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1
Which pole did Matthew Henson read with explorer Robert Peary?
The South Pole
The West Pole
The North Pole
The East Pole
2
What do the initials NAACP stand for?
National African Activist Civil Protest
National African Artist Coalition Party
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
National Association of African American Craft Persons
3
The African American group founded in 1966 to address issues affecting black people like inequality and police brutality
The Democratic Black Caucus
The Democratic Party
The Black Panthers
The NAACP
4
What sport did Jackie Robinson play?
Football
Tennis
Baseball
Soccer
5
In which decade did young African Americans start hip hop music?
The 90s
the early 2000s
The 70s
The 60s
6
Who wrote the book
Roots
?
Barack Obama
Alex Haley
Maya Angelou
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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What was Muhammad Ali's original name?
Terry Crews
Rocky Balboa
Cassius Clay
Apollo Creed
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What is the name of the African American fighter pilot group formed during WWII?
The Flying Tigers
The Flying Aces
The Screaming Eagles
The Tuskegee Airmen
9
What is the name of the novel that earned author Alice Walker a Pulitzer Prize?
The Color Purple
Beloved
Their Eyes Were Watching God
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
10
What president issued the Emancipation Proclamation freeing the slaves?
John F. Kennedy
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
11
What part of New York City became popular for African American artists, writers, and musicians in the 1920s?
The Bronx
Bensonhurst
Manhattan
Harlem
12
What is the name of the Supreme Court case that opened all public schools to black students?
Plessy vs Ferguson
The Civil Rights Act
The Nondiscrimination Act
Brown vs The Board of Education
13
Who was the first African American Woman elected to the U.S. Congress?
Maya Angelou
Michelle Obama
Harriet Tubman
Shirley Chisholm
14
Who was the founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference?
Harriet Tubman
Barack Obama
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Abraham Lincoln
15
Who was the first African American to win an Academy Award for Best Actor?
Sydney Poitier
Morgan Freeman
Will Smith
Kevin Hart
16
Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution made slavery illegal?
The 19th Amendment
The 14th Amendment
The 18th Amendment
The 13th Amendment
17
In which year did President Lincoln sign the Emancipation Proclamation?
1896
1776
1863
1892
18
Who is the first black female astronaut?
Angela Harris
Rosa Parks
Dr. Mae C. Jemison
Oprah Winfrey
19
Which great jazz musician was nicknamed "Satchmo"?
Louis Armstrong
Snoop Dogg
Dr. Dre
Kanye West
20
What did Rosa Parks refuse to do in 1955?
Give up her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery Alabama
Go to a segregated school.
Get off of a train
Give up her rights as a U.S. Citizen
21
What was the name of the protests in the South in which black and white people rode together on buses?
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Southern Bus Protest
The Great Bus Ride
Freedom Rides
22
What secret escape system did Harriet Tubman use to lead hundreds of slaves to freedom?
The L & N Railroad
Trap Doors
The New York Subway
The Underground Railroad
23
Whose iconic speech included the words, "I have a dream"?
Dr. Dre
Nelson Mandela
Abraham Lincoln
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
24
Which 1964 act declared that people be treated fairly, no matter the color of their skin?
Brown vs The Board of Education
The Civil Rights Act
The Constitution
The NAACP
25
Who was the first African American supreme court justice?
Barack Obama
Thurgood Marshall
Chris Rock
Clarence Thomas
