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1
Who was the first African American to appear on a postage stamp?
Harriet Tubman
Booker T. Washington
Martin Luther King Jr.
Jackie Robinson
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In what city did the National Guard try to prevent African American students from attending school in 1957?
Columbia, South Carolina
Little Rock, Arkansas
Oxford, Mississippi
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
3
At the time of her historic bus incident, what was Rosa Parks' occupation?
High School Cafeteria Worker
Hospital Orderly
Drugstore Clerk
Department Store Seamstress
4
The first president of the NAACP was white.
True
False
5
How many African Americans have served in the US Senate since it first convened in 1789?
81
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27
112
6
What state was the first to elect an African American governor, doing so in 1989?
Mississippi
Delaware
Washington
Virginia
7
What is the name of the first black newspaper?
Freedom's Pilot
Freedom's Press
Freedom's Journal
Freedom's Chronicle
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What group launched the Freedom Rides in 1961?
SNCC - Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
SCLC - Southern Christian Leadership Conference
CORE - Congress of Racial Equality
ACLU - American Civil Liberties Union
9
Why is Black History Month celebrated in February?
February has Valentine's Day
The Civil Rights Act was passed in February
February has the birthdays of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln
Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday is in February
10
Who was elected chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in 1966?
Charles E. Cobb Jr.
John Lewis
Martin Luther King Jr.
Stokely Carmichael
11
Arthur Ashe was a famous...
Track star
Tennis player
Basketball player
Baseball player
12
What was Muhammad Ali's original name?
Marcellus Moore
Leviticus Lewis
Harry Winston
Cassius Clay
13
What was the name of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s father's church?
Ebenezer Baptist
Atlanta Southern Baptist
Southern Church of the People
Atlanta Tabernacle
14
Who was the first African American performer to win an Academy Award?
Denzel Washington
Diana Ross
Morgan Freeman
Hattie McDaniel
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Jackie Robinson was the first African American to do what?
hit a home run at Yankees Stadium
play major league basketball
play major league baseball
make a touchdown in Giant's Stadium
16
Who was the first African American to win a gold medal at the Olympics?
Jesse Owens
George Poage
John Taylor
William DeHart Hubbard
17
Who wrote the bestselling memoir "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"?
Coretta Scott King
Maya Angelou
Rosa Parks
Fannie Lou Hamer
18
In what midwestern city did Dr. Hale Williams establish the 1st African American Hospital?
Chicago, 1891
Indianapolis, 1891
Detroit, 1891
St. Louis, 1891
19
Garrett Morgan is responsible for which two inventions?
Traffic light, cars
Gas mask, stop sign
Traffic light, gas mask
Stop sign, traffic light
20
Who was the plaintiff in the Supreme Court decision that upheld the legal doctrine of "separate but equal?"
Homer Plessy
Oliver Brown
Dred Scott
Theodore S. Wright
21
What was the symbol for the Lowndes County Freedom Organization in Alabama?
A Black Panther
A Balance Scale
The letters MLK
A Raised Fist
22
Charles Drew is responsible for which of the following?
refrigerator
plastic surgery
blood banks
libraries
23
Who was the first African American to head coach in the NFL?
Art Shell
Ray Rhodes
Fritz Pollard
Tony Dungy
24
In 1960, four African American students staged a sit-in that helped integrate this store's lunch counter.
Walmart
W.T. Grant
S.S. Murphy
Woolworth's
25
What famous baseball player said, "Today's black athletes have no idea what we had to endure."
Hank Aaron
Willie Mays
Ernie Banks
Bob Gibson
