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1
What was the first African-American-owned television network to broadcast NBA games?
Black Entertainment Television (BET)
Bounce TV
Aspire TV
Zulu TV
2
Who was the first African American Justice appointed to the US Supreme Court?
Sonia Sotomayor
Thurgood Marshall
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Clarence Thomas
3
Who wrote the influential African-American novel "The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man"?
James Weldon Johnson
W.E.B. Du Bois
Jean Toomer
Zora Neale Hurston
4
Who was the first African-American to win an Olympic gold medal in equestrian?
McLain Ward
Karen O'Connor
Beezie Madden
Phillip Dutton
5
How many African-American players are currently playing in the NBA?
79
44
64
25
6
Who was the first African-American to play Major League Baseball?
Hank Aaron
Jackie Robinson
Satchel Paige
Willie Mays
7
Who was the first African American woman to win an Olympic gold medal?
Wilma Rudolph
Althea Gibson
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Florence Griffith Joyner
8
Who was the first African-American to win an Olympic gold medal in figure skating?
Nancy Kerrigan
Kimmie Meissner
Kristi Yamaguchi
Debi Thomas
9
Who was the first African-American to win an Olympic gold medal in bobsledding?
Steven Holcomb
Jamie Greubel Poser
Elana Meyers Taylor
Shauna Rohbock
10
What year was the first African-American quarterback to start a Super Bowl?
1992
1973
1982
1986
11
Who was the first African-American majority owner of an NBA franchise?
Michael Jordan
Grant Hill
Earvin "Magic" Johnson
Charles Barkley
12
Who was the first African-American to win an Olympic gold medal in snowboarding?
Chloe Kim
Shaun White
Hannah Teter
Kelly Clark
13
Who was the first African-American to win the MVP Award?
Wilt Chamberlain
Bob Cousy
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Oscar Robertson
14
Who led the march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, pressing for the passage of the Voting Rights Act?
Medgar Evers
Fannie Lou Hamer
John Lewis
Hannibal Locke
15
Who was the first African-American head coach in the NHL?
Guy Carbonneau
Willie O'Ree
Bob Johnson
Bruce Boudreau
16
Who was the first African American to be awarded a Nobel Peace Prize?
Nelson Mandela
Martin Luther King Jr.
Ralph Bunche
Desmond Tutu
17
Who was the first African-American to win an Olympic gold medal in short track speed skating?
Apolo Ohno
Shani Davis
Katherine Reutter
J.R. Celski
18
When was the first African-American kicker to play in the NFL?
2002
1968
1993
1981
19
What is the term used to describe the deaths of African Americans at the hands of the police?
Racial injustice
Systemic racism
Institutionalized racism
Police brutality
20
What year did the Emancipation Proclamation come into effect?
1865
1863
1870
1868
21
Who was the first African American to be awarded a Nobel Prize?
W.E.B. Du Bois
Ralph Bunche
Martin Luther King Jr.
Maya Angelou
22
Doug Williams was the first African-American to win a Super Bowl for which team did he play?
The Dallas Cowboys
The Washington Redskins
The Green Bay packers
The San Francisco 49er’s.
23
What year was the Civil Rights Act passed in the US guaranteeing basic rights and freedoms for African Americans?
1954
1948
1965
1960
24
Who was the first African-American to win the AP Offensive Player of the Year Award?
Warren Moon
Steve McNair
Lamar Jackson
Randall Cunningham
25
Who was the first African American to serve as the head of a major television network?
Robert Johnson
Oprah Winfrey
Kenneth Chenault
Frank Redmond
26
Who was the first African-American quarterback to be named MVP of the league?
Russell Wilson
Donovan McNabb
Doug Williams
Steve McNair
27
Who was the first African American awarded a Medal of Honor for his service in the US Army during World War II?
Vernon Baker
Jesse Owens
Ralph Bunche
Henry Johnson
28
Who wrote the iconic poem "Lift Every Voice and Sing"?
James Weldon Johnson
Phillis Wheatley
Maya Angelou
Langston Hughes
29
Who was the first African American to win an Academy Award for Best Actor?
