History
Elijah Muhammad traveled throughout the United States spreading the teachings of what religious movement?
Islam
What was the nickname given to Harriett Tubman because of her efforts to free the slaves?
Moses
The NAACP pressured President Woodrow Wilson‟s administration to establish what officer‟s training school for blacks at Fort Dodge, in Des Moines, Iowa?
The Colored Officers‟ Training Camp (or COTC)
What US President ended segregation in the US Armed Forces by issuing an Executive Order?
Harry S. Truman
During the Civil War, Frederick Douglass served as an adviser to what US President?
Abraham Lincoln
What was the purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation issued by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863?
It abolished slavery in the rebel states but not in the border state
What preacher and abolitionist helped raise money for gifts for Civil War soldiers; gave rousing, inspirational anti-slavery speeches working with both black and white abolitionists; and helped African-Americans relocate to the North?
Sojourner Truth
Who was the first Black American admiral in the US Navy?
Samuel L Gravely, Jr
Who was the first Black American woman doctor in the US Navy?
Dr. Donna P. Davis
How many Black Americans received the Congressional Medal of Honor during the Civil War?
23
What is the name of the memorial center of which Coretta Scott King was Chairwoman and Chief Executive Officer?
Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Struggle
What was the name of the system in which Black Americans farmed someone else‟s land and received a split of the season‟s crop?
Sharecropping
Born in Kentucky, who was the first African American to die in World War II, during the bombing of Clark Field in the Philippines?
Robert H. Brooks
Who was the first African American to be awarded the Navy Cross, the third highest honor awarded by the US Navy at the time, for bravery shown during the attack on Pearl Harbor?
Doris Miller
What was the first Black American female lawyer to practice before the Supreme Court?
Violette M. Anderson
What was the name of the Indian leader who became a model for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.‟s non-violent and peaceful movement?
Mahatma Gandhi
Where did the “sit-in” movement begin?
Woolworth‟s store in Greensboro, North Carolina
The first African American to die in World War II, Robert H. Brooks passed for white when joining what reserve military force?
National Guard
To what position was Colin Powell appointed, making him the highest ranking military officer?
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
What constitutional amendment prohibited the requirement of a poll tax or any other tax for the privilege to vote?
Twenty-fourth
Dr. Ralph Bunche became the first Black American to win what prestigious award?
Nobel Peace Prize
Who was the fourth chairman of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee?
Stokely Carmichael
Who were the first African American women Army officers stationed in Kentucky?
Myrtle Anderson and Margaret Elizabeth Barnes Jones
Established by Congress in 1866 as the first peacetime all black regiments in the regular U.S. Army, what soldiers were originally members of the U.S. 10th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas?
Buffalo Soldiers
President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed what attorney as a justice of the U.S. Supreme Court?
Thurgood Marshall