
35
Name the entertainer who is famous for wearing one sequined glove and housing a wild life refuge in his back yard.
Michael Jackson
Tom Brady
Jessie Jackson
Joe Louis
36
What was the first nation-wide labor union led by an African American (1925)?
Railroad of Sleeping Cars
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
Pullman Company
African Methodist Episcopal Church
37
Who is the African American in this picture?
Hattie McDaniel
Shirley Chisholm
Bessie Coleman
Jane M. Bolin
38
Who was America’s first African American General?
Michael Jackson
Joe Louis
Henry “Box” Brown
Benjamin Davis Jr.
39
The city of Timbuktu is not a myth. It’s real. Name the continent where it was located.
America
Europe
Africa
Asia
40
Name the escape slave who spoke and wrote against slavery for the Anti-Slavery Society.
Frederick Douglass
Augusta Savage
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
Abraham Lincoln
41
What is the title of this iconic engraving?
Last Supper
Polls
The First Vote
Haitian Revolution
42
In 1922, she became the first black woman to gain an international permit to fly. Who is she?
Colin Powell
Althea Gibson
Mary Fields
Bessie Coleman
43
The first African-American master distiller helped make what whiskey successful?
Buffalo Soldiers
Jack Daniel
William Pickett
Alan Shepard
44
Name the African American who successfully performed pericardium surgery to repair a wound.
William Pickett
President Barack Obama
Daniel Hale Williams
(Alvin Ailey
45
Thomas Edison’s elite scientist team included one African-American engineer and scientist. Who was he?
Alice Ball
Thomas L. Jennings
Louis Latimer
Water Closet
46
Name the African American journalist noted for her anti-lynching campaign of the late 1800’s.
Bessie Coleman
Michelle Obama
Booker T. Washington
Ida B. Wells
47
In 1972, he took the U. S. Congressional seat vacated by Barbara Jordan. Name him.
Mickey Leland
Michael Jordan
Bessie Coleman
Haitian Revolution
48
Name the six year old female who in 1960 became the first AA child to attend an all white school in New Orleans.
Zora Neal Hurston
Ida B. Wells
Mary Bowser
Rubye Bridges
49
What famous African American’s face did the US Treasury announced to be place on the twentydollar bill in 2016?
Deadwood Dick
Harriet Tubman
Rubye Bridges
Nat Love
50
Name the African American inventor, born in Canada of escaped slaves, who invented a lubricating cup for steam engines.
Shirley Chisholm
Jane M. Bolin
Elijah J. McCoy
Thomas L. Jennings
51
Who was the African American cowboy who invented the sport of“Steer Wrestling”?
William Pickett
Benjamin Banneker
Nathan “Nearest” Green
Henry O. Flipper
52
Who was the first African American woman to graduate from law school in the United States?
Katherine Johnson
Ida B. Wells
Charlotte E. Ray
Toni Morrison
53
Name the first African American astronaut.
Ralph Bunche
Robert H. Lawrence
Thomas L. Jennings
Ronald McNair
54
What is the official name of the museum pictured here?
National Museum of African American Culture
National Museum of African American History and Cultural
National Museum of African Americans
National Museum of History
55
Who was the founder of the first society specifically devoted to the professional study of Black History (1915)?
Tyler Perry
Carter G. Woodson
Paul Quinn
George Washington Carver
56
Name the famous educator and scientist who was known as the young “plant doctor”.
Ronald McNair
George Washington Carver
Phillis Wheatley
Robert H. Lawrence
57
In 1607, James town became the first permanent English settlement in North America. How many years passed before the fir
12 years
20 years
5 years
10 years
58
What is the title of the Negro National Anthem?
Lift Every Voice and Sing
Star Spangled Banner
I pledge Allegiance
Cupid Shuffle
59
The Executive Order called the Emancipation Proclamation was issued 157 years ago on January 1st of what year?
1800
1671
1863
1992
60
Name the first African American to be elected governor in the United States since Reconstruction.
Charles Sifford
Douglas Wilder
Earl Campbell
Booker T. Washington
61
In 2019, Forbes Magazine named this Rapper/Entertainer/businessman the first hip-hop billionaire. Who is he?
Beyonce
P.Diddy
Ernest E. Just
Jay-Z
62
The year 2020 marks the sesquicentennial of what Amendment?
20th Amendment
12th Amendment
15th Amendment
14th Amendment
63
Name the slave who was actually a Union spy who infiltrated the Confederate president’s household.
Toni Morrison
Phillis Wheatley
Mary Bowser
Charlotte E. Ray
64
In 1989, he became the first African American to hold the office of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Name him.
Harriet Tubman
Jackie Robinson
Alfred Rudolph Waud
Colin Powell
65
Name the Texan who grew up and established his own dace repertory company in 1958.
Oprah Winfrey
William Pickett
Alan Shepard
Alvin Ailey
66
In 1929, the Mexican President issued a decree that sparked the Texas Revolution. Name the decree.
