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1
Who was the first black girl to desegregate an all white school in Louisiana?
Janet Jackson
Zendaya
Ruby Bridges
Keke Palmer
2
Who is the first woman to be elected vice-president?
Cardi B
Karen Hill
Kamala Harris
Beyonce
3
Who was the first african american elected to congress?
Bill Clinton
John Lewis
Joseph Rainey
John Green
4
Who was the first African American to win an individual gold medal in swimming at the Olympics?
Jill Bakken
Simone Manuel
Michelle Carter
Simone Biles
5
Who gave the " I have a dream speech"?
Malcolm X
Martin Luther King Jr.
Thurgood Marshall
Marcus Garvey
6
Who was the first African American elected to the Texas Senate?
Michelle Obama
Sheila Jackson Lee
Condelleezza Rice
Barbara Jordan
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Who invented the portable pencil sharpener?
William Led
Elijah McKoy
Philip Cutter
John Love
8
Who was the first black baseball player in Major League Baseball?
Michael Jordan
Jackie Robinson
Bo Jackson
Sammy Sosa
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Who triggered a boycott by refusing to give up their seat to a white passenger on a bus?
Sojourner Truth
Harriett Tubman
Madam C.J. Walker
Rosa Parks
10
Who was the first black millionaire?
Oprah Winfrey
Beyonce
Sean "Diddy" Combs
Madam C.J. Walker
11
Who helped hundreds of slaves in the south escape to freedom?
Rosa Parks
Sojourner Truth
Harriet Tubman
Betty Shabazz
12
Black History is celebrated in the month of...
October
July
February
January
13
Who was the first african american to win a Tony award?
Juanita Hall
Carlita Jackson
Lynda Hill
Jelisa White
14
Who was the first african american head coach in the NFL?
Fritz Pollard
Redd Butler
Steve Young
Frank Jones
15
Who was the first African American artist featured at the Metropolitan Opera?
Marian Anderson
Deneyce Graves
Leyontene Price
Victoria Rowell
16
Who was the first African American justice on the Supreme Court of the United States?
Barack Obama
Thurgood Marshall
Clarence Thomas
Johnnie Cochran
17
Who was the first black president?
Barack Obama
Thurgood Marshall
Martin Luther King Jr.
Abraham Lincoln
18
What movie tells the story of three black women who helped astronaut John Glen into orbit?
Space Figures
Hidden Orbit
Hidden Figures
Off Into Space
19
This 1984 sitcom was the highest ranking sitcom for five consecutive years.
The Cosby Show
The Jeffersons
A Different World
Good Times
20
Who started Black History week and is considered the father of Black History?
Carson Daily
Carter G. Woodson
Contee Cullen
Carter Brown
21
Who is the first black woman to be promoted to principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre?
Janet Collins
Lauren Anderson
Misty Copeland
Michaela DePrince
22
Who was the first African American First Lady of the United States?
Oprah Winfrey
Condolezza Rice
Michelle Obama
Viola Davis
23
What was the Civil Rights Movement?
A goal to end racial segregation and discrimination
When we moved to the right and it was civil
A way to resolve violence
A way to tie your shoes
24
Who was the first african american film star nominated for an Oscar Award?
Cecily Tyson
Dorothy Dandridge
Phylicia Rashaad
Halle Barry
25
What name was given to the escape system used by slaves in the late 1800s?
The Underground Railroad
The Underground Subway
The Underground Bus
The Underground Train
26
Which black inventor created the Super Soaker?
Billy Johnson
Ronald Johnson
Lonnie Johnson
Edward Jackson
27
What famous athlete is known for this saying, "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee."
Jim Brown
Muhammad Ali
Michael Jordan
Jesse Owens
28
Who is the first black women to be ranked No. 1 by the Women's Tennis Association?
Sloane Stephens
Venus Williams
Serena Williams
Althea Gibson
29
Who was the first African American female to travel in space?
Mae Carol Jemison
Guion Stewart Bluford
Ronald McNair
Alan Bartlett Shepard, Jr.
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Who was the first Black female Olympic Gold Medalist?
Simone Biles
Alice Coachman
Dominique Dawes
Florence G. Joyner
