Civil Rights Leaders
Who was the youngest speaker at the 1963 March on Washington?
A - Philip Randolph
B - Jo Ann Robinson
C - John Lewis
Jo Ann Robinson
Who invented the three-light traffic signal?
A - Madam C.J. Walker
B - Elijah McCoy
C - Lewis Latimer
D - Garrett Morgan
Garrett Morgan
Who was the first African American Supreme Court Justice?
A - Augustus Jackson
B - H.A. Jackson
C - Adolph Shamms
D - Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall
Who wrote the poem “I, Too”?
A - James Baldwin
B - Langston Hughes
C - Maya Angelou
D - Alice Walker
Langston Hughes
In which year was the Civil Rights Act signed into law?
A - 1966
B - 1962
C - 1968
D - 1964
1964
Who led the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
A - E.D Nixon
B - Idessa Redden
C - Martin Luther King Jr.
D - Rev. Robert Graetz
Martin Luther King Jr.
Who invented the gas mask?
A - Sarah Boone
B - Garrett Morgan
C - Valerie Thomas
D - Lonnie Johnson
Garrett Morgan
Who was the first African American woman to win a Nobel Prize?
A - Toni Morrison
B - Jerry Johnson
C - Granville T. Woods
D - Michael Harney
Toni Morrison
Which musical genre is Louis Armstrong known for?
A - Hip-Hop
B - R&B
C - Jazz
D - Blues
Jazz
What event is known as the start of the modern Civil Rights Movement?
A - Little Rock Nine
B - Brown Vs BOE
C - The Montgomery Bus Boycott
D - The March on Washington
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
Who was the first African American mayor of a major U.S. city?
A - George D. Carroll
B - Luska Twyman
C - Matthew G. Carter
D - Carl B. Stokes
Carl B. Stokes
Who invented the home security system?
A - Otis Boykin
B - Marie Van Brittan Brown
C - Dr. Charles Drew
D - Dr. Mark Dean
Marie Van Brittan Brown
Who was the first African American to win an Olympic gold medal?
A - Robert Flemming Jr.
B - Jesse Owens
C - Ralph Sanderson
D - J. Gregory
Jesse Owens
Who created the character Black Panther in Marvel Comics?
A - Ava DuVernay
B - Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
C - Spike Lee
D - Jordan Peele
Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
What was the name of the 1963 protest led by Martin Luther King Jr. in Birmingham?
A - Montgomery Bus Boycott
B - March on Washington
C - Children's Crusade
D - Selma to Montgomery March
Children's Crusade
Who was the first African American woman elected to Congress?
A - Shirley Chisholm
B - Carol Moseley
C - Cori Bush
D - Marilyn Strickland
Shirley Chisholm
Who invented the folding cabinet bed?
A - Sarah E. Goode
B - W.A Lavalette
C - Oscar E. Brown
D - Garrett Morgan
Sarah E. Goode
Who was the first African American to serve as U.S. Secretary of State?
A - Garrett Morgan
B - Tom J Marshall
C - James S. Adams
D - Colin Powell
Colin Powell
Who wrote the novel “Their Eyes Were Watching God”?
A - Frederick Douglas
B - James Baldwin
C - Toni Morrison
D - Zora Neale Hurston
Zora Neale Hurston
What Supreme Court decision declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional?
Brown v. Board of Education
Who founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association?
A - George Peake
B - James Forten
C - Toni Morrison
D - Marcus Garvey
Marcus Garvey
Who invented the Super Soaker water gun?
A - T.W Stewart
B - Joseph Dickinson
C - Lonnie Johnson
D - W.H Richardson
Lonnie Johnson
Who was the first African American woman elected as a U.S. senator?
A - Lisa Blunt
B - Sara Boone
C - Carol Moseley Braun
D - Clatonia J Dorticus
Carol Moseley Braun
Who was the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize for Drama?
A - August Wilson
B - Gwendolyn Brooks
C - Alice Walker
D - Colson Whitehead
August Wilson
What was the name of the campaign to register African American voters in Mississippi in 1964?
A - Freedom Summer
B - March on Washington
C - Freedom Rides
D - Greensboro Sit-Ins
Freedom Summer