Sidney Poitier
Denzel Washington
Halle Berry
Jamie Foxx
30
What is the name of the event, in 1882, where hundreds of African Americans were murdered by lynching?
The Tulsa Race Massacre
The Wilmington Insurrection
The Red Summer
The Wounded Knee Massacre
31
Who was the first African-American player to be drafted in the NHL?
Mike Marson
Jarome Iginla
Grant Fuhr
Val James
32
Who was the first African-American Heisman Trophy winner?
Tony Dorsett
Desmond Howard
Tim Tebow
Marcus Allen
33
Who wrote the classic African-American novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God"?
Toni Morrison
Lorraine Hansberry
Zora Neale Hurston
Alice Walker
34
Who was the first African-American to win a golf major?
Lee Elder
Calvin Peete
Charles Sifford
Tiger Woods
35
Who was the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for literature?
Gwendolyn Brooks
Toni Morrison
Alice Walker
Langston Hughes
36
Who was the first African-American to win an Olympic gold medal in track and field?
Usain Bolt
Jesse Owens
Carl Lewis
Allyson Felix
37
Who was the first African-American to win an Olympic gold medal in boxing?
Joe Frazier
George Foreman
Sugar Ray Leonard
Muhammad Ali
38
What year was the first African-American head coach hired in the NBA?
1966
1983
1975
1990
39
Who was the first African American to be elected mayor of a major US city?
Andrew Young
Carl Stokes
Harvey Gantt
Coleman Young
40
By what name is the independent nation built by freed slaves in West Africa known?
Senegal
Liberia
Haiti
Ghana
41
Who was the first African American woman to hold a seat in the US Congress?
Barbara Jordan
Joyce Beatty
Nancy Pelosi
Shirley Chisholm
42
Who was the first African American woman in space?
Sally Ride
Mae Jemison
Eileen Collins
Ellen Ochoa
43
Who wrote the autobiography narrative "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl"?
Mary Prince
Toni Morrison
Phillis Wheatley
Harriet Jacobs
44
Who was the first African-American to win an Olympic gold medal in pentathlon?
Trey Hardee
Will Claye
Ashton Eaton
Bryan Clay
45
Who was the first African American woman to serve in the United States Senate?
Elizabeth Warren
Kamala Harris
Carol Moseley Braun
Cory Booker
46
What is the name of the document signed in 1863 that granted freedom to slaves in Confederate-held territories?
Jim Crow Laws
Emancipation Proclamation
Thirteenth Amendment
Dred Scott Decision
47
Who led the Silent Protest Parade in New York City in 1917 in response to the East St. Louis Race Riot?
Ella Baker
Rosa Parks
W.E.B. Du Bois
Ida B. Wells
48
What abolished slavery in the US in 1865?
Fifteenth Amendment
Second Amendment
Fourteenth Amendment
Thirteenth Amendment
49
When was the first African-American to captain an NHL team?
1993
1981
1988
1998
50
Who was the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize for drama?
Lynn Nottage
Lorraine Hansberry
August Wilson
Suzan-Lori Parks
51
What is the term used to describe the system of segregation, inequality and oppression based on race?
Systemic racism
Affirmative action
Institutionalized racism
Jim Crow laws
52
Who was the first African American woman to be elected to the US House of Representatives?
Aja Brown
Eleanor Holmes Norton
Joyce Beatty
Shirley Chisholm
53
Who was the first African American woman pilot to receive her commercial pilot's license?
Oprah Winfrey
Katherine Johnson
Bessie Coleman
Wilma Rudolph
54
How many African-American players are currently in the NHL?
15
10
6
22
55
Who wrote the influential book titled "The Souls of Black Folk"?
W.E.B. Du Bois
William Still
Zora Neale Hurston
James Weldon Johnson
56
Who was the first African-American to win an Olympic gold medal in weightlifting?
Cheryl Haworth
Holley Mangold
Kendrick Farris
Sarah Robles
57
Who was the first African American woman to serve as an American ambassador?
