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Duplicate of Celebrating Black History Month
Duplicate of Celebrating Black History Month
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A quiz for the purpose of expanding the knowledge of black history and popular culture
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1
He discovered hundreds of uses for previously useless foods including the peanut.
Jesse Owens
Reggie Jackson
George Washington Carver
Dr. Charles Drew
2
Before Rosa Parks, this black woman sat in the “whites only” section on a segregated bus and was also arrested...
Elizabeth Jennings Graham
Sojourner Truth
Claudette Colvin
Shirley Chisholm
3
What month is Black History Month?
June
July
February
January
4
The Supreme Court declared that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional in this case...
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
Loving v. Virginia (1967)
Plessy v. Fegusen (1896)
Brown v. The Board of Ed. (1954)
5
Who was the first African American to play Major League Baseball?
Hank Aaron
Jackie Robinson
Willie Mays
Satchel Paige
6
Who holds 35 Grammy Awards, including being the first black woman to win Best Country Album?
Aretha Franklin
Missy Elliott
Lauryn Hill
Beyonce
7
Kamala Harris was the first African American president.
False
True
8
This term means refusing to buy a good or use a service as a form of protest.
smuggle
march
boycott
sit-in
9
Who was the first African American to serve as Secretary of State?
Thurgood Marshall
Barack Obama
Colin Powell
Ben Carson
10
How old was Martin Luther King Jr. when he entered college?
21
19
15
17
11
Who was the first African American Supreme Court Justice?
Thurgood Marshall
William Henry Hastie Jr.
Clarence Thomas
Michael Morgan
12
Dr. King is famous for his "I Have a Dream" speech.
False
True
13
What was Malcolm X’s birth name?
Malcolm Jenkins
Malcolm Lee
Malcolm I.T Middle
Malcolm Little
14
Name the escape system, led by Harriet Tubman and others to help slaves escape in the 1800s.
The Underground Railroad
The Pony Express
The Righteous Road
The Fleet to Freedom
15
First African American female pilot was...
Bessie Coleman
Amelia Earhart
Aretha Franklin
Barbara Jones
16
The Civil War was fought over slavery.
False
True
17
What is the oldest civil rights organization still working today?
CORE
SNCC
The Black Panther Party
NAACP
18
Why is Rosa Parks famous?
She became a lawyer
She was an actress
She freed slaves
She stood up to segregation
19
Abraham Lincoln was the president who issued the Emancipation Proclamation to free the slaves.
True
False
20
What does the "H" in HBCU stand for?
Howard
Humanitarian
Historically
Hysterically
21
Who was the first African-American to appear on a U.S. postage stamp?
Harriet Tubman
Jackie Robinson
Booker T. Washington
Martin Luther King Jr.
