Exploring African American History

Who is known as the "Father of Black History" for his role in promoting the study of African American history?

• W.E.B. Du Bois

• Carter G. Woodson

• Frederick Douglass

• Martin Luther King Jr.

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

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Dred Scott v. Sandford

• Loving v. Virginia

What was the primary goal of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s?

• To promote African American culture

• To end racial segregation and discrimination

• To establish African American political parties

• To create separate African American schools

Who was the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature?

• Maya Angelou

• Toni Morrison

• Alice Walker

• Zora Neale Hurston

Which African American leader delivered the famous "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington in 1963?

• Malcolm X

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Rosa Parks

• James Baldwin

What was the Harlem Renaissance?

• A political movement for African American rights

• A cultural, social, and artistic explosion centered in Harlem, New York

• A religious revival among African Americans

• A military campaign during the Civil War

Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery?

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

Who was the first African American to serve as a U.S. Supreme Court Justice?

• Thurgood Marshall

• Clarence Thomas

• Charles Hamilton Houston

• Robert L. Carter

Which African American woman refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

• Harriet Tubman

• Rosa Parks

• Sojourner Truth

• Fannie Lou Hamer

What was the purpose of the Underground Railroad?

• To transport goods across the country

• To help enslaved African Americans escape to freedom

• To build railroads in the South

• To promote African American music