The Arts
Who performed "Lift Every Voice and Sing," the Black National Anthem?
a) Mahalia Jackson
b) Marian Anderson
c) James Weldon Johnson
c) James Weldon Johnson
Who was the first Black principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre?
a) Misty Copeland
b) Janet Collins
c) Arthur Mitchell
a) Misty Copeland
What movement did Marcus Garvey lead?
a) Civil Rights Movement
b) Back-to-Africa Movement
c) Anti-Apartheid Movement
b) Back-to-Africa Movement
Who was the first Black woman to travel into space?
a) Katherine Johnson
b) Mae Jemison
c) Sally Ride
b) Mae Jemison
Who became the first Black Secretary of State in the U.S.?
a) Colin Powell
b) Condoleezza Rice
c) Eric Holder
a) Colin Powell
Who was the first Black quarterback to win a Super Bowl?
a) Doug Williams
b) Warren Moon
c) Russell Wilson
a) Doug Williams
What does NAACP stand for?
a) National Alliance for African Community Progress
b) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
c) National African-American Cultural Program
b) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
What is the name of the famous Black track and ?eld star who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics?
a) Jesse Owens
b) Carl Lewis
c) Jackie Robinson
a) Jesse Owens
Who was the first Black astronaut to travel to space?
a) Mae Jemison
b) Guion Bluford
c) Ronald McNair
b) Guion Bluford
Who was the first Black woman to be crowned Miss America?
a) Vanessa Williams
b) Suzette Charles
c) Halle Berry
a) Vanessa Williams
Who was the first Black person to win an Academy Award for Best Actor?
a) Sidney Poitier
b) Denzel Washington
c) Morgan Freeman
a) Sidney Poitier
Who was the first Black woman to win a Grammy?
a) Aretha Franklin
b) Ella Fitzgerald
c) Mahalia Jackson
b) Ella Fitzgerald
What is Langston Hughes known for?
a) Writing novels
b) Writing poetry
c) Painting
b) Writing poetry
Who was the first Black woman pilot?
a) Bessie Coleman
b) Amelia Earhart
c) Bessie Smith
a) Bessie Coleman
What was the name of the military group of Black pilots in World War II?
a) The Tuskegee Airmen
b) The Black Eagles
c) Buffalo Soldiers
a) The Tuskegee Airmen
Who was known as the "Father of Gospel Music"?
a) Thomas A. Dorsey
b) Mahalia Jackson
c) James Cleveland
a) Thomas A. Dorsey
Who was the Black inventor of the carbon lament for the light bulb?
a) Lewis Latimer
b) Garrett Morgan
c) Elijah McCoy
a) Lewis Latimer
Who founded the Black Panther Party?
a) Malcolm X
b) Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale
c) Stokely Carmichael
b) Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale
Who was the first Black poet to win the Pulitzer Prize?
a) Maya Angelou
b) Gwendolyn Brooks
c) Langston Hughes
b) Gwendolyn Brooks
Who was the first Black woman to be on the U.S. currency?
a) Harriet Tubman
b) Rosa Parks
c) Sojourner Truth
a) Harriet Tubman
Who was a Black woman poet who recited her poem at President Biden’s inauguration?
a) Gwendolyn Brooks
b) Amanda Gorman
c) Maya Angelou
b) Amanda Gorman
What is Juneteenth a celebration of?
a) The signing of the Emancipation Proclamation
b) The end of the Civil War
c) The emancipation of enslaved people in Texas
c) The emancipation of enslaved people in Texas
Who was the first Black woman to perform at the Metropolitan Opera?
a) Marian Anderson
b) Leontyne Price
c) Jessye Norman
a) Marian Anderson
Who was the first Black mayor of Atlanta?
a) Andrew Young
b) Maynard Jackson
c) Shirley Franklin
b) Maynard Jackson
Who became the first Black general in the U.S. Air Force?
a) Benjamin Davis Sr.
b) Chappie James
c) Daniel "Chappie" James Jr.
a) Benjamin Davis Sr.