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Which famous singer said "Don't worry about a thing. Everything is going to be alright."?
Who is Bob Marley
What Supreme Court decision decreed that public schools should be integrated?
A) Brown v. Board of Education
B)Dred Scott v. Sandford
C) Miranda v. Arizona
D) Georgia vs Whiteland
Who is the most influential figures in jazz, that develop jazz into a fine art?
Who is Louis Armstrong
Who was the first African American President in the United States?
Who is Barack Obama
Who said, “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal”?
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.
Where was Malcolm X shot?
A) Massachusetts State Prison
B) His house, Queens
C) Audubon Ballroom, Manhattan
D) Downtown Boston
Juneteenth, which became an official federal holiday in 2021, commemorates...
A)The emancipation of enslaved African Americans in the U.S.
B) The service of black troops in the U.S. Army during the Civil War.
C) The U.S. Supreme Court ruling that effectively ended 'separate but equal' education.
D)The signing into law of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Who was the first African American/Asian American vice president?
Who is Kamala Harris
Who said “Some say the blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice I say the darker the flesh then the deeper the roots.”?
Who is Tupac Shakur
Who signed The Emancipation Act?
A) Andrew Johnson
B) Abraham Lincoln
C) James Buchanan
D) Ulysses S. Grant
What does NAACP stand for?
A) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
B) Nationwide Association About Colored Persons
C) National Administration to Assure Colored Protection
D)New Administration for Amending Constitutional Protection
Who won a record 10 scoring titles and boasted a career average of 30.1 points per game in the NBA?
Who is Micheal Jordan
Who was the first major league African American baseball player?
Who is Jackie Robinson
Who said, 'I never run my train off the track and never lost a passenger?
Who is Harriet Tubman
Before it became Black History Month what was the observance of Black History called?
A) Black Rights Awareness Day
B) Negro History Week
C) Slave History Week
D) Freedom Day
Who was the main leader of the civil rights movement in the United States during the 1950's and 1960's, and won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize for leading nonviolent civil rights demonstrations?
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.
Who said, “I knew someone had to take the first step and I made up my mind not to move"?
Who is Rosa Parks
With the 15th Amendment ratification in 1870, what did African Americans gain in the United States?
A) Right to Sit Anywhere
B) Freedom to Slavery
C) Right to citizenship
D) Voting rights
Who made agricultural advancements and inventions pertaining to the use of peanuts and was one of the first African-Americans admitted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1990?
Who is George Washington Carver
Who...
– Has 23 Grand Slam singles titles to her name (most in the Open Era)
– Won 14 Grand Slam doubles titles (all with sister Venus Williams)
– Has two Grand Slam mixed doubles titles (both with Max Mirnyi)
– Is the oldest player to be ranked at No 1 at 35 years, seven months and five days
– The oldest player to win a Grand Slam at 35 years, four months, and two days when she won the 2017 Australian Open
– She has won 73 WTA singles titles (fifth in the overall ranking) and 23 WTA doubles trophies
– Has four Olympic gold medals (one singles and three doubles with sister Venus) to her name
Who is Serena Williams