The immediate abolition of Slavery in Cuba -9/16/1929
The immediate abolition of Slavery in China-9/16/1929
The immediate abolition of Slavery in Texas -9/16/1929
The immediate abolition of Slavery in Mexico -9/16/1929
67
Name the first woman and the first African American to graduate with a master’s degree from the University of Hawaii.
Mary Fields
Serena Williams
Alice Ball
Hattie McDaniel
68
Who is the African American mathematician pictured here?
Sojourner Truth
Harriet Beacher Stowe
Katherine Johnson
Harriet Tubman
69
Name the first African American female Judge in the United States.
Jane M. Bolin
Bessie Coleman
Madam C. J. Walker
Shirley Chisholm
70
Name the first African American to design, construct and own a professional golf course.
Tiger Woods
Richard Allen
William J “Bill Powell
Percy L. Julian
71
Name the first African American to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
President Barack Obama
Frederick Douglass
Dr. Martin Luther King J
Ralph Bunche
72
Name the African American who formed the organization Operation PUSH.
Barbara Jordan
John “Jack” Johnson
Jesse Jackson
Elijah J. McCoy
73
Name the city that had a famous section known as Black Wall Street, the mecca of Black owned businesses, in the 1920’s.
Tulsa, Oklahoma (Greenwood section)
Austin, Mississippi
New York, New York
Dallas, Texas (South Section)
74
He was a slave, merchant seaman and dockworker in 1770, when British soldiers killed him making a total of five civilia
The Boston Massacre
Black Moses
Operation Desert Storm
Mansa Musa Keita
75
Name the first African American to outright own a major film studio.
Tyler Perry
Michelle Obama
Will Smith
Jay-Z
76
This picture illustrates the most successful slave revolt in modern history. Name the revolution.
Vietnam War
Haitian Revolution
Operation Desert Storm
Night of Fire
77
There were two distinct migration time periods for Blacks leaving the South. Name one item that pushed Blacks to make th
All of the above
Harsh treatment
Ku Klux Klan
Jim Crow laws
78
Name the sailor pictured below.
Dorie Miller
Arturo Schomburg
Marvin Gaye
Nelson Mandela
79
Name the first Black American woman to be a self-made millionaire.
Oprah Winfrey
Madam C. J. Walker
Beyonce
80
Name the record company founded by Berry Gordy, Jr. in 1959.
Motown
Sony
Empire
Robben Island
81
Name the first African American Union formed in 1858.
Association of Black Dragons
NAACP
Association of Black Caulkers
Association of Black Ambassadors
82
Name the heavyweight boxing champion called “The Brown Bomber.”
Mike Tyson
Joe Louis
Henry “Box” Brown
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
83
. Name the first Black college in Texas, established in 1872.
Paul Quinn
C. E. Ray
Asa Phillip Randolph
George Pullman
84
Name the famous African American cowboy pictured below:
Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall
William Pickett
Nat Love
85
After learning that she was to be sold to another plantation, she ran away to freedom and returned to guide other to fre
Toussaint L’Overture
Harriet Tubman
Bessie Coleman
Colin Powell
86
Name the first black woman in television and film to own her own production company.
Oprah Winfrey
Katherine Johnson
Barbara Henry
Beyonce
87
At fourteen, this enslaved female published her first story. Who was she?
Mary Bowser
Phillis Wheatley
Oprah Winfrey
Katherine Johnson
88
Define disenfranchisement
all citizens equal rights in public facilities
citizens from foreign nation or served as soldiers
The prevention of the right to vote for a person or group of people
Lift Every Voice and Sing
89
What sport is Althea Gibson know for?
Tennis
Golf
Softball
Basketball
90
Name the freedom fighter who led the uprising aboard the ship ARMISTAD.
George Washington Carver
Robert H. Lawrence
Joseph Cinque
Mary Bowser
91
Name the first African American elected to the U. S. Senate.
Barbara Jordan
Joe Louis
Carol Mosely Braun
Douglas Wilder
92
Who was the African American who invented the forerunner of the device pictured here?
Alan Shepard
Daniel Hale Williams
Garrett A. Morgan
Nathan “Nearest” Green
93
Who was the first Black woman to receive a Nobel Prize in literature?
Rebecca Lee Crumpler
Toni Morrison
Katherine Johnson
Ernest E. Just
94
Name the first black heavyweight championship boxer.
Barack Obama
Mike Tyson
John “Jack” Johnson
Alvin Ailey
95
Name the African American surgeon and medical researcher famous for his pioneering work in blood preservation.
Jack Daniel
Henry O. Flipper
Charles Drew
Mary Fields
96
Name one reason why Blacks joined the Second Great Migration (from 1940-1970)?
Job opening after World War I
Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court Case)
discrimination
All of the above
97
Name the first African American to play on the PGA Tour.
Charles Drew
Tiger Woods
Mary Fields
Charles Sifford
98
Name the South African political leader who fought against Apartheid.
Smokey Robinson
Nelson Mandela
Tyler Perry
James Farmer
99
Who was the first African American to win an Oscar Award in film?
Jane M. Bolin
Dr. Maulana Karenga
Hattie McDaniel
Haley Berry