Black History

Who was known as the 'Moses of her people' for her work on the Underground Railroad?

• Harriet Tubman

• Amelia Earhart

• Susan B. Anthony

• Rosa Parks

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Which civil rights leader delivered the famous 'I Have a Dream' speech in 1963?

• Malcolm X

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Rosa Parks

• Nelson Mandela

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Who refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955?

• Harriet Tubman

• Amelia Earhart

• Rosa Parks

• Michelle Obama

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Who was the first African-American child to desegregate an all-white elementary school in Louisiana in 1960?

• Harriet Tubman

• Rosa Parks

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Ruby Bridges

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Who was the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, appointed in 1967?

• Thurgood Marshall

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Malcolm X

• Rosa Parks

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Who was the first African-American President of the United States, serving from 2009 to 2017?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Barack Obama

• Abraham Lincoln

• George Washington

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What was the nickname of Harriet Tubman, a conductor on the Underground Railroad?

• Moses

• Liberty Leader

• Underground Queen

• Freedom Fighter

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Which civil rights leader was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964?

• Nelson Mandela

• Rosa Parks

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Malcolm X

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Who was known as the 'Mother of the Civil Rights Movement'?

• Susan B. Anthony

• Amelia Earhart

• Rosa Parks

• Harriet Tubman

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Who was the lawyer who successfully argued the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education before the Supreme Court in 1954?

• Michael Brown

• Sarah Johnson

• Thurgood Marshall

• John Smith

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