In 1929, the Mexican President issued a decree that sparked the Texas Revolution. Name the decree.

The immediate abolition of Slavery in Texas -9/16/1929

What was the first nation-wide labor union led by an African American (1925)?

Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters

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)

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

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