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How much do you know about African American history?
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Who was the first African American ever appointed to the United States Supreme Court?
Hill Harper
Thurgood Marshall
Clarence Thomas
Fredrick Douglass
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First black recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature
Toni Morrison
Willie Thrower
Langston Hughes
Michael Steele
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Who was the leader of the Black Panther Party?
Ronald Davis
Angela Davis
Huey P. Newton
Malcom X
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Who was the first African American woman elected to the U.S. Congress?
Shirly Chisholm
Joyce Beatty
Gwen Moore
Maxine Waters
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First African American Miss America?
Keisha Roberts
Serena Williams
Brandy Norwood
Vanessa Williams
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First published black poet?
Gwendolyn Brooks
Maya Angelou
Nikki Giovanni
Phillis Wheatley
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Before the phrase "Black History Month" What was the phrase used to celebrate Black History?
"Black Heritage Month"
"Negro History Week"
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First african american major league baseball player?
Larry Doby
Willie Mays
Jackie Robinson
Hank Aaron
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What court case ruled that "Separate but equal" schools were unconstitional?
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education
Shelley v. Kraemer
Powell v. Alabama
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Who wrote the famous poem "Phenomenal Woman"?
Amiri Baraka
Sonia Sanchez
Rita Dove
Maya Angelou
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Who was the first african american woman to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?
Tina Turner
Chaka Khan
Aretha Franklin
Gladys Knight
12
Which Black comedian holds the record for the longest run on
Saturday Night Live
?
Chris Rock
Maya Rudolph
Eddie Murphy
Kenan Thompson
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Who was the first African-American to appear on a U.S. postage stamp?
Fredrick Douglass
Martin Luther King
Homer Plessy
Booker T. Washington
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First African American star of a network TV show?
Will Smith
Bill Cosby
Steve Harvey
Martin Lawrence
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What was the very first genre of music created by african americans?
Jazz/Blues
Pop
Hip-Hop
R&B
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What african american based tv show was the most popular in the 1980's?
Sanford and Son
Fresh Prince of Bel-air
Good Times
Cosby Show
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Who was the first African American to win an oscar?
Hattie McDaniel
Jennifer Hudson
Jamie Foxx
Halle Berry
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What did Kenneth and Maime Clark study?
Childrens attitude about race using dolls.
The marshmellow test
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Who wrote "A Letter from a Birmingham Jail?"
Fredrick Douglass
Malcom X
Martin Luther King
Angela Davis
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In what year was slavery abolished in America?
1845
1967
1865
1809
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Who was the first african american to attend and graduate from Harvard College in 1922?
Richard Theodore Greener
Prince Hall
Thomas Jennings
James Derham
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Who was the first black secretary of state?
Darren Jones
Andrew Young
Colin Powell
Rosa Parks
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Which one of these african american women holds the record for most Grammys won in one night?
Beyonce
Whitney Houston
Lauryn Hill
Rihanna
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Who was the first african american woman to play "Carmen Jones" in the Opera "Carmen"
Dorothy Dandridge
Beyonce
Janet Jackson
Alicia Keys
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What year was the Voting Rights Act signed into law?
1964
1962
1981
1965