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African American History Intro
African American History Intro
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These questions serve as an introduction to an African American history course.
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1
Who was the first African American to perform at the White House?
B.B. King
Louis Armstrong
Aretha Franklin
"Blind Tom" Wiggins
2
Who broke three track and field World Records in 45 minutes at Ohio State?
Maurice Greene
Jesse Owens
Michael Johnson
Carl Lewis
3
An all white jury acquitted J. W. Milam and Roy Bryant for the murder of whom?
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Emmett Till
Malcolm X
Medgar Evers
4
Who was the first African American Nobel Peace Prize winner?
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Nelson Mandela
Albert John Lutul
Ralph Bunche
5
Who was the first African American to win an Academy Award?
Dorothy Dandridge
Halle Berry
Hattie McDaniel
Sidney Poitier
6
Where was Malcolm X killed?
Downtown Boston
Audubon Ballroom, Manhattan
His house in Queens
Massachusetts State Prison
7
Who said this?
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
Langston Hughes
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Frederick Douglass
Malcolm X
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Who shot Martin Luther King on April 4, 1968?
Gavrilo Princip
Lee Harvey Oswald
James Earl Ray
John Wilkes Booth
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Who was the first African American Major League Baseball player?
Larry Doby
Jackie Robinson
Ernie Banks
Satchel Paige
10
The PGA was considered "Caucasian Only" until which golfer joined?
Pete Brown
Lee Elder
Tiger Woods
Charles Sifford
11
Where was the first "sit-in" at a segregated lunch counter?
Charleston, South Carolina
Jackson, Mississippi
Atlanta, Georgia
Greensboro, North Carolina
12
Who became the first African American to graduate from Harvard University?
Richard Theodore Greener
W.E.B. Du Bois
Thurgood Marshall
Charles Hamilton Houston
13
At its height, what was the slave population in the U.S.?
About 500,000
About 1 million
About 2 million
About 4 million
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Who signed The Emancipation Act?
James Buchanan
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Ulysses S. Grant
15
Robert Henry Lawrence, Jr. was the first African American to become what?
Army general
Pilot
Policeman
Astronaut
16
Whose proposal to Congress about civil rights legislation led to the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lyndon B. Johnson
John F. Kennedy
17
Who was the first African American to serve as a US Supreme Court Justice?
William Henry Hastie
Charles Hamilton Houston
Clarence Thomas
Thurgood Marshall
18
What did African Americans gain in the United States after ratification of the 15th Amendment?
Right to citizenship status
The right to sit anywhere they want
Freedom from slavery
Voting rights
19
Who was the first African American to serve as a U.S. Senator?
Hiram Revels
Blanche K. Bruce
Carol Mosley Braun
Edward Brooke
20
Sarah Goode was the first African American woman to receive a patent. What did she invent?
Hair straightening system
Lip stick
Dry cleaning process
Folding bed
21
Before it became Black History Month what was the observance of Black History called?
Freedom Day
Slave History Week
Black Rights Awareness Day
Negro History Week
22
Who said this?
"If there is no struggle, there is no progress."
Frederick Douglass
Malcolm X
Dred Scott
Homer Plessy
23
Who was the only African American among the original NAACP executives?
W.E.B. Du Bois
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Booker T. Washington
Marcus Garvey
24
Who is considered the "Father of Black History"?
Jesse Jackson
W.E.B. Du Bois
Booker T. Washington
Carter G. Woodson
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What year was the Thirteenth Amendment ratified, abolishing slavery?
1865
1872
1867
1862
