Ruby Bridges was the first black child to ___________________.

integrate an all-white elementary school

An American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist

Who were the Tuskegee Airmen?

All of these answers are correct

Rode buses to segregated places challenging local laws that segregated public buses?

1961 activists group called "Freedom Riders"

Historically Black Colleges and Universities

What was Harriet Tubman famous for?

All of these answers are correct

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1
What occupation did Neil deGrasse Tyson NOT Do?
Scientist
Waiter
Astrophysicist
Writer
2
What is Rosa Parks famous for?
The Montgomery Bus Boycot
All of these answers.
Being arrested for civil disobedience in Alabama
being secretary of the Montgomery chapter of the NAACP
3
Which Ballet Company did Anne Raven Wilkinson join (as the first African-American to join a major dance company)?
New York
San Francisco
Amsterdam
Monte Carlo
4
Which of the following artists is known for being the "Godfather of Soul"?
Trombone Shorty
Michael Jackson
Ray Charles
James Brown
5
Who wrote "Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut"?
Curtis Graves
Elizabeth Freeman
Derrick Barnes
August Wilson
6
"The Mother of the Modern-day Civil Rights Movement," she refused to give up her bus seat
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Ralph David Abernathy Sr. (1926 – 1990)
Rosa Parks (1913 – 2005)
1961 activists group called "Freedom Riders"
7
Ruby Bridges was the first black child to ___________________.
Visit the Supreme Court
Sit with white children on the bus
skip first grade
integrate an all-white elementary school
8
Which musical legend sings this song?
Ray Charles
Trombone Shorty
Aretha Franklin
Nina Simone
9
Who is Maya Angelou
An American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist
a dancer
Vice President
a singer
10
What country is Oprah's leadership academy for girls in?
France
USA
Mexico
South Africa
11
Who is this a picture of?
Booker T. Washington
Barack Obama
Rev Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
W.E.B. Du Bois
12
What did Bayard Rustin teach Martin Luther King Jr.?
Respect
Bus Boycotts
How to Lobby Congress
Non-Violence
13
Modern day writer best known for her debut novel, "The Hate U Give," now a movie.
Angie Thomas
Jacqueline Woodson
Jacqueline Kennedy
Joy Reid
14
What is disenfranchisement?
Not having the right to vote
Having the right to vote
Believing in everything
Not believing in anything
15
Who were the Tuskegee Airmen?
African-American military pilots (fighter and bomber)
All of these answers are correct
educated at Tuskegee Institute (now the Tuskegee University)
Airmen who fought in World War II
16
Who was Frederick Douglass?
national leader of the abolitionist movement
Douglass wrote several autobiographies
social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman
All of these answers
17
Rode buses to segregated places challenging local laws that segregated public buses?
Ralph David Abernathy Sr. (1926 – 1990)
Rosa Parks (1913 – 2005)
Montgomery Bus Boycott
1961 activists group called "Freedom Riders"
18
Shirley Chisholm was a congressional representative from what Congressional District from 1969-1981?
Boston
Wichita
New York
Philadelphia
19
What is an HBCU?
a school where only Black students could enroll
High Schools Better Called Universities
Historically Black Colleges and Universities
a college where only white students could enroll
20
Modern day writer best known for "Miracle's Boys," and "Brown Girl Dreaming."
Jacqueline Woodson
Joy Reid
Angie Thomas
Jacqueline Kennedy
21
What was Harriet Tubman famous for?
All of these answers are correct
American abolitionist and political activist
activist in the movement for women's suffrage
made about 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people
22
On September 12th, 1992 Mae Jamison became the first African American woman in space
True
False

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