Black History Quiz

Who was the first African American to play in Major League Baseball?

• Jackie Robinson

• Hank Aaron

• Willie Mays

• Barry Bonds

What year did Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his famous "I Have a Dream" speech?

• 1955

• 1963

• 1968

• 1970

Who was the first African American woman to travel in space?

• Mae Jemison

• Michelle Obama

• Kamala Harris

• Serena Williams

What is Juneteenth?

• The end of the Civil War

• The birthday of Martin Luther King Jr.

• The day slavery was abolished in the United States

• The day the Civil Rights Act was signed

Who wrote the famous novel "Beloved"?

• Maya Angelou

• Toni Morrison

• Alice Walker

• Langston Hughes

What was the purpose of the Underground Railroad?

• To transport goods secretly during the Civil War

• A subway system used in the early 1900s

• A network to help enslaved African Americans escape to freedom

• A historical train route used during the American Revolution

Who was the first African American President of the United States?

• Barack Obama

• Colin Powell

• Kamala Harris

• Condoleezza Rice

What was the Harlem Renaissance?

• A political movement in the 1960s

• An economic boom in Harlem in the 1920s

• A cultural, social, and artistic explosion in Harlem during the 1920s

• A famous battle during the Civil War

Who is known as the "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement"?

• Harriet Tubman

• Rosa Parks

• Coretta Scott King

• Maya Angelou

What landmark Supreme Court case declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional?

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Roe v. Wade

• Marbury v. Madison