Leaders & Activists
Who said, “I have a dream”?
A. Malcolm X
B. Martin Luther King Jr.
C. Barack Obama
Martin Luther King Jr.
Who discovered many new uses for peanuts?
A. George Washington Carver
B. Garrett Morgan
C. Lonnie Johnson
A. George Washington Carver
Which athlete won 6 NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls?
A. LeBron James
B. Kobe Bryant
C. Michael Jordan
C. Michael Jordan
What holiday celebrates the end of slavery?
A. Kwanzaa
B. Juneteenth
C. Martin Luther King Jr. Day
B. Juneteenth
Who was the first Black U.S. President?
A. Bill Clinton
B. Barack Obama
C. Joe Biden
B. Barack Obama
Who refused to give up her bus seat in 1955?
A. Harriet Tubman
B. Coretta Scott King
C. Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks
Who invented the modern traffic signal?
A. Madam C. J. Walker
B. Garrett Morgan
C. Lewis Latimer
B. Garrett Morgan
Who is a tennis champion with many Grand Slam titles?
A. Venus Williams
B. Serena Williams
C. Coco Gauff
B. Serena Williams
Which event included MLK’s “I Have a Dream” speech?
A. Selma March
B. March on Washington
C. Freedom Summer
B. March on Washington
Who was the first Black Supreme Court Justice?
A. Clarence Thomas
B. Thurgood Marshall
C. Ketanji Brown Jackson
B. Thurgood Marshall
Who escaped slavery and became a powerful abolitionist and writer?
A. Frederick Douglass
B. Booker T. Washington
C. W.E.B. Du Bois
Frederick Douglass
Who became one of the first self-made female millionaires?
A. Marie Van Brittan Brown
B. Madam C. J. Walker
C. Katherine Johnson
B. Madam C. J. Walker
Who was a famous jazz trumpet player?
A. Duke Ellington
B. Louis Armstrong
C. Miles Davis
B. Louis Armstrong
What Supreme Court case ended school segregation?
A. Plessy v. Ferguson
B. Brown v. Board of Education
C. Roe v. Wade
B. Brown v. Board of Education
Who was the first Black woman in space?
A. Katherine Johnson
B. Mae Jemison
C. Sally Ride
B. Mae Jemison
Who helped enslaved people escape using the Underground Railroad?
A. Sojourner Truth
B. Harriet Tubman
C. Ida B. Wells
B. Harriet Tubman
Who invented the Super Soaker water gun?
A. Elijah McCoy
B. Lonnie Johnson
C. Mark Dean
B. Lonnie Johnson
Who wrote I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings?
A. Nikki Giovanni
B. Maya Angelou
C. Alice Walker
B. Maya Angelou
What law ended segregation in public places?
A. Voting Rights Act
B. Emancipation Proclamation
C. Civil Rights Act of 1964
C. Civil Rights Act of 1964
Who was the first Black woman Supreme Court Justice?
A. Sonia Sotomayor
B. Ketanji Brown Jackson
C. Elena Kagan
B. Ketanji Brown Jackson
Who said, “By any means necessary”?
A. Martin Luther King Jr.
B. Malcolm X
C. Thurgood Marshall
A. Malcolm X
Who invented the first home security system?
A. Marie Van Brittan Brown
B. Mae Jemison
C. Shirley Jackson
A. Marie Van Brittan Brown
Who broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball?
A. Hank Aaron
B. Willie Mays
C. Jackie Robinson
C. Jackie Robinson
What protest helped end bus segregation?
A. Selma March
B. Greensboro Sit-Ins
C. Montgomery Bus Boycott
C. Montgomery Bus Boycott
What does HBCU stand for?
A. High-Budget College Union
B. Historically Black Colleges and Universities
C. Higher Business Charter University
B. Historically Black Colleges and Universities