SCHout Black History Month Quiz

Question 1

What was the first African American owned-and-operated newspaper?

Accepted Answer

Freedom's Journal

Question 2

Who was the first African American Nobel Peace Prize winner?

Accepted Answer

Ralph Bunche

Question 3

Who was the first African American to perform at the White House?

Accepted Answer

"Blind Tom" Wiggins

Question 4

Where was the first "sit-in" at a segregated lunch counter?

Accepted Answer

Greensboro, North Carolina

Question 5

Before it became Black History Month what was the observance of Black History called?

Accepted Answer

Negro History Week

Question 6

Who was the first African American to serve as a U.S. Senator?

Accepted Answer

Hiram Revels

Question 7

Who signed The Emancipation Act?

Accepted Answer

Abraham Lincoln

Question 8

At its height, what was the slave population in the U.S.?

Accepted Answer

About 4 Million

Question 9

An all white jury acquitted J. W. Milam and Roy Bryant for the murder of whom?

Accepted Answer

Emmett Till

Question 10

Who was the first African American to win an Academy Award?

Accepted Answer

Hattie McDaniel

Question 11

Who was the first African American to serve as a US Supreme Court Justice?

Accepted Answer

Thurgood Marshall

Question 12

Where was Malcolm X killed?

Accepted Answer

Audubon Ballroom, Manhattan

Question 13

What year was the Thirteenth Amendment ratified, abolishing slavery?

Accepted Answer

1865

Question 14

Who was the first African American Major League Baseball player?

Accepted Answer

Jackie Robinson

Question 15

Who is considered the "Father of Black History"?

Accepted Answer

Carter G. Woodson

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