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Black History Quiz
Black History Quiz
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Take this quiz to see how much you really know about the history of Black America.
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1
She was the first African-American student at an all White school in New Orleans, Louisiana
Sojourner Truth
Linda Brown
Ruby Bridge
Harriet Tubman
2
This Civil rights leader founded the United Negro Improvement Association
Dred Scott
Marcus Garvey
Harriet Tubman
Frederick Douglas
3
Which civil rights leader lead a successful effort to desegregate buses in Montgomery, Alabama?
None of the above
Medgar Evers
Malcolm X
Martin Luther King Jr.
4
This famous leader of the 20th Century spent time in jail before converting to Islam
Malcolm X
Barack Obama
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Marcus Garvey
5
Which civil rights leaders became the NAACP's first field secretary in 1954?
none of the above
Medgar Evers
Marcus Garvey
Martin Luther King Jr.
6
What is Rosa Parks known for:
Who is Rosa Parks?
founding the National society of Black Engineering
refusing to give up her seat for a white person
spitting in a police officer's face
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This 30 year old shoemaker was arrested for refusing to move from a Whites only railroad car
John Brown
Langston Hughes
Marcus Garvey
Homer Plessy
8
What notable African-American civil rights leader founded the NAACP
Clarence Thomas
Rev. Al Sharpton
none of the above
Booker T. Washington
9
This slave sued his owner for his freedom and lost in the Supreme Court in 1857
Frederick Douglas
Nat Turner
Marcus Garvey
Dred Scott
10
Who got famous when her father sued the Topeka, Kansas Board of Education in 1951?
Linda Brown
Harriet Tubman
none of the above
Rudy Bridges
11
This slave made numerous trips back to the South in order to help other slaves escape
Harriet Tubman
Dred Scott
Linda Brown
John Brown
12
Civil rights leader worked with MLK Jr. & became the 2nd African-American to run for President
Rev. Al Sharpton
Rev. Jesse Jackson
Barack Obama
Nat Turner
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What escaped slave helped other slaves to escape and later became an anti-slavery
Mary McLeod Bethune
Linda Brown
Ruby Bridges
Sojourner Truth
14
One of the greatest athletes of the 20th Century and outspoken civil rights leader
Michael Jordan
Muhammad Ali
Joe Louis
Sonny Liston
15
What former slave made a Black only, Sunday school where he taught children to read and write?
John Brown
Sojourner Truth
Frederick Douglas
Dred Scott
