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1
The first group of freedom riders were...
12 African Americans
7 African Americans and 6 white Americans
9 African Americans and 4 white Americans
10 African Americans and 5 white Americans
2
Making Oscars history, Denzel Washington and Halle Berry won Best Actor and Best Actress at which award ceremony?
72nd Academy Award
74th Academy Award
77th Academy Award
73rd Academy Award
3
The Freedom Riders were integrated civil rights activists who:
fought for free bus rides
rode buses into segregated cities as a peaceful protest
were angry people who refused to let minorities on the bus
used violence as a way to gain attention
4
Who were the Buffalo Soldiers?
Black soldiers in the civil war.
A name given to white soldiers who died in the civil war.
Regiments of African American army troops.
Slaves from a plantation in Georgia
5
What was the name of the newspaper that Fredrick Douglass started?
Southern Values
The Free People
The North Star
New England Gazette
6
Which is true about the march from Selma to Montgomery?
All answers are true
It grew to almost 25,000 marchers
It couldn't be completed in one attempt
It included a fight on the Edmund Pettus Bridge
7
Josephine Baker was?
All of the Above
An activist during the Civil Rights Movement
A French spy during World War 2
A dancer during the 1920s
8
Who was the 1st black girl to desegregate an all white school in Louisiana?
Keke Palmer
Zendaya
Janet Jackson
Ruby Bridges
9
The 9 major historically black fraternities and sororities are also known as...
The Fine 9
9 and company
The Notorious 9
The Divine 9
10
What river Was Emmett Till Pulled From?
Tallahatchie River
Red River
The Nile River
Mississippi River
11
Who was the first black president?
Barack Obama
Martin Luther King Jr.
Malcolm X
Langston Hughes
12
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
A popular dance
A march across the US.
Cultural movement that flourished across the US in the 1920's.
A railroad system
13
How long was the “I Have A Dream” Speech?
23 minutes
17 minutes
40 minutes
13 hours
14
Who was the first black Miss America?
Kenya Moore
Vanessa Williams
Tyra Banks
Carole Gist
15
Which of the following is *NOT* a Historically Black College or University?
Tennessee State University
Temple University
Howard University
Flordia Agricultural and Mechanical University
16
Where was the Black Wall Street located?
Harlem, NY
Detroit, MI
Chicago, IL
Tulsa, OK
17
The Selma march was intended to promote the right to freely do this
Protest
work
Sing and dance
Vote
18
How long was the Selma March?
Fifteen miles
Five miles
Sixty-six miles
Fifty-four miles
19
Who was the first African American female to travel in space?
Judith Resnick
Beth Moses
Sally Ride
Mae Carol Jemison
20
When was MLK assassinated?
April 5, 1967
April 9, 1966
April 4, 1968
April 7, 1964
21
Why did Rosa Parks get arrested?
She slept on a white lady
She sat in the front of the bus and refused to move to a seat in the back
She was being mean to the busdriver
She didn't pay for the ticket of the bus
22
How did Dorie Miller became famous after the attack on Pearl Harbor?
He shot down two Japanese planes with no training.
He didn't receive the Medal of Honor b/c he was black.
All of the above.
He rescued men from a burning and sinking ship.
23
What were the laws called that separated black people from white people?
Emancipation Act
Lincoln Laws
Jim Crow Laws
Amendments
24
What did Maya Angelou do when the man who hurt her was found dead?
Cried
Stopped talking
Sang
Wrote a poem
25
Who was the first African American to win an Academy Award?
Dorothy Dandridge
Sidney Poitier
Hattie McDaniel
Halle Berry
26
Who was Ella Fitzgerald?
A soul singer.
A jazz singer.
A pop singer.
An opera singer.
27
Shirley Chisholm made a bid for US Presidency in 1972 with which slogan?
Unbought and Unbossed
A Time for Greatness
Make America Great
We Are Turning the Corner
28
What is the formal name for the Divine 9?
National HBCU organizations
National Sororities and Fraternities (NSF)
None of the above
National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC)
29
George Washington Carver revolutionized the southern economy with his experiments in:
crop rotation
soil building and plant diseases
farm automation
soil building, plant diseases, and crop rotation
30
What does the acronym NAACP stand for?
the National African American Coalition of Participants
the New American Ambassodors of Cultural Promise
Not All Americans Cook Peas
National Association for the Advancements of Colored Pepole
31
At its height, what was the slave population in the U.S.?
4 Million
2 Million
500,000
3 Million
32
What happened at this church in Birmingham in 1963?
The starting point for the Selma marches
MLK was assassinated here
A bombed killed 4 black boys
A bomb killed 4 black girls
33
Who was the first African American major league baseball player?
Satchel Paige
Ernie Banks
Jackie Robinson
Larry Doby
34
Who was Nat Turner?
Leader of a slave uprising in Virginia, 1831.
Jackson's vice president.
Long time supporter of Southern state rights.
Led raid on Harper's Ferry
35
When was Black History Month created?
1928
1920
1926
1924
36
Hidden Figures is a movie about 3 brilliant African American women who worked at:
the FBI
White House
the CIA
NASA
37
Famous African American pilots who fought during WWII were called?
High Flyers
Red Tails Black Wings
The Flying Irish
The Tuskegee Airmen
38
Where was Malcolm X killed?
His House, Queens
Downtown Boston
Massachusetts States Prison
Audubon Ballroom, Manhattan
39
What year did the Little Rock Nine integrate Central High School?
1954
1957
1909
1998
40
Who became one of the most famous and daring conductors of the Underground Railroad ?
Harriet Tubman
Rosa Parks
Frederick Douglas
Sojourner Truth
41
Black history month started as __________.
African History Month
African American History Week
Negro History Week
Negro History Month
42
What Act was passed to try to end segregation for black Americans?
The Bill of Rights
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1965
The Voting Rights Act of 1965
43
The Freedom Riders in the US were protesting against
Africans Americans using buses because they should walk
Segregation on buses and in public venues
Bus fares having different rates for races
Desegragation on buses and in public venues
44
Thurgood Marshall was a lawyer and the 1st African American Justice for the __________.
Mayor's office
Supreme Court
Capitol
White House
45
What is the name of the first HBCU established?
Howard University
Bethune-Cookman University
Florida A&M University
Cheney University
46
Madame Walker was the first American woman millionaire. What did she invent?
Meat curing products
Cotton gin
Hair straightening system
Patented a watch
47
Who were the three victims of the Mississippi Burning ?
Andy Sharpe, Matthew Harrington, and Jimmy Snowden
James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner
James Harris, Michael Davis, and Andrew Tucker
Joshua Roberts, Cecil Price, and Jimmy Arledge
