Black History Mentee Trivia

Question 1

What is the fifteenth amendment?

Accepted Answer

Black men were given the right to vote

Question 2

Who gave the "I have a dream" speech?

Accepted Answer

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Question 3

When was Malcom X born?

Accepted Answer

May 19, 1925

Question 4

Who was the former American slave, the first black to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives?

Accepted Answer

Joseph Hayne Rainey

Question 5

Which historically black sorority was founded second?

Accepted Answer

Delta Sigma Theta

Question 6

What event sparked the modern Civil Rights Movement in the United States?

Accepted Answer

The Montgomery bus boycott

Question 7

What Black slave became a naval hero for the Union in the American Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Robert Smalls

Question 8

What are the 4 colors used for black history month?

Accepted Answer

Black, Yellow, green, and Red

Question 9

Harriet Tubman husband a slave?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 10

What team did the first MLB African-American baseball player, of the modern era, play for?

Accepted Answer

Brooklyn Dodgers, 1947

Question 11

Who didn't give up their seat to a white man on a Montgomery Bus in 1955?

Accepted Answer

Rosa Parks

Question 12

Who wrote “Lift Every Voice & Sing” aka the Negro National Anthem?

Accepted Answer

James Weldon Johnson

Question 13

Who was the first-ever African American player in MLB?

Accepted Answer

Jackie Robinson

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