LaKisha Ann Jackson
Patricia Roberts Harris
Carol Moseley Braun
Susan Rice
58
What US Supreme Court ruling declared segregation illegal in public schools?
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education
Obergefell v. Hodges
Roe v. Wade
59
Who was the first African-American to win a Formula 1 race?
Nigel Mansell
Jacques Villeneuve
Willy T. Ribbs
Lewis Hamilton
60
Who was the first African-American to win a U.S. Open golf title?
Jim Thorpe
Tiger Woods
Lee Elder
Charlie Sifford
61
Who was the first African-American coach to reach the Super Bowl?
Lovie Smith
Mike Tomlin
Tony Dungy
Art Shell
62
What is the name of the civil right organization co-founded by Rosa Parks in 1957?
The Congress of Racial Equality
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Highlander Folk School
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
63
Who was the first African-American to win an Olympic gold medal in rowing?
Ellen Tomek
Gevvie Stone
Meghan O'Leary
Vicky Opitz
64
Who was the first African-American to win an Olympic gold medal in diving?
David Boudia
Greg Louganis
Tom Daley
Greg Massialas
65
Who was the first African-American to win an Olympic gold medal in swimming?
Maritza Correia
Anthony Ervin
Simone Manuel
Cullen Jones
66
Who was the first African-American head coach in the NBA?
P.J. Carlesimo
Don Chaney
Don Chaney
Lenny Wilkens
67
Who was the first African American woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize?
Toni Morrison
Shirley Chisholm
Maya Angelou
Alice Walker
68
What was the name of the African-American newspaper published by W.E.B. Du Bois from 1910 to 1928?
Freedom's Journal
The Crisis
The Defender
The Liberator
69
Who was the first African-American to play in the NBA?
Earl Lloyd
Elgin Baylor
Bill Russell
Wilt Chamberlain
70
What was the first organization to successfully challenge racial segregation in the US?
Highlander Folk School
NAACP
Congress of Racial Equality
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
71
What year was the first all-black line composed of three players in the NHL?
1989
2001
1992
1995
72
Who was the first African-American player to be drafted in the NBA?
Chuck Cooper
Alvin Adams
Earl Lloyd
Bill Russell
73
Who led the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955 to protest racial segregation?
Ida B. Wells
Claudette Colvin
Martin Luther King Jr.
Rosa Parks
74
Who was the first African-American to win an Olympic gold medal in judo?
Ronda Rousey
Marti Malloy
Travis Stevens
Kayla Harrison
75
Where was the first African-American college founded?
Howard University
Morehouse College
Tuskegee University
Wilberforce University
76
Who was the first African American woman to be nominated for Vice President of the United States?
Kamala Harris
Tulsi Gabbard
Shirley Chisholm
Michelle Obama
77
What year did the NFL implement its Rooney Rule for coaching hires?
2003
1991
2001
2005
78
What is the term used to describe the right that African American citizens have to vote in an election?
Voting rights
Racial justice
Affirmative action
Equal rights
79
Who was the first African American president of the NAACP?
Roy Wilkins
Martin Luther King Jr.
Booker T. Washington
W.E.B. Du Bois
80
What NBA team had the first all-black starting lineup in 1971?
New York Knicks
Golden State Warriors
Milwaukee Bucks
Los Angeles Lakers
81
Who was the first African-American to win a NASCAR Cup Series race?
Wendell Scott
Bubba Wallace
Richard Petty
Bill Lester
82
Who was the first African American woman to serve as a space shuttle commander?
Janet Kavandi
Ellen Ochoa
Eileen Collins
Mae Jemison
83
Who was the first African-American to win a boxing world heavyweight title?
Joe Louis
Mike Tyson
Jack Johnson
Muhammad Ali
84
How many African-American quarterbacks have led their team to a Super Bowl victory?
2
3
5
4
85
Who wrote the play "A Raisin in the Sun"?
James Baldwin
Lorraine Hansberry
Toni Morrison
August Wilson
86
What is the name of the civil rights organization founded by Malcolm X in 1964?
