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1
Who was the first black girl to desegregate an all white school in Louisiana?
Keke Palmer
Ruby Bridges
Zendaya
Janet Jackson
2
What famous athlete is known for this saying, "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee."
Muhammad Ali
Michael Jordan
Jim Brown
Jesse Owens
3
Black History is celebrated in the month of...
February
July
October
January
4
Which group made a controversial song about the police after the LA riots?
Will Smith
Public Enemy
NWA
Run DMC
5
Who was the first black Miss America?
Vanessa Williams
Suzette Charles
Kimberly Aiken
Debbye Turner
6
What social justice group was Tupacs mother a part of?
BMA
Black Panther Party
NAACP
African Americans for Equal Rights
7
What was the first African American College in the United States?
Spellman University
Cheyney University
Xavier University
Morehouse College
8
Who is the first black women to be ranked No. 1 by the Women's Tennis Association?
Venus Williams
Sloane Stephens
Serena Williams
Althea Gibson
9
Who is the first black woman to be promoted to principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre?
Michaela DePrince
Lauren Anderson
Janet Collins
Misty Copeland
10
Who was the first black president?
Thurgood Marshall
Abraham Lincoln
Martin Luther King Jr.
Barack Obama
11
Who triggered a boycott by refusing to give up their seat to a white passenger on a bus?
Rosa Parks
Sojourner Truth
Harriett Tubman
Madam C.J. Walker
12
What started the LA Riots
The beating of Rodney King
OJ Simpsons Acquital
Michael Jacksons Thriller
A song by Public Enemy
13
What was the Civil Rights Movement?
A goal to end racial segregation and discrimination
When we moved to the right and it was civil
A way to resolve violence
A way to tie your shoes
14
Who was the first black actress to receive Best Actress Oscar?
Oprah
Halle Berry
Zendaya
Ella Fitzgerald
15
Who was the first black millionaire?
Sean "Diddy" Combs
Madam C.J. Walker
Oprah Winfrey
Beyonce
16
This 1984 sitcom was the highest ranking sitcom for five consecutive years.
The Cosby Show
A Different World
The Jeffersons
Good Times
17
Who signed the Emancipation Act?
Andrew Johnson
Abraham Lincoln
John F Kennedy Jr
Barack Obama
18
Who helped hundreds of slaves in the south escape to freedom?
Harriet Tubman
Sojourner Truth
Betty Shabazz
Rosa Parks
19
Who was the first African American Disney Princess?
Elena
Tiana
Merida
Penny Proud
20
Who killed Tupac?
Suge Knight
He's not dead
Notorious BIG
The police
21
Where was Malcolm X killed?
Audubon Ballroom, Manhattan
Massachusetts State Prison
Downtown Boston
His house in Queens
22
I see no changes all I see is racist faces. Misplaced hate makes disgrace to races ~ Author?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Childish Gambino
Thurgood Marshall
Tupac
23
Was OJ Guilty?
No
Yes
24
Who killed Martin Luther King Jr?
Burchell Loraine James
Billy Ray Cyrus
James Earl Ray
William Johnson
25
Who was the first African American justice on the Supreme Court of the United States?
Barack Obama
Thurgood Marshall
Johnnie Cochran
Clarence Thomas
26
Who was the first black baseball player in Major League Baseball?
Sammy Sosa
Jackie Robinson
Michael Jordan
Bo Jackson
27
Who was the first African American to win an Academy Award in a leading role?
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Denzel Washington
Halle Berry
Sidney Poitier
28
Who was the first African American to travel in space?
Alan Bartlett Shepard, Jr.
Mae Carol Jemison
Guion Stewart Bluford
Ronald McNair
29
Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated~Author?
Rosa Parks
Coretta Scott King
Malcolm X
Martin Luther King Jr
30
What name was given to the escape system used by slaves in the late 1800s?
The Underground Railroad
The Underground Train
The Underground Subway
The Underground Bus
31
Who gave the " I have a dream speech"?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Marcus Garvey
Thurgood Marshall
Malcolm X
32
What movie tells the story of three black women who helped astronaut John Glen into orbit?
Space Figures
Hidden Orbit
Hidden Figures
Off Into Space
33
At its height, what was the slave population in the US?
~2,000,000
~1,000,000
~4,000,000
~500,000
34
Which was the first show to portray a successful black family?
Good Times
The Jeffersons
Fresh Prince of Bel Air
The Cosby Show
35
What year was the 13th Amendment ratified, abolishing slavery?
1872
1862
1865
1867
36
Who was the first African American First Lady of the United States?
Condolezza Rice
Oprah Winfrey
Michelle Obama
Viola Davis
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Where was the first "sit in" at a segregated lunch counter?
Atlanta, GA
Greensboro, NC
Jackson, MI
Charleston, SC
