African American History Quiz

Question 1

Who Became The First African-American Woman To Be CEO Of A Fortune500 Company?

Accepted Answer

Ursula Burns

Question 2

What Was America’s First Black Town?

Accepted Answer

Fort Mose

Question 3

When Did The "Jim Crow" Laws Begin The Segregation Of Black Americans From White Americans.

Accepted Answer

1877

Question 4

Who Was The First African American ToServe As A U.S. Senator?

Accepted Answer

Hiram Revels

Question 5

Black History Month Began As

Accepted Answer

Negro History Week

Question 6

Billionaire Owner Of Black Entertainment Television

Accepted Answer

Robert Johnson

Question 7

The First Black Astronaut In Space

Accepted Answer

Guion Bluford

Question 8

What Is The First African-American Newspapers/OtherPrint Media?

Accepted Answer

Freedom's Journal

Question 9

Who was the first African American Major League Baseball player?

Accepted Answer

Jackie Robinson

Question 10

Where Was The First "Sit-In" At A Segregated LunchCounter?

Accepted Answer

Greensboro, North Carolina

Question 11

Black History Month Was Started By:

Accepted Answer

Carter G. Woodson

Question 12

Where Was Malcolm X Killed?

Accepted Answer

Audubon Ballroom Manhattan

Question 13

What two African American leaders started college when they are 15 years old?

Accepted Answer

Condoleezza Rice, Martin Luther King, Jr.

Question 14

Who Was The First African American ToWin An Academy Award?

Accepted Answer

Hattie McDaniel

Question 15

Spelman College Is NOT The Only HistoricallyBlack College For Women. What Is The Other One?

Accepted Answer

BennettCollege

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