Nation of Islam
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Black Panthers
Congress of Racial Equality
87
Who wrote the book titled "The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano"?
Zora Neale Hurston
Toni Morrison
Phillis Wheatley
Olaudah Equiano
88
Who was the first African American actress to win an Academy Award for Best Actress?
Viola Davis
Lupita Nyong'o
Octavia Spencer
Halle Berry
89
Who was the first African American astrophysicist appointed to the faculty at Harvard University?
George Washington Carver
Wanda Austin
Ruth Simmons
Neil Degrasse Tyson
90
Who was the first African American to become a millionaire in the US?
Booker T. Washington
George Washington Carver
Frederick Douglass
Madam C.J. Walker
91
Who was the first African-American to win an Olympic gold medal in wrestling?
Jordan Burroughs
Daniel Cormier
Kyle Snyder
Henry Cejudo
92
Who was the first African-American to win a Grand Slam tennis title?
Serena Williams
Arthur Ashe
Althea Gibson
Venus Williams
93
Who was the first African-American head coach in the NFL?
Tony Dungy
Art Shell
Lovie Smith
Mike Tomlin
94
Who was the first African American heavyweight boxing champion?
George Foreman
Joe Frazier
Jack Johnson
Muhammad Ali
95
Who was the first African-American to win an Olympic gold medal in gymnastics?
Shawn Johnson
Nastia Liukin
Dominique Dawes
Gabby Douglas
96
Who was the first African American elected to be a US Senator?
Hiram Revels
Blanche K. Bruce
Barack Obama
Edward Brooke
97
How many African-American coaches have been named NBA Coach of the Year?
8
2
6
4
98
Who was the first African-American player inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame?
Willie Brown
Marion Motley
Jim Brown
Emmitt Smith
99
Who was the first African-American coach to win an NBA championship?
Tyronn Lue
Pat Riley
Phil Jackson
Doc Rivers
100
Who was the first African-American to win an Olympic gold medal in rowing?
Ellen Tomek
Gevvie Stone
Meghan O'Leary
Vicky Opitz

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Answers

1
What was the first African-American-owned television network to broadcast NBA games?
Black Entertainment Television (BET)
Bounce TV
Aspire TV
Zulu TV
2
Who was the first African American Justice appointed to the US Supreme Court?
Sonia Sotomayor
Thurgood Marshall
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Clarence Thomas
3
Who wrote the influential African-American novel "The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man"?
James Weldon Johnson
W.E.B. Du Bois
Jean Toomer
Zora Neale Hurston
4
Who was the first African-American to win an Olympic gold medal in equestrian?
McLain Ward
Karen O'Connor
Beezie Madden
Phillip Dutton
5
How many African-American players are currently playing in the NBA?
79
44
64
25
6
Who was the first African-American to play Major League Baseball?
Hank Aaron
Jackie Robinson
Satchel Paige
Willie Mays
7
Who was the first African American woman to win an Olympic gold medal?
Wilma Rudolph
Althea Gibson
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Florence Griffith Joyner
8
Who was the first African-American to win an Olympic gold medal in figure skating?
Nancy Kerrigan
Kimmie Meissner
Kristi Yamaguchi
Debi Thomas
9
Who was the first African-American to win an Olympic gold medal in bobsledding?
Steven Holcomb
Jamie Greubel Poser
Elana Meyers Taylor
Shauna Rohbock
10
What year was the first African-American quarterback to start a Super Bowl?
1992
1973
1982
1986
11
Who was the first African-American majority owner of an NBA franchise?
Michael Jordan
Grant Hill
Earvin "Magic" Johnson
Charles Barkley
12
Who was the first African-American to win an Olympic gold medal in snowboarding?
Chloe Kim
Shaun White
Hannah Teter
Kelly Clark
13
Who was the first African-American to win the MVP Award?
Wilt Chamberlain
Bob Cousy
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Oscar Robertson
14
Who led the march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, pressing for the passage of the Voting Rights Act?
Medgar Evers
Fannie Lou Hamer
John Lewis
Hannibal Locke
15
Who was the first African-American head coach in the NHL?
