Exploring Black History and Culture

Who was the prominent leader of the Civil Rights Movement known for his "I Have a Dream" speech?

• Malcolm X

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Rosa Parks

• Thurgood Marshall

Which landmark legislation, passed in 1964, aimed to end segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination?

• Voting Rights Act

• Civil Rights Act

• Fair Housing Act

• Emancipation Proclamation

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 inventor is credited with improving the design of the traffic light?

• George Washington Carver

• Garrett Morgan

• Elijah McCoy

• Lewis Latimer

What was the name of the 1955 event where Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

• Freedom Rides

• Selma March

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

• Greensboro Sit-ins

Who was the first African American to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court?

• Clarence Thomas

• Thurgood Marshall

• Charles Hamilton Houston

• William Hastie

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

• Mae Jemison

• Katherine Johnson

• Dorothy Vaughan

• Mary Jackson

Which event is known as the largest civil rights protest in U.S. history, taking place in 1963?

• March on Washington

• Selma to Montgomery March

• Birmingham Campaign

• Freedom Summer

Who wrote the famous autobiography "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"?

• Maya Angelou

• Langston Hughes

• James Baldwin

• Lorraine Hansberry

Which African American inventor is known for his work on the development of the carbon filament for the light bulb?

• Lewis Latimer

• Granville T. Woods

• Elijah McCoy

• George Washington Carver