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1
What name was given to the escape system used by slaves in the late 1800s?
The Underground Bus
The Underground Railroad
The Underground Train
The Underground Subway
2
Who is the first black women to be ranked No. 1 by the Women's Tennis Association?
Serena Williams
Sloane Stephens
Althea Gibson
Venus Williams
3
What famous athlete is known for this saying, "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee."
Jesse Owens
Muhammad Ali
Jim Brown
Michael Jordan
4
Who was the first African American elected to the Texas Senate?
Sheila Jackson Lee
Condelleezza Rice
Michelle Obama
Barbara Jordan
5
Who gave the " I have a dream speech"?
Malcolm X
Martin Luther King Jr.
Marcus Garvey
Thurgood Marshall
6
Black History is celebrated in the month of...
February
July
October
January
7
Who was the first black baseball player in Major League Baseball?
Jackie Robinson
Michael Jordan
Sammy Sosa
Bo Jackson
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Who triggered a boycott by refusing to give up their seat to a white passenger on a bus?
Rosa Parks
Madam C.J. Walker
Sojourner Truth
Harriett Tubman
9
Who was the first black president?
Thurgood Marshall
Martin Luther King Jr.
Barack Obama
Abraham Lincoln
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Who was the first African American justice on the Supreme Court of the United States?
Thurgood Marshall
Barack Obama
Johnnie Cochran
Clarence Thomas
11
Who is the first black woman to be promoted to principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre?
Lauren Anderson
Janet Collins
Misty Copeland
Michaela DePrince
12
Who was the first African American First Lady of the United States?
Oprah Winfrey
Condolezza Rice
Michelle Obama
Viola Davis
13
Who was the first African American to win an individual gold medal in swimming at the Olympics?
Simone Biles
Simone Manuel
Michelle Carter
Jill Bakken
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Who was the first black girl to desegregate an all white school in Louisiana?
Zendaya
Janet Jackson
Keke Palmer
Ruby Bridges
15
This 1984 sitcom was the highest ranking sitcom for five consecutive years.
Good Times
The Cosby Show
The Jeffersons
A Different World
16
Who helped hundreds of slaves in the south escape to freedom?
Rosa Parks
Sojourner Truth
Harriet Tubman
Betty Shabazz
17
What movie tells the story of three black women who helped astronaut John Glen into orbit?
Space Figures
Hidden Figures
Off Into Space
Hidden Orbit
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What was the Civil Rights Movement?
When we moved to the right and it was civil
A goal to end racial segregation and discrimination
A way to resolve violence
A way to tie your shoes
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Who was the first black millionaire?
Beyonce
Madam C.J. Walker
Sean "Diddy" Combs
Oprah Winfrey
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Who was the first African American female to travel in space?
Guion Stewart Bluford
Alan Bartlett Shepard, Jr.
Ronald McNair
Mae Carol Jemison
