Current Events
How many African Americans have served on the Supreme Court?
a) six
b) two
c) zero
d) three
d) three
In what month does Black History Month happen?
a) June
b) January
c) November
d) February
d) February
Which pioneer of the Civil Rights Movement has his own day named after him in January?
a) Daisy Bates
b) Martin Luther King Jr.
c) Alvin Ailey
d) Malcolm X
b) Martin Luther King Jr.
What is Alvin Ailey best known for?
a) dance and choreography
b) cooking
c) writing
d) sports
a) dance and choreography
When did Denzel Washington win an Oscar for "best actor"?
a) this year
b) 2002
c) 1999
d) 1779
b) 2002
Who wrote the bestselling memoir "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"?
a) Maya Angelou
b) Coretta Scott King
c) Fannie Lou Hamer
d) Rosa Parks
a) Maya Angelou
Where did "Bloody Sunday" happen?
a) Florida
b) Arkansas
c) Alabama
d) Ohio
c) Alabama
Where was Martin Luther King Jr. born?
a) Atlanta, Georgia
b) Stamford, CT
c) Columbia, South Carolina
d) Des Moines, Iowa
a) Atlanta, Georgia
Who was the first African American to win the golf Masters?
a) Michael Jordan
b) Fred Sanders
c) Tiger Woods
d) Barack Obama
c) Tiger Woods
What is desegregation?
a) to end by law the isolation of members of a particular race in separate units
b) the separation or isolation of a race, class, or group
c) belief that certain races of people are by birth and nature superior to others
d) the action or process of educating or of being educated
a) to end by law the isolation of members of a particular race in separate units
Who championed for the rights of the "Little Rock Nine"?
a) Rosa Parks
b) Martin Luther King Jr.
c) Daisy Bates
d) Mary Ellen Pleasant
c) Daisy Bates
At the time of her historic bus incident, what was Rosa Parks' occupation?
a) Hospital orderly
b) Drugstore clerk
c) High school cafeteria worker
d) Department store seamstress
d) Department store seamstress
What African American actor has the highest net worth?
a) Tyler Perry
b) Will Smith
c) Morgan Freeman
d) Samuel L. Jackson
a) Tyler Perry
Which amendment to the US Constitution abolished slavery?
a) 12th
b) 20th
c) 13th
d) 14th
c) 13th
When was the Voting Rights Act signed?
a) 2001
b) 1889
c) 1985
d) 1965
d) 1965
Where did Amelia Boynton Robinson live and work?
a) Nashville, Tennessee
b) Selma, Alabama
c) Bismark, North Dakota
d) Denver, Colorado
b) Selma, Alabama
What is Wakanda?
a) a language
b) a dance move
c) a store
d) Wakanda is a fictional country created by Marvel Comics.
d) Wakanda is a fictional country created by Marvel Comics.
What state has the most black institutions of higher learning?
a) California
b) Connecticut
c) Alabama
d) Georgia
d) Georgia
Who was Mary Ellen Pleasant?
a) an author
b) a dancer
c) an abolitionist and businesswoman
d) a politician
c) an abolitionist and businesswoman
Who provided the voice for Darth Vader in the Star War movies?
a) Denzel Washington
b) Michael B. Jordan
c) James Earl Jones
d) Morgan Freeman
c) James Earl Jones