Who was the first African American Major League Baseball player?
a.) Jackie Robinson
b.) Ernie Banks
c.) Larry Doby
d.) Satchel Paige
Jackie Robinson
100
Who was the first black female to host a TV show?
a.) Raven Symone
b.) Viola Davis
c.) Oprah Winfrey
d.) Zerlina Maxwell
Oprah Winfrey
100
Who signed The Emancipation Act?
a.) Andrew Johnson
b.) Ulysses S. Grant
c.) James Buchanan
d.) Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
100
In what year did MLK deliver his famous "dream" speech?
a.) 1969
b.) 1959
c.) 1971
d.) 1963
1963
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This singer holds the title of Most Top 10 Singles from an album for Thriller (1982) and the Most Number One Singles from an Album for Bad (1987)
a.) Usher
b.) Louis Armstrong
c.) Beyonce
d.) Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
200
Who broke three track and field World Records in 45 minutes at Ohio State?
a.) Carl Lewis
b.) Jesse Owens
c.) Michael Johnson
d.) Maurice Greene
Jesse Owens
200
Who was the first black star of a network TV show?
a.) Bill Cosby
b.) Al Roker
c.) Will Smith
d.) Louis Armstrong
Bill Cosby
200
With the 15th Amendment ratification in 1870, what did African Americans gain in the United States?
a.) Freedom from Slavery
b.) Right to Citizenship Status
c.) Voting Rights
d.) Right to Sit Anywhere
Voting Rights
200
Before it became Black History Month what was the observance of Black History called?
a.) Freedom Day
b.) Black Rights Awareness Day
c.) Slave History Week
d.) Negro History Week
Negro History Week
200
Who shot Martin Luther King on April 4, 1968?
a.) Gavrilo Princip
b.) John Wilkes Booth
c.) James Earl Ray
d.) Lee Harvey Oswald
James Earl Ray
300
This fullback for the Cleveland Browns averaged an NFL record 5.22 yards per carry during his football career. He would later become a prominent civil rights activist. Who is he?
a.) Walter Peyton
b.) Jim Brown
c.) Marcus Allen
d.) O.J. Simpson
Jim Brown
300
What was the first African American owned-and-operated newspaper?
a.) The Mississippi Enterprise
b.) Our Times
c.) Birmingham Times
d.) Freedom's Journal
Freedom's Journal
300
Whose proposal that Congress consider civil rights legislation culminated in the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
a.) John F. Kennedy
b.) Martin Luther King Jr.
c.) Lyndon B. Johnson
d.) Dwight Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
300
Where was Malcolm X killed?
a.) Massachusetts State Prison
b.) Downtown Boston
c.) Audubon Ballroom, Manhattan
d.) His House, Queens
Audubon Ballroom, Manhattan
300
Robert Henry Lawrence, Jr. was the first African American to become what?
a.) Army General
b.) Policeman
c.) Astronaut
d.) Pilot
Astronaut
400
The PGA was considered "Caucasian Only" until which golfer joined?
a.) Lee Elder
b.) Tiger Woods
c.) Pete Brown
d.) Charles Sifford
Charles Sifford
400
Who was the first African American to win an Academy Award?
a.) Sidney Poitier
b.) Dorothy Dandridge
c.) Hattie McDaniel
d.) Halle Berry
Hattie McDaniel
400
Who was the first African American to serve as a US Supreme Court Justice?
a.) William Henry Hastie
b.) Charles Hamilton Houston
c.) Clarence Thomas
d.) Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall
400
Who is considered the "Father of Black History"?
a.) Malcolm X
b.) Martin Luther King Jr.
c.) Carter G. Woodson
d.) Jesse Jackson
Carter G. Woodson
400
Who was the only African American among the original NAACP executives?
a.) Frederick Douglass
b.) Martin Luther King Jr.
c.) Rosa Parks
d.) W.E.B. Du Bois
W.E.B. Du Bois
500
The first black player in the National Hockey League was Willie O'Ree in 1958. What NHL team did he play his first game for?
a.) Toronto Maple Leafs
b.) New York Rangers
c.) Detroit Red Wings
d.) Boston Bruins
The Boston Bruins
500
Who was the first African American to perform at the White House?
a.) Louis Armstrong
b.) Aretha Franklin
c.) B.B. King
d.) "Blind Tom" Wiggins
"Blind Tom" Wiggins
500
Who was the first African American to serve as a U.S. Senator?
a.) Carol Mosley Braun
b.) Edward Brooke
c.) Blanche K. Bruce
d.) Hiram Revels
Hiram Revels
500
Where was the first "sit-in" at a segregated lunch counter?
a.) Greensboro, North Carolina
b.) Charleston, South Carolina
c.) Jackson, Mississippi
d.) Atlanta, Georgia
Greensboro, North Carolina
500
Who was the first African American Nobel Peace Prize winner?
a.) Albert John Lutul
b.) Martin Luther King Jr.
c.) Ralph Bunche
d.) Nelson Mandela