Guy Carbonneau
Willie O'Ree
Bob Johnson
Bruce Boudreau
16
Who was the first African American to be awarded a Nobel Peace Prize?
Nelson Mandela
Martin Luther King Jr.
Ralph Bunche
Desmond Tutu
17
Who was the first African-American to win an Olympic gold medal in short track speed skating?
Apolo Ohno
Shani Davis
Katherine Reutter
J.R. Celski
18
When was the first African-American kicker to play in the NFL?
2002
1968
1993
1981
19
What is the term used to describe the deaths of African Americans at the hands of the police?
Racial injustice
Systemic racism
Institutionalized racism
Police brutality
20
What year did the Emancipation Proclamation come into effect?
1865
1863
1870
1868
21
Who was the first African American to be awarded a Nobel Prize?
W.E.B. Du Bois
Ralph Bunche
Martin Luther King Jr.
Maya Angelou
22
Doug Williams was the first African-American to win a Super Bowl for which team did he play?
The Dallas Cowboys
The Washington Redskins
The Green Bay packers
The San Francisco 49er’s.
23
What year was the Civil Rights Act passed in the US guaranteeing basic rights and freedoms for African Americans?
1954
1948
1965
1960
24
Who was the first African-American to win the AP Offensive Player of the Year Award?
Warren Moon
Steve McNair
Lamar Jackson
Randall Cunningham
25
Who was the first African American to serve as the head of a major television network?
Robert Johnson
Oprah Winfrey
Kenneth Chenault
Frank Redmond
26
Who was the first African-American quarterback to be named MVP of the league?
Russell Wilson
Donovan McNabb
Doug Williams
Steve McNair
27
Who was the first African American awarded a Medal of Honor for his service in the US Army during World War II?
Vernon Baker
Jesse Owens
Ralph Bunche
Henry Johnson
28
Who wrote the iconic poem "Lift Every Voice and Sing"?
James Weldon Johnson
Phillis Wheatley
Maya Angelou
Langston Hughes
29
Who was the first African American to win an Academy Award for Best Actor?
Sidney Poitier
Denzel Washington
Halle Berry
Jamie Foxx
30
What is the name of the event, in 1882, where hundreds of African Americans were murdered by lynching?
The Tulsa Race Massacre
The Wilmington Insurrection
The Red Summer
The Wounded Knee Massacre
31
Who was the first African-American player to be drafted in the NHL?
Mike Marson
Jarome Iginla
Grant Fuhr
Val James
32
Who was the first African-American Heisman Trophy winner?
Tony Dorsett
Desmond Howard
Tim Tebow
Marcus Allen
33
Who wrote the classic African-American novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God"?
Toni Morrison
Lorraine Hansberry
Zora Neale Hurston
Alice Walker
34
Who was the first African-American to win a golf major?
Lee Elder
Calvin Peete
Charles Sifford
Tiger Woods
35
Who was the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for literature?
Gwendolyn Brooks
Toni Morrison
Alice Walker
Langston Hughes
36
Who was the first African-American to win an Olympic gold medal in track and field?
Usain Bolt
Jesse Owens
Carl Lewis
Allyson Felix
37
Who was the first African-American to win an Olympic gold medal in boxing?
Joe Frazier
George Foreman
Sugar Ray Leonard
Muhammad Ali
38
What year was the first African-American head coach hired in the NBA?
1966
1983
1975
1990
39
Who was the first African American to be elected mayor of a major US city?
Andrew Young
Carl Stokes
Harvey Gantt
Coleman Young
40
By what name is the independent nation built by freed slaves in West Africa known?
Senegal
Liberia
Haiti
Ghana
41
Who was the first African American woman to hold a seat in the US Congress?
Barbara Jordan
Joyce Beatty
Nancy Pelosi
Shirley Chisholm
42
Who was the first African American woman in space?
Sally Ride
Mae Jemison
Eileen Collins
Ellen Ochoa
43
Who wrote the autobiography narrative "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl"?
