by Charlton Chaves
Black History Month is a time to honor and celebrate the achievements and contributions of Black individuals throughout history. This quiz will challenge your knowledge on various aspects of Black history, from pivotal moments to influential figures. Show your appreciation and understanding by testing your knowledge. Good luck!
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Black History Month Quiz Questions Overview
1. Who was the first African American to serve as President of the United States?
Barack Obama
Martin Luther King Jr.
Frederick Douglass
Colin Powell
2. Which civil rights leader delivered the famous ‘I Have a Dream’ speech?
Malcolm X
Rosa Parks
Martin Luther King Jr.
Thurgood Marshall
3. What was the name of the network of secret routes and safe houses used by enslaved African Americans to escape into free states and Canada?
The Freedom Trail
The Underground Railroad
The Liberty Line
The Emancipation Network
4. Who was the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
Maya Angelou
Alice Walker
Toni Morrison
Zora Neale Hurston
5. Which landmark Supreme Court case declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional?
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Roe v. Wade
6. Who was the first African American to win an Academy Award for Best Actor?
Sidney Poitier
Denzel Washington
Morgan Freeman
James Earl Jones
7. Which African American athlete broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball in 1947?
Jackie Robinson
Hank Aaron
Willie Mays
Satchel Paige
8. Who was the first African American woman elected to the U.S. Congress?
Shirley Chisholm
Barbara Jordan
Maxine Waters
Carol Moseley Braun
9. Which organization was founded by W.E.B. Du Bois, Ida B. Wells, and others in 1909 to advance justice for African Americans?
NAACP
SCLC
CORE
SNCC
10. Who was the first African American to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court?
Thurgood Marshall
Clarence Thomas
Charles Hamilton Houston
William Hastie
11. Which African American author wrote ‘Their Eyes Were Watching God’?
Zora Neale Hurston
Langston Hughes
Richard Wright
James Baldwin
12. Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery?
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
19th Amendment
13. Who was the first African American woman to travel into space?
Mae Jemison
Katherine Johnson
Dorothy Vaughan
Mary Jackson
14. Which African American musician is known as the ‘Godfather of Soul’?
James Brown
Ray Charles
Marvin Gaye
Stevie Wonder
15. Who was the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction?
Ralph Ellison
James Baldwin
Richard Wright
Toni Morrison
16. Which African American female mathematician’s calculations were critical to the success of the first U.S. crewed spaceflights?
Katherine Johnson
Dorothy Vaughan
Mary Jackson
Mae Jemison
17. Who was the first African American to win an Olympic gold medal?
Jesse Owens
Jackie Robinson
John Taylor
Carl Lewis
18. Which African American playwright wrote ‘A Raisin in the Sun’?
Lorraine Hansberry
August Wilson
Langston Hughes
Alice Childress
19. Who was the first African American woman to win an Academy Award for Best Actress?
Halle Berry
Whoopi Goldberg
Viola Davis
Octavia Spencer
20. Which African American inventor is known for his work on the development of the modern traffic light?
Garrett Morgan
George Washington Carver
Elijah McCoy
Lewis Latimer
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