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#African American History Month
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1
Who was the first African American Major League Baseball player?
Jackie Robinson
Larry Doby
Ernie Banks
Satchel Paige
2
What did African Americans gain in the United States with the 15th Amendment?
Freedom from Slavery
Voting Rights
Right to Citizenship Status
Right to Sit Anywhere
3
An all white jury acquitted J. W. Milam and Roy Bryant for the murder of whom?
Emmett Till
Martin Luther King Jr.
Medgar Evers
Malcolm X
4
After accidentally slicing potatoes too thin, he created the potato chip.
Lewis Latimer
George Crum
Percy Julian
Ernest Just
5
He invented the world-famous watergun, the Supersoaker.
Matthew Henson
Emmett Chappelle
Claude Steele
Lonnie G. Johnson
6
This Inventor received a patent for his invention of the mop.
Ben Carson
Stewart Thomas
Jesse Owens
Emmett Chappelle
7
This inventor discovered over 300 uses for the peanut.
Claude Steele
Ronald McNair
Henry McBay
Dr. George Washington Carver
8
Who was the only African American among the original NAACP executives?
W.E.B. Du Bois
Rosa Parks
Frederick Douglass
Martin Luther King Jr.
9
Before it became Black History Month what was the observance of Black History called?
Negro History Week
Slave History Week
Freedom Day
Black Rights Awareness Day
10
Who broke three track and field World Records in 45 minutes at Ohio State?
Maurice Greene
Michael Johnson
Jesse Owens
Carl Lewis
11
Who was the first African American to serve as a US Supreme Court Justice?
Charles Hamilton Houston
Clarence Thomas
William Henry Hastie
Thurgood Marshall
12
Who holds the record of 100 points scored in a single NBA game?
Earl "the Pearl" Monroe
Wilt Chamberlain
Lebron James
Michael Jordan
13
What was the nickname for the all Black 332nd Fighter Group of the U.S. Army Air Corps?
51st Regiment
Flying Blue Aces
Tuskegee Airmen
92nd bomber squadron
14
Who is the author who wrote" I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"?
Maya Angelou
Alice Walker
Toni Morrison
June Jordan
15
Charles Drew is responsible for which of the following?
Blood banks
Refrigerator
Microwave
Plastic surgery
16
Where was the first "sit-in" at a segregated lunch counter?
Atlanta, Georgia
Greensboro, North Carolina
Jackson, Mississippi
Charleston, South Carolina
17
Who was the first African American poet to win an Pulitzer Prize?
Maya Angelou
Gwendolyn Brooks
Terry McMillian
Toni Morrison
18
What service did the first African American female millionaire, Madame C.J. Walker, provide?
Investment advice
Beauty products
Food distribution
Chopsticks
19
He was held in such high regard, his inventions were called "the Real McCoy."
McCoy Morgan
Bart McCoy
Sir Drake McCoy
Elijah McCoy
20
Garrett Morgan is responsible for which two inventions?
Gas mask,Stop sign
Stop sign,Traffic light
Traffic light,Cars
Traffic light, Gas mask