Black History Trivia
Black History Challenge
Test your knowledge of African American history with our engaging quiz! From Juneteenth to the Civil Rights Movement, challenge yourself and learn more about the influential figures and pivotal events shaping the African American experience.
Join us to explore:
- Historic milestones
- Influential leaders
- Cultural contributions
Juneteenth, which became an official federal holiday in 2021, commemorates this:
The service of black troops in the U.S. Army during the Civil War.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruling that effectively ended 'separate but equal' education.
He signing into law of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
The emancipation of enslaved African Americans in the U.S.
What group launched the Freedom Rides in 1961?
ACLU-American Civil Liberties Union
SCLC-Southern Christian Leadership Conference
CORE-Congress of Racial Equality
SNCC-Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
At the time of her historic bus incident, what was Rosa Parks' occupation?
Hospital orderly
Drugstore clerk
High school cafeteria worker
Department store seamstress
Which of these influential authors became the first African American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature?
Maya Angelou
August Wilson
Lorraine Hansberry
Toni Morrison
Before he was elected president of the United States, Barack Obama served as a U.S. Senator of which Midwestern state?
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Ohio
In addition to his influential campaigns to become president of the United States, in 1984 and 1988, the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson is known for his leadership roles with which civil rights organizations?
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
People United to Save Humanity (Operation PUSH)
Rainbow Coalition
All of the above
In 1960, four African American college students staged a sit-in that helped integrate this store's lunch counter.
Woolworth's
W.T. Grant
G.C. Murphy
S.S. Kresge
In 1968 she became the first African American woman elected to Congress:
Barbara Jordan
Maxine Waters
Shirley Chisholm
Carol Moseley Braun
Members of what labor union helped to build the nation’s black middle class and civil rights movement?
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
American Federal of Teachers
Communications Workers of America
International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union
Who was elected chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in 1966?
Charles E. Cobb Jr.
John Lewis
Stokely Carmichael
Bobby Seale
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