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Taraji P. Henson played Katherine G. Johnson in the movie
Hidden Figures
. What was Johnson known for?
Secretary for the Department of Defense
She was the first Black Astronaut
Her calculations helped NASA's space program
Invented America's first clock
2
What year was MLK Jr's famous I Have a Dream Speech?
1959
1954
1949
1963
3
What Month was MVBBVoices founded?
May
June
July
April
4
Out of the 12.5 million African slaves shipped to the New World, how many made it to the US?
4.9 million
10.7 Million
157,000
388,000
5
Who was the first Black woman to win a Nobel Prize?
Leymah Gbowee
Wangarĩ Muta Maathai
Toni Morrison
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
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Who is Augustus Jackson?
My 7th grade teacher
The inventor of Icecream
The founder of August
A famous Novelist
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When was the NAACP founded
1945
1959
1926
1909
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As a student at the Baltimore School of Performing Arts, rapper Tupac Shakur took these classes...
Theater and modern dance
Ballet and poetry
Music appreciation and film
Hip Hop and poetry
9
What was the name of the Harlem cabaret where Black entertainers of the day played to exclusively white audiences?
The Cotton Club
The Apollo
Studio 54
The Breakfast Club
10
What Country led the most successful slave revolt?
Puerto Rico
Haiti
Jamaica
Columbia
11
What player hit 73 home runs in a season and earned Major League Baseball's Silver Slugger Award 12 times?
Barry Bonds
Jackie Robinson
Wille Mays
Hank Aaron
12
Who invented the three-position traffic signal in 1923?
J.P Knight
Morgan Freeman
Garrett Morgan
Benjamin Franklin
13
More than three million Black Americans registered to fight in WWII
False
True
14
What Event in Black History was depicted in the new HBO series Watchmen?
The Slave Revolt of 1811
The Civil Rights Movement
The Tulsa Race Massacre
The I Have a Dream Speech
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What was Philip B Downing famous for inventing?
The mailbox
The elevator
The telephone
The yo-yo
16
Who was the first African American woman to win five Grammy's in one year?
Beyonce
Lauryn Hill
Missy Elliot
Whitney Houston
17
What was the first historically Black college in America?
Licoln University
Howard University
Cheyney University
Wiley College
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Who was the African American chemist who pattened birth control pills?
Titus Johnson
Sherman Ernest Loestrin
Eric Goldstein
Percy Lavon Julian
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What was Claudette Colvin known for?
Challenged the Jim Crow laws
Helped Harriet Tubman with the Underground Rail Road
Challenged the and successfully overturned bus segregation laws
Helped the Women Movement
20
Who is Kimberle Crenshaw?
Co-Founder of BLM
Introduced the Theory Multiculturalism to Counseling
Introduced the Theory of Intersectionality to Feminism
Member of the Black Wall Street
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Who is Marcus Garvey?
The founder of UNIA
The man who sang "What's going on"
My Jamaican Neighbor
The founder of the NAACP
22
Who is the pioneer of "Afrobeats"
Fela Kuti
Tony Allen
Burna Boy
Banjo Mosele
23
What year did the Civil War begin?
1861
1920
1756
1830