Mary Prince
Toni Morrison
Phillis Wheatley
Harriet Jacobs
44
Who was the first African-American to win an Olympic gold medal in pentathlon?
Trey Hardee
Will Claye
Ashton Eaton
Bryan Clay
45
Who was the first African American woman to serve in the United States Senate?
Elizabeth Warren
Kamala Harris
Carol Moseley Braun
Cory Booker
46
What is the name of the document signed in 1863 that granted freedom to slaves in Confederate-held territories?
Jim Crow Laws
Emancipation Proclamation
Thirteenth Amendment
Dred Scott Decision
47
Who led the Silent Protest Parade in New York City in 1917 in response to the East St. Louis Race Riot?
Ella Baker
Rosa Parks
W.E.B. Du Bois
Ida B. Wells
48
What abolished slavery in the US in 1865?
Fifteenth Amendment
Second Amendment
Fourteenth Amendment
Thirteenth Amendment
49
When was the first African-American to captain an NHL team?
1993
1981
1988
1998
50
Who was the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize for drama?
Lynn Nottage
Lorraine Hansberry
August Wilson
Suzan-Lori Parks
51
What is the term used to describe the system of segregation, inequality and oppression based on race?
Systemic racism
Affirmative action
Institutionalized racism
Jim Crow laws
52
Who was the first African American woman to be elected to the US House of Representatives?
Aja Brown
Eleanor Holmes Norton
Joyce Beatty
Shirley Chisholm
53
Who was the first African American woman pilot to receive her commercial pilot's license?
Oprah Winfrey
Katherine Johnson
Bessie Coleman
Wilma Rudolph
54
How many African-American players are currently in the NHL?
15
10
6
22
55
Who wrote the influential book titled "The Souls of Black Folk"?
W.E.B. Du Bois
William Still
Zora Neale Hurston
James Weldon Johnson
56
Who was the first African-American to win an Olympic gold medal in weightlifting?
Cheryl Haworth
Holley Mangold
Kendrick Farris
Sarah Robles
57
Who was the first African American woman to serve as an American ambassador?
LaKisha Ann Jackson
Patricia Roberts Harris
Carol Moseley Braun
Susan Rice
58
What US Supreme Court ruling declared segregation illegal in public schools?
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education
Obergefell v. Hodges
Roe v. Wade
59
Who was the first African-American to win a Formula 1 race?
Nigel Mansell
Jacques Villeneuve
Willy T. Ribbs
Lewis Hamilton
60
Who was the first African-American to win a U.S. Open golf title?
Jim Thorpe
Tiger Woods
Lee Elder
Charlie Sifford
61
Who was the first African-American coach to reach the Super Bowl?
Lovie Smith
Mike Tomlin
Tony Dungy
Art Shell
62
What is the name of the civil right organization co-founded by Rosa Parks in 1957?
The Congress of Racial Equality
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Highlander Folk School
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
63
Who was the first African-American to win an Olympic gold medal in rowing?
Ellen Tomek
Gevvie Stone
Meghan O'Leary
Vicky Opitz
64
Who was the first African-American to win an Olympic gold medal in diving?
David Boudia
Greg Louganis
Tom Daley
Greg Massialas
65
Who was the first African-American to win an Olympic gold medal in swimming?
Maritza Correia
Anthony Ervin
Simone Manuel
Cullen Jones
66
Who was the first African-American head coach in the NBA?
P.J. Carlesimo
Don Chaney
Don Chaney
Lenny Wilkens
67
Who was the first African American woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize?
Toni Morrison
Shirley Chisholm
Maya Angelou
Alice Walker
68
What was the name of the African-American newspaper published by W.E.B. Du Bois from 1910 to 1928?
Freedom's Journal
The Crisis
The Defender
The Liberator
69
Who was the first African-American to play in the NBA?
Earl Lloyd
Elgin Baylor
Bill Russell
Wilt Chamberlain
70
What was the first organization to successfully challenge racial segregation in the US?
Highlander Folk School
NAACP
Congress of Racial Equality
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
71
What year was the first all-black line composed of three players in the NHL?
1989
2001
1992
1995
72
Who was the first African-American player to be drafted in the NBA?
Chuck Cooper
Alvin Adams
Earl Lloyd
Bill Russell
73
Who led the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955 to protest racial segregation?
Ida B. Wells
Claudette Colvin
Martin Luther King Jr.
Rosa Parks
74
Who was the first African-American to win an Olympic gold medal in judo?
Ronda Rousey
Marti Malloy
Travis Stevens
Kayla Harrison
75
Where was the first African-American college founded?
Howard University
Morehouse College
Tuskegee University
Wilberforce University
76
Who was the first African American woman to be nominated for Vice President of the United States?
Kamala Harris
Tulsi Gabbard
Shirley Chisholm
Michelle Obama
77
What year did the NFL implement its Rooney Rule for coaching hires?
2003
1991
2001
2005
78
What is the term used to describe the right that African American citizens have to vote in an election?
Voting rights
Racial justice
Affirmative action
Equal rights
79
Who was the first African American president of the NAACP?
Roy Wilkins
Martin Luther King Jr.
Booker T. Washington
W.E.B. Du Bois
80
What NBA team had the first all-black starting lineup in 1971?
New York Knicks
Golden State Warriors
Milwaukee Bucks
Los Angeles Lakers
81
Who was the first African-American to win a NASCAR Cup Series race?
Wendell Scott
Bubba Wallace
Richard Petty
Bill Lester
82
Who was the first African American woman to serve as a space shuttle commander?
Janet Kavandi
Ellen Ochoa
Eileen Collins
Mae Jemison
83
Who was the first African-American to win a boxing world heavyweight title?
Joe Louis
Mike Tyson
Jack Johnson
Muhammad Ali
84
How many African-American quarterbacks have led their team to a Super Bowl victory?
2
3
5
4
85
Who wrote the play "A Raisin in the Sun"?
James Baldwin
Lorraine Hansberry
Toni Morrison
August Wilson
86
What is the name of the civil rights organization founded by Malcolm X in 1964?
Nation of Islam
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Black Panthers
Congress of Racial Equality
87
Who wrote the book titled "The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano"?
Zora Neale Hurston
Toni Morrison
Phillis Wheatley
Olaudah Equiano
88
Who was the first African American actress to win an Academy Award for Best Actress?
Viola Davis
Lupita Nyong'o
Octavia Spencer
Halle Berry
89
Who was the first African American astrophysicist appointed to the faculty at Harvard University?
George Washington Carver
Wanda Austin
Ruth Simmons
Neil Degrasse Tyson
90
Who was the first African American to become a millionaire in the US?
Booker T. Washington
George Washington Carver
Frederick Douglass
Madam C.J. Walker
91
Who was the first African-American to win an Olympic gold medal in wrestling?
Jordan Burroughs
Daniel Cormier
Kyle Snyder
Henry Cejudo
92
Who was the first African-American to win a Grand Slam tennis title?
Serena Williams
Arthur Ashe
Althea Gibson
Venus Williams
93
Who was the first African-American head coach in the NFL?
Tony Dungy
Art Shell
Lovie Smith
Mike Tomlin
94
Who was the first African American heavyweight boxing champion?
George Foreman
Joe Frazier
Jack Johnson
Muhammad Ali
95
Who was the first African-American to win an Olympic gold medal in gymnastics?
Shawn Johnson
Nastia Liukin
Dominique Dawes
Gabby Douglas
96
Who was the first African American elected to be a US Senator?
Hiram Revels
Blanche K. Bruce
Barack Obama
Edward Brooke
97
How many African-American coaches have been named NBA Coach of the Year?
8
2
6
4
98
Who was the first African-American player inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame?
Willie Brown
Marion Motley
Jim Brown
Emmitt Smith
99
Who was the first African-American coach to win an NBA championship?
Tyronn Lue
Pat Riley
Phil Jackson
Doc Rivers
100
Who was the first African-American to win an Olympic gold medal in rowing?
Ellen Tomek
Gevvie Stone
Meghan O'Leary
Vicky Opitz